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Indonesia flood death toll rises to 89, dozens missing 19 Mar 2019 - 10:08 am
This handout picture taken and released by Indonesia's Badan Nasional Penanggulangan Bencana (BNPB), the accident mitigation agency, on March 19, 2019 shows a flooded area in Sentani. AFP PHOTO / BADAN NASIONAL PENANGGULANGAN BENCANA (BNBP)
Time for N. Korea to take concrete steps: Moon adviser 19 Mar 2019 - 09:50 am
In a photo taken on March 14, 2019 Moon Chung-in, special adviser on national security to South Korea's president Moon Jae-in, speaks with AFP at his office in Seoul. AFP / Ed JONES
Myanmar court jails Rakhine leader for 20 years for treason 19 Mar 2019 - 09:43 am
This photo taken on March 16, 2019 shows people looking at an unexploded rocket in the Mrauk U township in Rakhine. / AFP / STR
India's richest man helps tycoon brother avoid jail 19 Mar 2019 - 09:32 am
File photo of Anil Ambani, Chairman of the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, attends the annual general meeting of Reliance Communication in Mumbai September 4, 2012. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/File Photo
"Our darkest of days": PM Ardern voices New Zealand's grief 19 Mar 2019 - 09:27 am
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern meets with Muslim community leaders after the Parliament session in Wellington on March 19, 2019. / AFP / Dave Lintott
Thai construction tycoon gets 16 months in jail for poaching 19 Mar 2019 - 09:13 am
Premchai Karnasuta leaves the court after hearing the verdict against himself and three other suspects in a poaching case at Thong Pha Phum Provincial Court in Kanchanaburi province on March 19, 2019. / AFP / Lillian Suwanrumpha
Sri Lanka media rights activists decry new anti-terror laws 18 Mar 2019 - 08:00 pm
FILE PHOTO: Indian PM Narendra Modi joins hands with Maithripala Sirisena and PM Ranil Wickremesinghe after addressing a public rally in Norwood. AFP/Ishara S KODIKARA
Taliban capture 58 Afghan security forces: defence ministry 18 Mar 2019 - 06:21 pm
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How hero refugee chased gunman away from New Zealand mosque 18 Mar 2019 - 04:38 pm
Afghan refugee and local resident Abdul Aziz (L), 48, speaks with a man who came to thank him for his bravery, during an interview with AFP in Christchurch on March 17, 2019, two days after he chased a gunman during a shooting incident at the Linwood Mosq
Australian teen who egged senator hailed online as 'heroic' 18 Mar 2019 - 11:42 am
Australian Senator Fraser Anning has an egg smashed on his head while talking to the media in Victoria, Australia March 16, 2019 in this still image taken from a video obtained from social media. THE UNSHACKLED/via REUTERS
Baby reunited with dad as Indonesia flood death toll hits 77 18 Mar 2019 - 10:44 am
This handout picture taken and released by Indonesia Military on March 18, 2019 shows soldiers looking for survivors in a flooded area in Sentani. AFP PHOTO / INDONESIA MILITARY
Hong Kong subway partly suspended after overnight crash 18 Mar 2019 - 09:56 am
Mass Transit Railway (MTR) trains collide near Central station during signal system trial in Hong Kong, China March 18, 2019. MTR Corp/Handout via REUTERS
China says 13,000 'terrorists' arrested in Xinjiang since 2014 18 Mar 2019 - 09:47 am
File photo of weapons the government says were seized from militants in Xinjiang are on display at an exhibition titled
Rohingya "lost generation" struggle to study in Bangladesh camps 18 Mar 2019 - 09:23 am
File photo of Rohingya students are seen during a class at school, at Leda refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, February 9, 2019. Picture taken February 9, 2019. REUTERS/Jiraporn Kuhakan
New Zealand firms consider pulling ads from social media after mass shooting 18 Mar 2019 - 09:14 am
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New gun laws will make NZ safer after mosque massacre, says PM Ardern 18 Mar 2019 - 08:12 am
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks to the media during a press conference at the Justice Precinct in Christchurch on March 16, 2019. / AFP / OFFICE OF PRIME MINITER NEW ZEALAND / Marty MELVILLE
Remote Cape with 'world's cleanest air' offers smog respite 18 Mar 2019 - 07:58 am
This photo taken on February 24, 2019 shows Mike Buckby from the Cape Grim Water Company walking in Cape Grim, Tasmania. Andrew BEATTY / AFP / William WEST
Dealer who sold arms to mosque killer rejects responsibility 18 Mar 2019 - 07:58 am
Gun City store owner David Tipple (R) with his public relation advisor David Linch speak to the media during a press conference at the Piano Event Centre in Christchurch on March 18th, 2019, after 50 worshippers were killed last week in two mosque attacks

Europe

Peninsula Spain equalled September heat record Thursday at 45.7C: weather agency
This picture shows a field of dry sunflowers in Bois-de-Cene, western France, on September 3, 2026. Photo by Loic VENANCE / AFP France allocates more than EUR 1 billion to support agricultural sector
Peninsula Cyprus ferry toll rises to 12 as two more bodies found
Image used for representation only. Man arrested with automatic rifle at Brussels train station

Africa

Representational file photo. Malaria kills 122 in Namibia as cases top 122,000
Pic from social media. Low S.African stadium flyover under review, next scrapped
Peninsula Tunisia's summer wildfires destroy over 14,000 hectares of forest: Civil Defense
Stranded passengers sit on the pavement as they wait with their luggage by the departure terminal of the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) after staff from the Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) and Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) airport workers' go-slow strike action continued into its second day, in Nairobi, on August 31, 2026. Photo by SIMON MAINA / AFP Kenya airport staff end strike

Americas

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Representational image New US tariffs on drones take effect
A State Police officer walks amid remains caused by a car bomb explosion outside the municipal police station in Ojocaliente, Zacatecas, Mexico, on August 31, 2026. Photo by JESS MIRELES / AFP Mexico detains suspect in cartel-linked car bombing
US President Donald Trump looks on during an announcement on Healthcare Affordability in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on August 31, 2026. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP) Trump suggests renaming Strait of Hormuz 'Trump Strait'

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