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Trump's travel ban faces new test 08 May 2017 - 11:06 am
Protesters chant during a rally against travel ban at San Diego International Airport, on March 6, 2017 (AFP Photo/Sandy Huffaker)
Macron to be tough in Brexit talks, but won't seek to punish UK - economic adviser 08 May 2017 - 10:55 am
Jean Pisani-Ferry, head of the France Strategie government think-tank, attends a news conference to present the Franco-German report on economic reforms and investment at the Bercy Finance Ministry in Paris, France, November 27, 2014. Picture taken Novemb
ANALYSIS-If elected, S.Korea's Moon may put economy ahead of jobs and tax hikes 08 May 2017 - 10:23 am
Moon Jae-in, the presidential candidate of the Democratic Party of Korea, speaks during his election campaign rally in Daegu, South Korea, May 8, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
More troops deployed as Canada braces for worse flooding 08 May 2017 - 10:18 am
A resident of Ile Mercier south of Quebec pulls a rubber boat in the floods on Saturday 6, 2017.  ( Amru Salahuddien - Anadolu Agency )
Macron marches to French presidency 08 May 2017 - 09:40 am
French president-elect Emmanuel Macron arrives to deliver a speech at the Pyramid at the Louvre Museum in Paris on May 7, 2017, after the second round of the French presidential election. AFP / Philippe LOPEZ
What world leaders say about Macron's victory 08 May 2017 - 09:32 am
Supporters of French President Elect Emmanuel Macron celebrate near the Louvre museum after early results were announced in the second round vote in the 2017 presidential elections in Paris, France, May 7, 2017. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann
IS Afghanistan leader killed: US, Afghan officials 08 May 2017 - 07:41 am
Peninsula
Macron victory: The verdict of the world's media 08 May 2017 - 07:27 am
An Indian man reads a newspaper with the front page news of Emmanuel Macron winning the French Presidential elections in Mumbai on May 8, 2017. AFP / INDRANIL MUKHERJEE
Pro-EU Macron wins France's presidency, Le Pen hopes dashed 08 May 2017 - 07:21 am
PARIS, FRANCE - MAY 07 : French presidential election candidate for the 'En Marche!' (Onwards!) political movement, Emmanuel Macron (L) greets with his wife Brigitte Trogneux (R) after winning the 2017 French election at the Esplanade du Louvre in Paris,
Outcry at Moscow plan to raze thousands of communist-era flats 07 May 2017 - 08:03 pm
File photo:  Reuters / Sergei Karpukhin
Vietnam fires a top Communist Party official for misconduct 07 May 2017 - 06:53 pm
Peninsula
50,000 evacuated in Hanover over unexploded WWII bombs 07 May 2017 - 06:43 pm
A patient of care facility Alloheim is evacuated on May 7, 2017 in Hannover during the evacuation operation. German police on Sunday evacuated some 50,000 people from the northern city of Hanover in one of the largest post-war operations to defuse World W
85-year-old Everest record seeker died of altitude sickness 07 May 2017 - 02:32 pm
People observe a minute of silence near the body of Nepali mountain climber Min Bahadur Sherchan, 85, who died on Saturday, at base camp while on his attempt to become the oldest person to climb Mount Everest, in Kathmandu, Nepal May 7, 2017. REUTERS/Nave
Iran's Rouhani faces protests at site of deadly mine collapse 07 May 2017 - 02:21 pm
A handout picture provided by the office of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on May 7, 2017 shows him (C) sitting through the roof of a car, visiting and speaking with coal miners and rescue workers at the scene of a coal mine which suffered from an explo
Macron, Le Pen face off in watershed French election 07 May 2017 - 02:11 pm
French citizens residing in Lebanon look at the election posters of independent centrist French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron (L) and far-right Front National (FN - National Front) candidate Marine Le Pen, as they arrive to cast their votes at th
Mozambique's gas boom dream under threat 07 May 2017 - 01:49 pm
(FILES) This file photo taken on February 16, 2017 shows young Mozambican fishermen returning to the shore after several days of fishing in Palma, where large deposits of natural gas where found offshore. AFP / JOHN WESSELS
French hostage freed in Sudan: Paris 07 May 2017 - 01:00 pm
File Photo: AFP.
Afghan families flee as Taliban take key northern district 07 May 2017 - 12:18 pm
Photo: AFP.