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France may scrap high jobless pay of up to 7,700 euros per month 26 Feb 2019 - 04:00 pm
FILE PHOTO: French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe speaks to the media during a national gathering to protest antisemitism and the rise of anti-Semitic attacks in the Place de la Republique in Paris, France, February 19, 2019. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
Indian air force downs drone near Pakistan border: police 26 Feb 2019 - 03:08 pm
Indian Muslims shout anti-Pakistani slogans as they celebrate the Indian Air Force (IAF) strike launched on a Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) camp in Balakot, in Ahmedabad on February 26, 2019.  AFP / SAM PANTHAKY
Nigeria's Buhari extends lead in election count as death toll mounts 26 Feb 2019 - 02:53 pm
Nigerian police wearing gas masks monitor an area where All Progressives Congress Party (APC) supporters celebrate initial results released by the Nigerian Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Kano, on February 25, 2019, two days after gene
Diabetics stock up on insulin over Brexit fears 26 Feb 2019 - 02:19 pm
David Burns, 38, who has type 1 diabetes, poses for a prepares his insulin pen to inject himself in his home in North London on February 24, 2019. AFP / Niklas Halle'n
Rare oarfish, seen as harbingers of doom, snagged in Japan 26 Feb 2019 - 11:49 am
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Nepal expects more Everest climbers after China sets limits 26 Feb 2019 - 11:18 am
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Theresa May buckles: British PM to rule out no-deal Brexit - The Sun 26 Feb 2019 - 10:50 am
Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May (L) greets the European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker during a meeting on the sidelines of the first joint European Union and Arab League summit at the International Congress Centre in the Egyptian Red Sea r
Iran infighting "deadly poison" for foreign policy: Zarif 26 Feb 2019 - 10:28 am
(FILES) In this file photo taken on February 13, 2019, Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif gestures during a press conference in Tehran. AFP / ATTA KENARE
Thrill seekers: Hanoi tours offer visitors taste of summit action 26 Feb 2019 - 10:17 am
Rickshaws transport tourists next to a sign for the upcoming North Korea-U.S. summit, near the Metropole hotel in Hanoi, Vietnam, February 25, 2019. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
'I felt powerful': Afghan trailblazer who confronted Taliban on women 26 Feb 2019 - 10:03 am
In this photo taken on February 18, 2019, Fawzia Koofi, a former member of Afghan Parliament and Chairperson of Women, Civil Society and Human Rights Commission gestures as she speaks during an interview with AFP at her home in Kabul. AFP / WAKIL KOHSAR
India says its fighter jets destroyed terrorist camp in Pakistan 26 Feb 2019 - 08:01 am
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Kim Jong Un arrives in Hanoi for nuclear summit with Trump 26 Feb 2019 - 07:57 am
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's motorcade arrives in Hanoi on February 26, 2019. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un crossed into Vietnam on February 26 after a marathon train journey for a second summit showdown with Donald Trump, with the world looking fo
Main UK opposition party takes step to back new Brexit vote 26 Feb 2019 - 12:29 am
Anti-Brexit activists (L) and pro-Brexit activists demonstrate outside of the Houses of Parliament in London on February 25, 2019.  AFP / Tolga Akmen
Iran foreign minister Zarif announces resignation on Instagram 26 Feb 2019 - 12:06 am
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Prosecutors slam Jewish museum suspect's 'indecent' silence at trial 26 Feb 2019 - 12:06 am
General view of the courtroom during the trial of Mehdi Nemmouche and Nacer Bendrer, who are suspected of killing four people in a shooting at Brussels' Jewish Museum in 2014, at Brussels' Palace of Justice, Belgium February 25, 2019. Christophe Licoppe/P
Lawsuit accuses Trump of kissing campaign worker without her consent 25 Feb 2019 - 11:13 pm
Donald Trump speaks to guests during a campaign rally at the Radisson Paper Valley Hotel on March 30, 2016 in Appleton, Wisconsin. (Scott Olson/Getty Images/AFP)
Would-be Bangladesh hijacker was carrying fake gun: official 25 Feb 2019 - 09:19 pm
Bangladeshi security personnel search people at an entrance to the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on February 25, 2019, as Bangladesh's authorities boost up security the day after an attempted plane hijack.  AFP / Munir Uz Zaman
New Istanbul airport to become fully operational on April 7 -Hurriyet 25 Feb 2019 - 09:12 pm
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