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Erdogan says F-35 project would collapse without Turkey 30 Apr 2019 - 01:32 pm
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan visits IDEF 2019, 14th International Defense Industry Fair, in Istanbul, Turkey April 30, 2019. Murat Kula
Departing Japanese Emperor Akihito thanks the people, prays for peace 30 Apr 2019 - 11:33 am
Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko attend a ritual called Taiirei-Seiden-no-gi, a ceremony for the Emperor's abdication, at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Japan April 30, 2019. Japan Pool/Pool via Reuters
Japan's emperor performs main abdication ceremony 30 Apr 2019 - 11:10 am
Japanese policemen stand guard as they look at a screen displaying live news of Japanese Emperor Akihito's abdication ceremony in Tokyo on April 30, 2019. AFP / Toshifumi KITAMURA
Sri Lanka to resume Mass on Sunday: cardinal 30 Apr 2019 - 11:10 am
Sri Lankan navy soldiers clean St. Anthony's Shrine while a security personnel stands guard in Colombo on April 27, 2019, following a series of bomb blasts targeting churches and luxury hotels on Easter Sunday in Sri Lanka. / AFP / LAKRUWAN WANNIARACHCHI
Key questions and answers about Japan emperor's abdication 30 Apr 2019 - 11:06 am
People hold umbrellas to shelter themselves from the rain as they gather outside the Imperial Palace, where the abdication ceremony for Japan's Emperor Akihito will take place, in Tokyo on April 30, 2019.  AFP / Charly TRIBALLEAU
Indonesia election rivals toil in "war rooms" to check ballots 30 Apr 2019 - 10:35 am
Volunteers use computer as they input data of vote tally forms, of this month's election, in a room at Joko Widodo's national campaign team office in Jakarta, Indonesia, April 29, 2019. Picture taken April 29, 2019. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan
Trump sues banks in bid to block Congress subpoenas 30 Apr 2019 - 10:15 am
The Deutsche Bank headquarters are pictured in Frankfurt, Germany, April 25, 2019. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski
Suspected explosive device found, man arrested in New Zealand's Christchurch 30 Apr 2019 - 10:01 am
Police officers and vehicles are seen behind police cordon, in Christchurch, New Zealand in this still image taken from video April 30, 2019. TVNZ via Reuters TV
Fact Check: Trump's misleading rhetoric on immigrants 29 Apr 2019 - 11:49 pm
A construction crew works on replacing the US-Mexico border fence as seen from Tijuana in Baja, California state on January 9, 2019. AFP/Guillermo Arias
Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders stake out ideological poles of Democratic race 29 Apr 2019 - 11:49 pm
Senator Bernie Sanders I-VT speaks after the Senate voted to withdraw support for Saudi Arabia war in Yemen in the Senate TV studio at in Washington on December 13 2018 AFP Mandel Ngan
As rain grows patchier, Andaman and Nicobar island farmers adapt 29 Apr 2019 - 10:46 pm
Cracked soil waits for rain at Tapan Mondal’s fields, in Chouldari, India, March 6, 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Colin Daileda
South Sudan hires US lobbyists to help block war crimes court 29 Apr 2019 - 10:19 pm
South Sudan President Salva Kiir and Riek Machar meet after he was sworn-in as the First Vice President at the Presidential House in South Sudan's capital Juba, April 26, 2016. Reuters
UK rape victims told to give police phone data or risk case being dropped 29 Apr 2019 - 10:19 pm
A man stands on the banks of River Thames across from the Houses of Parliament in Westminster in central London on March 27, 2019. AFP/Tolga Akmen
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the Islamic State group's elusive leader 29 Apr 2019 - 08:21 pm
A bearded man with Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's appearance speaks in this screen grab taken from video released on April 29, 2019. Islamic State Group/Al Furqan Media Network/Reuters TV
Trump has made more 10,000 'false or misleading' claims in office, Post says 29 Apr 2019 - 06:53 pm
US President Donald Trump greets the crowd of supporters before he speaks at a Make America Great Again rally on April 27, 2019 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Darren Hauck/AFP
Ebola death toll in DR Congo rises to 865 29 Apr 2019 - 05:29 pm
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Amazon workers from around world join forces in Berlin 29 Apr 2019 - 04:58 pm
Representatives of Amazon workers hold a banner reading
At least 17 dead in Ethiopia clashes: report 29 Apr 2019 - 04:48 pm
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