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Man caught walking into New York cathedral with full gasoline cans, lighters: Police 18 Apr 2019 - 12:59 pm
FILE PHOTO: A marching band passes St. Patrick's Cathedral during the annual St. Patrick's Day parade in New York, March 17, 2012. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo
Madeira in mourning after 29 German tourists die in bus crash 18 Apr 2019 - 11:47 am
A video grab obtained from drone footage shows the wreckage of a tourist bus that crashed on April 17, 2019 in Canico, on the Portuguese island of Madeira. AFP / STRINGER
Portugal fuel-tanker drivers' strike ends - media 18 Apr 2019 - 10:13 am
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N.Korea rejects Pompeo from nuclear dialogue: KCNA 18 Apr 2019 - 09:55 am
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Separatist gunmen kill 14 bus passengers in Pakistan 18 Apr 2019 - 09:54 am
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Impact of Tripoli rocket attack shown by Anadolu Agency 17 Apr 2019 - 11:40 pm
Libyan women shout slogans during a demonstration to demand an end to the Khalifa Haftar's offensive against Tripoli, at Martyrs' Square in Tripoli, Libya April 17, 2019. The sign reads,
Turkey's Erdogan meets Iran minister over Syria 17 Apr 2019 - 11:33 pm
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) meets Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (L) in Ankara, Turkey on April 17, 2019. (Turkish Presidency/Cem Oksuz/Anadolu Agency)
Algerians rally to demand top union chief resign 17 Apr 2019 - 11:13 pm
Algerian artists chant slogans as they protest against the government as they call for more liberties during a sit-in outside the Ministry of Culture headquarters in the capital Algiers on April 17, 2019.  AFP / Ryad Kramdi
Egypt sets date for referendum on extending Sisi's rule 17 Apr 2019 - 08:40 pm
A man gestures as he rides a motorized vehicle showing a poster of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Cairo, Egypt, March 27, 2018. Reuters/Ammar Awad
Libyan official says shelling killed 6 civilians in Tripoli 17 Apr 2019 - 08:40 pm
Women carry banners during a funeral ceremony for those, who died in rocket attacks by East Libya-based forces led by commander Khalifa Haftar at the Abu Salim neighborhood, at Martyrs' Square in Tripoli, Libya on April 17, 2019. (Hazem Turkia/Anadolu Age
Sudan secret police testify in Italy trafficker trial 17 Apr 2019 - 08:40 pm
 Medhany Tesfamariam Berhe (left) says he was mistaken for Medhanie Yehdego Mered (right) (EPA)
South Sudan offers to mediate political transition in Sudan 17 Apr 2019 - 08:40 pm
South Sudan‘s President Salva Kiir (R) is greeted by religious leaders on his arrival from Rome, at Juba International Airport in Juba, South Sudan on April 13, 2019. AFP / Akuot Chol
Sudanese pressure military as mystery gunmen menace sit-in 17 Apr 2019 - 08:40 pm
Sudanese demonstrators make victory signs and take selfies during a protest in front of the Defence Ministry in Khartoum, Sudan April 17, 2019. Reuters/Umit Bektas
Sudan: four months of anti-regime protests 17 Apr 2019 - 08:40 pm
A Sudanese man works at a bakery in the capital Khartoum on January 5, 2018. AFP/Ashraf Shazly
Lightning strike at Acropolis, Greece, injures four 17 Apr 2019 - 08:16 pm
Tourists take selfies in front of the ancient Acropolis after it was closed following a lightning storm injuring four people on April 17, 2019.   AFP / LOUISA GOULIAMAKI
France launches global contest to replace Notre-Dame spire 17 Apr 2019 - 07:26 pm
Anne, Elisabeth and Fulbert, the bells number 3, 4 and 5 of the Notre-Dame de Chartres cathedral in Chartres, western France, rebuilt after a fire in 1836, on April 17, 2019. AFP / Jean-Francois Monier
France opens the question: should Notre-Dame be rebuilt as it was? 17 Apr 2019 - 07:26 pm
People gather outside the Saint Sulpice church during a mass two days after a massive fire devastated large parts of the gothic structure of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, France, April 17, 2019. Reuters/Gonzalo Fuentes
Former President of Peru shoots self in head as police close In 17 Apr 2019 - 04:50 pm
Police arrives outside a hospital where Peru's former President Alan Garcia was taken after he shot himself, in Lima, Peru April 17, 2019. REUTERS/Guadalupe Pardo