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New election clashes hit Indian city after Modi rally 17 May 2019 - 11:54 am
File photo of an Indian BJP supporter wearing a mask of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi gestures during an election rally in Amritsar on May 12, 2019. / AFP / NARINDER NANU
Singapore PM says 'fake news' law not against free speech 17 May 2019 - 11:05 am
Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong speaks at the Istana in Singapore, May 17, 2019. REUTERS/Feline Lim
Practical steps needed to save Iran nuclear deal, Foreign Minister Zarif 17 May 2019 - 10:57 am
File photo of Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif.
New York Mayor de Blasio joins 2020 race to 'take on' Trump 16 May 2019 - 06:25 pm
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and his wife Chirlane McCray, after announcing de Blasio's candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination with a central campaign message, arrive at the Good Morning America show in New York City, U.S., May 16, 201
Campaigning in India gets ugly as weeks-long election heats up 16 May 2019 - 05:24 pm
Pragya Singh Thakur, leader of ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), shows her ink-marked finger after casting her vote, outside a polling station in Bhopal, India, May 12, 2019. (REUTERS/Raj Patidar)
Merkel unavailable for political office after chancellorship 16 May 2019 - 03:32 pm
German Chancellor Angela Merkel looks on as she attends a news conference at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, May 16, 2019. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
Iran's Zarif says 'no possibility' of talks with US: Kyodo 16 May 2019 - 03:28 pm
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, right, walks to meet Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at Abe's official residence in Tokyo Thursday, May 16, 2019. Eugene Hoshiko/Pool via REUTERS
Ukraine's new president set to be sworn in next week 16 May 2019 - 03:17 pm
FILE PHOTO: Volodymyr Zelensky.  AFP / Genya SAVILOV
Sudan protesters vow to press on after talks suspended 16 May 2019 - 02:24 pm
Sudanese protesters are gathered during a sit-in outside military headquarters after clashing with security forces in Khartoum on May 15, 2019.  AFP / Mohamed el-Shahed
Red Cross website hacked in latest Singapore cyber attack 16 May 2019 - 01:43 pm
File photo used for representation. Reuters
Australia's 'larrikin' former prime minister Bob Hawke dies at 89 16 May 2019 - 01:22 pm
(FILES) In this file photo taken on August 16, 2010, former Australian prime minister Bob Hawke (C) and his wife Blanche d'Alpuget (R) arrive at an Australian Labor Party campaign launch in Brisbane. AFP / William West
Five dead in Shanghai building collapse: city govt 16 May 2019 - 01:19 pm
Members of a rescue team work at the site of a building collapse in Shanghai on May 16, 2019. AFP / Hector RETAMAL
Philippines says envoy recalled over Canada trash row 16 May 2019 - 11:01 am
This file photo taken on September 9, 2015, shows environmental activists rallying outside the Philippine Senate in Manila to demand that scores of containers filled with household rubbish be shipped back to Canada. AFP / JAY DIRECTO
Doctors unveil first child blast wound manual 16 May 2019 - 11:01 am
Peninsula
Barr asks Pelosi at event: 'Did you bring your handcuffs?' 16 May 2019 - 01:29 am
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi walks behind Attorney General William Barr as they both attend the 38th Annual National Peace Officers Memorial Service on Capitol Hill, May 15, 2019. Reuters/Carlos Barria
Alabama vote moves abortion to the center of 2020 campaign 16 May 2019 - 01:21 am
Pro-choice supporters protest in front of the Alabama State House as Alabama state Senate votes on the strictest anti-abortion bill in the United States at the Alabama Legislature in Montgomery, Alabama, U.S. May 14, 2019. Reuters/Chris Aluka Berry
Eurovision Village partying upsets nearby mosque worshippers in Ramadan 15 May 2019 - 09:46 pm
Participant Michael Rice of the United Kingdom performs during a dress rehearsal ahead of the second semi-final of 2019 Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv, Israel May 15, 2019. Reuters/Ronen Zvulun
Ghana cracks down on 'Western Togoland' separatist dream 15 May 2019 - 09:10 pm
A joint police and military operation cracked down this month on a group that said it was preparing to declare its own nation in the eastern Volta region bordering Togo. (AFP file photo / Khaled Desouki)