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New quake strikes as Philippines hunts for survivors 23 Apr 2019 - 11:03 am
Rescue workers search for survivors in a collapsed Chuzon Super Market in Porac, Pampanga, after a powerful earthquake hit northern Philippines on April 22, 2019. / AFP / Noel CELIS
Sri Lanka bombing victims were from at least 12 countries 23 Apr 2019 - 11:01 am
Flowers and candles are left in front of the office building of Danish fashion business Bestseller in Aarhus, Denmark, on April 22, 2019, to pay tribute following the attacks in Sri Lanka. Denmark OUT / AFP / Ritzau Scanpix / Bo Amstrup
Hundreds evacuated after gas leak at Australia's Sydney Opera House 23 Apr 2019 - 10:41 am
Reuters file photo.
Kazakhstan's Tokayev gets veteran leader's backing for presidency 23 Apr 2019 - 10:32 am
Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev listens the national anthem during a congress of the Nur Otan ruling party in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, April 23, 2019. REUTERS/Mukhtar Kholdorbekov
Sri Lanka imposes state of emergency after attacks blamed on Islamists 22 Apr 2019 - 10:45 pm
A Sri Lankan soldier stands guard near a car explosion after the police tried to defuse a bomb near St. Anthony's Shrine in Colombo on April 22, 2019, a day after the series of bomb blasts targeting churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka.  AFP / Jewel Sa
Sri Lanka social media shutdown raises fears on free expression 22 Apr 2019 - 10:45 pm
A family who lives near the church that was attacked yesterday, leave their house as the military try to defuse a suspected van before it exploded, in Colombo, Sri Lanka April 22, 2019. Reuters/Dinuka Liyanawatte
Sri Lanka victims: Citizens of at least 12 countries killed 22 Apr 2019 - 10:45 pm
Christian and Muslim clerics light candles for the victims of Sri Lanka's serial bomb blasts, at the Sacred Heart Cathedral in Lahore, Pakistan April 22, 2019. Reuters/Mohsin Raza
Sudan's army says holding talks with all political forces 22 Apr 2019 - 10:45 pm
Sudanese army spokesman, Lt. Gen. Shamseldin Kibashi attends a news conference in Khartoum, Sudan April 17, 2019. Reuters/Umit Bektas
Pelosi says Trump can be held accountable without impeachment 22 Apr 2019 - 09:32 pm
Donald Trump arrives to deliver the State of the Union address alongside Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Vice President Mike Pence at the US Capitol on February 5, 2019. AFP/Doug Mills
Lopez Obrador to reinforce security in Veracruz after massacre 22 Apr 2019 - 09:32 pm
Relatives and friends of victims of an attack mourn during their funeral in Minatitlan, Veracruz State, Mexico, on April 21, 2019.  AFP / Angel Hernandez
Rights group: Rebel land mines in Yemen hinder aid efforts 22 Apr 2019 - 09:32 pm
Cars queue to a petrol station to refuel amid shortages of fuel supplies in Houthi-held Sanaa, Yemen April 16, 2019. Reuters/Khaled Abdullah
Bulgarian gets 30 years in jail for TV presenter's murder 22 Apr 2019 - 08:58 pm
A portrait of slain Bulgarian television journalist Viktoria Marinova during a candle-light vigil in the city of Rousse on October 8, 2018. AFP/Dimitar Dilkoff
Refugees face eviction in Greece as thousands more wait for homes 22 Apr 2019 - 06:04 pm
A migrant mother stands by a tent as a group of migrants and refugees camped out at the central Athens Syntagma square, on April 19, 2019, following their eviction from squatted building in Exarchia neibourhood. AFP / Louisa Gouliamaki
Opponents of Egypt's constitutional reforms call for 'no' vote 22 Apr 2019 - 06:04 pm
An Egyptian man casts his vote in a polling station during the third day of a referendum on constitutional amendments in Cairo on April 22, 2019.  AFP / Khaled Desouki
Algeria arrests five business tycoons 22 Apr 2019 - 06:04 pm
FILE PHOTO: Issad Rebrab, Algerian entrepreneur and CEO of CEVITAL industrial group, poses in his office in Algiers.   AFP / Farouk Batiche
New air-a: Canny Japanese shops sell tins of Heisei air 22 Apr 2019 - 05:51 pm
A man rides his bicycle at night in Tokyo on April 22, 2019. AFP/Charly Triballeau
Sri Lanka victims: Citizens of at least 9 countries killed 22 Apr 2019 - 05:43 pm
Police officers work at the scene at St. Sebastian Catholic Church, after bomb blasts ripped through churches and luxury hotels on Easter, in Negambo, Sri Lanka April 22, 2019. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
Moscow hesitant to welcome Ukraine's new leader 22 Apr 2019 - 05:13 pm
Ukrainian comedian and presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelensky reacts after the announcement of the first exit poll results in the second round of Ukraine's presidential election at his campaign headquarters in Kiev on April 21, 2019. / AFP / Genya SAVI