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India's Jet grounds seven more planes amid shutdown fears 23 Mar 2019 - 12:28 pm
(FILES) This file photo taken on September 10, 2018, shows a Jet Airways plane at Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi. AFP / Sajjad HUSSAIN
Two blasts kill 4 at Afghan stadium celebration 23 Mar 2019 - 12:04 pm
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Big explosion heard in Somali capital Mogadishu - Reuters witness 23 Mar 2019 - 11:06 am
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With Washington abuzz, Mueller's report is delivered quietly 23 Mar 2019 - 09:05 am
U.S. Attorney General William Barr's letter to U.S. lawmakers stating that the investigation by Special Counsel Robert Mueller has been concluded and that Mueller has submitted his report to the Attorney General is seen in Washington, U.S. March 22, 2019.
Echoing de Gaulle, Macron sees Brexit Britain as poor fit for Europe 22 Mar 2019 - 11:01 pm
 File photo: British Prime Minister Theresa May and French President Emmanuel Macron take part in a European Union leaders summit in Brussels, December 13, 2018. Reuters/Yves Herman
Trump reverses first North Korea sanctions since failed summit after one day 22 Mar 2019 - 11:01 pm
US President Donald Trump meets North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa island in Singapore, June 12, 2018 (Kevin Lim/The Straits Times/ via Reuters)
Priest stabbed live on TV at Canada's biggest church 22 Mar 2019 - 11:01 pm
Catholic Priest Claude Grou speaks at a press conference on March 1, 2019, about the work to be done at Saint Joseph's Oratory in Montreal.  AFP / Sébastien St-Jean
Bolsonaro gets Trump's praise but few concessions, riling Brazilians 22 Mar 2019 - 09:44 pm
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro listens to US President Donald Trump during a joint news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House, March 19, 2019. Reuters/Carlos Barria
Israeli forces kill two Gazans during border protest 22 Mar 2019 - 09:44 pm
A Palestinian man carries an injured youth at the border fence with Israel east of Gaza City on March 22, 2019. AFP/Said Khatib
UN rights forum condemns Israel over deadly Gaza protests 22 Mar 2019 - 09:44 pm
Palestinian paramedics carry an injured protester at the border fence with Israel east of Gaza City on March 22, 2019. AFP / Said Khatib
Trump's Golan statement draws strong regional condemnation 22 Mar 2019 - 09:44 pm
Druze community members holds Syrian and Druze flags as they sit facing Syria, during a rally marking the anniversary of Israel's annexation of the Golan Heights in the Druze village of Majdal Shams in Golan Heights February 14, 2019. Reuters/Ammar Awad
From farms to slums, Indian women on sharp end of jobs crisis 22 Mar 2019 - 08:48 pm
Chhaya Kharade, 36, an unemployed farm labourer makes tea inside her house in Chincholi, India, March 12, 2019. Reuters/Danish Siddiqui
"I am your mother now": New Zealand mosque shootings hit tight-knit Bangladesh community hard 22 Mar 2019 - 08:48 pm
People attend the burial ceremony for the victims of the mosque attacks, at the Memorial Park Cemetery in Christchurch, New Zealand March 20, 2019. Reuters/Edgar Su
Shortages of everything, and worries about relatives, for Mozambique flood survivors 22 Mar 2019 - 07:01 pm
People from the isolated district of Buzi take shelter in the Samora M. Machel secondary school used as an evacuation center in Beira, Mozambique, on March 21, 2019, following the devastation caused by Cyclone Idai.  AFP / Yasuyoshi Chiba
North Korea pulls out of inter-Korean liaison office: Seoul 22 Mar 2019 - 11:15 am
File photo of a North Korean flag flies on a mast at the Permanent Mission of North Korea in Geneva October 2, 2014. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo
New Zealand Muslims will be 'safe' after mosque attack: NZ minister to OIC 22 Mar 2019 - 11:09 am
New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern gestures as she departs following a gathering for congregational Friday prayers and two minutes of silence for victims of the twin mosque massacre, at Hagley Park in Christchurch on March 22, 2019.  / AFP / Mart
Indonesia's Garuda says to cancel 49-jet Boeing 737 deal after crashes 22 Mar 2019 - 11:03 am
This picture taken on May 15, 2018 shows a Garuda Indonesia Boeing 737 Max 8 at Jakarta International airport in Jakarta.  / AFP / IHWAN IDAMIN HARAHAP
US imposes first new North Korea sanctions since failed summit 22 Mar 2019 - 10:52 am
File photo of a person walking past a banner showing North Korean and US flags ahead of the North Korea-US summit in Hanoi, Vietnam, February 25, 2019. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon