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Iran says it has sentenced Iranian woman to 10 years for spying for UK 13 May 2019 - 12:19 pm
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Pompeo to visit Brussels as Europe meets on Iran 13 May 2019 - 11:27 am
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo walks to board a plane before departing from London Stansted Airport, north of London, on May 9, 2019. / AFP / POOL / MANDEL NGAN
Philippines votes in polls expected to strengthen Duterte 13 May 2019 - 11:17 am
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte waves to his supporters as he attends the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas Bayan (PDP-LABAN) meeting in Manila on May 11, 2019 after endorsing the political party's senatorial candidates / AFP / Noel CELIS
China says will never surrender to outside pressure as US trade row heats up 13 May 2019 - 11:02 am
FILE PHOTO: China's Vice Premier Liu He listens to U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer as they exit the office of the U.S. Trade Representative following the second day of last-ditch trade talks in Washington, U.S., May 10, 2019. REUTERS/Leah Mill
Kudlow's admission about who pays tariffs contradicts Trump 13 May 2019 - 10:23 am
FILE PHOTO: White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow speaks to reporters at the White House in Washington, U.S., May 3, 2019. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
Gunmen kill six in second church attack in Burkina Faso 13 May 2019 - 01:03 am
FILE PHOTO: A policeman stands guard in front of Splendid Hotel in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, January 17, 2016. Reuters/Joe Penney
Delhi leader defies slaps and shoes to step up election fight 12 May 2019 - 11:19 pm
The tussle for the capital will be front and centre, with all eyes on its chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, whose Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) -- or Common Man party -- was formed just seven years ago amid outrage over corruption.
Political parties avoid wooing Muslim voters in India 12 May 2019 - 11:19 pm
A man stands outside a polling station before casting his vote during the sixth phase of the general election, in the old quarters of Delhi, India, May 12, 2019. Reuters/Anushree Fadnavis
Exit far left: India's communists face election angst 12 May 2019 - 11:19 pm
In this photo taken on April 19, 2019, Sitaram Yechury, leader of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), gestures to supporters at an election campaign rally in Perambra in the south Indian state of Kerala. AFP/Arun Sankar
Retired Lebanese soldiers picket central bank over cuts 12 May 2019 - 11:19 pm
Retired soldiers gesture as they take part in a protest over proposed cuts to the cost of military pensions and benefits in front of the central bank in Beirut, Lebanon May 12, 2019. Reuters/Mohamed Azakir
Colombia Mother's Day marred with blood, gender violence 12 May 2019 - 10:30 pm
A bull charges during a bullfighting training session in Mosquera municipality on the outskirts of Bogota, Colombia on January 17, 2017. AFP/Guillermo Legaria
Indian parties court farmers with green promises 12 May 2019 - 10:30 pm
A farmer smokes while sitting on sacks of paddy crops as he waits for customers in Sanand village on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, November 15, 2016. Reuters
Migrant women, children denied shelter in Libya's battleground 12 May 2019 - 08:21 pm
Women carry banners during a funeral ceremony for those died in attacks by Khalifa Haftar forces at the Abu Salim neighborhood's Martyrs Square, Tripoli, Libya, April 17, 2019. Hazem Turkia/ Anadolu Agency
Namibian women say #MeToo in new movement against sexual violence 12 May 2019 - 08:21 pm
#MeToo on the hand of a protester during a gathering called by the Effronte-e-s Collective on the Place de la Republique square in Paris on October 29, 2017. AFP/Bertrand Guay
India's marathon election reaches next-to-last phase 12 May 2019 - 07:07 pm
Women stand in a queue to cast their vote at a polling station in village Bhudi in the northern state of Haryana, India, May 12, 2019. (REUTERS/Ajay Verma)
147 illegal immigrants rescued off the coast of Libya 12 May 2019 - 03:51 pm
Migrants, who were rescued after their boat capsized in the Mediterranean Sea off the Tunisian Coast after they had left Libya, are seen inside a local Red Cresent chapter in Zarzis, Tunisia May 11, 2019. REUTERS/Zoubei Souissi
Egypt sentences two to death over church attack 12 May 2019 - 03:43 pm
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New talks on Sudan civil rule Monday: protest movement 12 May 2019 - 03:32 pm
Sudanese protesters wave national flags at the sit-in outside the army headquarters in Khartoum on May 9, 2019. / AFP / Mohamed el-Shahed