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Protesting pensioners scuffle with police in Venezuela 13 May 2017 - 07:54 am
A nun (R) confronts riot security forces while rallying against President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela, May 12, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins
Trump warns sacked FBI chief over media leaks 13 May 2017 - 07:49 am
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Russia's interior ministry says computers hit by 'virus attack' 13 May 2017 - 07:44 am
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Major cyber attacks strike worldwide 13 May 2017 - 07:38 am
In this posed picture photograph, a woman points to the website of the NHS: East and North Hertfordshire notifying users of a problem in its network, in London on May 12, 2017. AFP / Daniel LEAL-OLIVAS
Britons would vote to leave Eurovision: poll 12 May 2017 - 10:33 pm
Austria's Nathan Trent performs the song 'Running On Air' during the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 Semi-Final 2 at the International Exhibition Centre in Kiev, Ukraine.
Congo announces 9 suspected Ebola cases, including 3 deaths 12 May 2017 - 09:18 pm
This August 16, 2014 photo shows a girl suspected of being infected with the Ebola virus having her temperature checked at the government hospital in Kenema, Sierra Leone  (AFP / CARL DE SOUZA)
France’s Macron woos conservative moderates as row simmers with ally 12 May 2017 - 09:10 pm
France's president-elect Emmanuel Macron walks in a street, on May 11, 2017 in Paris. AFP / Philippe Lopez
Focus on what really matters, Blair advises Macron 12 May 2017 - 09:05 pm
Britain's former Prime Minister Tony Blair arrives for a meeting of the European People's Party in Wicklow, Ireland, May 12, 2017. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne
British hospitals, Spanish firms among targets of huge cyberattack 12 May 2017 - 08:58 pm
In this posed picture photograph, a woman points to the website of the NHS: East and North Hertfordshire notifying users of a problem in its network, in London on May 12, 2017. AFP / Daniel Leal-Olivas
Despite crackdown, people-smuggling across Thai-Myanmar border has risen 12 May 2017 - 03:07 pm
FILEPHOTO: lllegal migrants from Myanmar sit on a bus as they travel to a district court at Tha Sala police station, in Nakorn Si Thammarat province, Thailand, May 6, 2017. REUTERS/Surapan Boonthanom
Myanmar army chief compares Rohingya crackdown to Northern Ireland 12 May 2017 - 02:48 pm
Myanmar Chief of General Staff Lieutenant General Mya Tun Oo during a news conference in November 2016 at the Chief of Defense office in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, February 28, 2017. REUTERS
India turns on Rohingya refugees seeking their deportation as Kashmir boils 12 May 2017 - 02:48 pm
A girl from the Rohingya Muslim community walks past a makeshift settlement on the outskirts of Jammu, May 6, 2017. REUTERS/Mukesh Gupta
India calls for deeper ties with Sri Lanka as China looms 12 May 2017 - 02:31 pm
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (C) joins hands with Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena (L) and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe (R) after addressing a public rally in the tea-growing town of Norwood, some 80kms east of Colombo on May 12, 2
Malaysia deports Turks wanted over alleged Gulen links 12 May 2017 - 02:23 pm
Turkish authorities allege last year's coup attempt against Erdogan was masterminded by US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen and his so-called Fethullah Terror Organisation (FETO).
Sudan's first PM since 1989 coup names new cabinet 12 May 2017 - 02:23 pm
Sudan's prime minister and first vice president Bakri Hassan Saleh looks on during group photos with Minsters at Council of Minsters in Khartoum, Sudan March 2, 2017. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah
Germany adopts self-driving vehicles law 12 May 2017 - 02:00 pm
This file photo taken on September 16, 2015 shows the Model S of US electric cars manufacturer Tesla Motors during a press day of the 66th IAA auto show in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany
Death toll in blast targeting Pakistani senator at 20 12 May 2017 - 01:38 pm
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Climate Change to cause more floods in Canada: Trudeau 11 May 2017 - 06:28 pm
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (C) helps fill sandbags after flooding in Terrasse-Vaudreuil, Quebec, Canada May 7, 2017. Adam Scotti/Prime Minister's Office