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"We are one" says PM Ardern as New Zealand mourns with prayers, silence 22 Mar 2019 - 10:24 am
New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern leaves after the Friday prayers at Hagley Park outside Al-Noor mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand March 22, 2019. REUTERS/Jorge Silva
Guns and tourists: Aboard the unlikely India-Pakistan 'friendship bus' 22 Mar 2019 - 10:17 am
The India-Pakistan 'friendship bus' is pictured at the Wagah-Attari border crossing, India, March 15, 2019.  REUTERS/Alasdair Pal
Police in Kazakhstan detain dozens of anti-government protesters 22 Mar 2019 - 10:10 am
File photo of policemen detain an opposition supporter during a protest rally in Almaty, Kazakhstan May 10, 2018. REUTERS/Mariya Gordeyeva
Australian state election will be trial run for PM's federal contest in May 22 Mar 2019 - 10:05 am
Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks to the media during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, March 20, 2019. AAP Image/Andrew Taylor/via REUTERS
Hun Sen denies Cambodia is Chinese 'colony' as work on $2 bn road begins 22 Mar 2019 - 10:00 am
File photo of premier Hun Sen. AFP
In major shift, Trump says time for US to recognize Israeli sovereignty over Syria’s Golan Heights 21 Mar 2019 - 11:02 pm
An Israeli flag is seen placed on Mount Bental in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights on May 10, 2018. AFP/Jalaa Marey
The junta leader who's running for prime minister of thailand 21 Mar 2019 - 09:30 pm
Thai junta chief Prayut Chan-ocha  (AFP)
Mom with kids on YouTube channel suspected of child abuse 21 Mar 2019 - 09:19 pm
A picture illustration shows YouTube on a cell phone in front of a YouTube copyright message regarding a video on an LCD screen in central Bosnian town of Zenica, June 18, 2014. Reuters/Dado Ruvic
Bangladesh town barbers face fines for 'foreign' cuts 21 Mar 2019 - 07:54 pm
Representational image: A Rohingya refugee cuts the hair of a kid at a temporary shelter in Beras Pati after arrived from Aceh Shelter in Medan of North Sumatra, Indonesia on November 25, 2016. (Jefri Tarigan / Anadolu Agency)
Toll rises to 72 as overloaded ferry sinks in Iraq's Tigris river 21 Mar 2019 - 06:56 pm
An Iraqi rescue helicopter searches for survivors at the site where an overloaded ferry sank in the Tigris river near Mosul in Iraq, March, 21,2019. Reuters/Stringer
Mozambique death toll rises to 242 after cyclone: Minister 21 Mar 2019 - 06:41 pm
A local paddles past a woman at her home during floods after Cyclone Idai, in Buzi district, outside Beira, Mozambique, March 21, 2019. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko
Oil-rich Angola gripped by fuel shortage 21 Mar 2019 - 06:23 pm
FILE PHOTO: Cars are seen infront of the head office of Angola's state oil company Sonangol in the capital Luanda, Angola June 7,2016. REUTERS
At least 10 dead in Egypt chemical plant blast 21 Mar 2019 - 05:58 pm
Family-members and relatives of the victims of an explosion at a chemical plant gather outside a morgue to receive their bodies, in the Egyptian Red Sea port city of Suez on March 21, 2019. AFP
New Zealand bans 'military-style' guns after mosque attacks 21 Mar 2019 - 05:42 pm
A police officer stands guard as relatives of victims of mosque attack arrive to attend the funeral of a victim who died at the mosque attack at Memorial Park Cemetery, in Christchurch, New Zealand on March 21, 2019.  Peter Adones - Anadolu
Ferry sinks in Tigris near Iraq's Mosul, killing 45 21 Mar 2019 - 05:33 pm
Peninsula
Trump says public should see 'ridiculous' Mueller report 21 Mar 2019 - 05:17 pm
US President Donald Trump speaks after touring the Lima Army Tank Plant at Joint Systems Manufacturing in Lima, Ohio, March 20, 2019. / AFP / SAUL LOEB
At least 40 killed as overloaded ferry sinks in Iraq's Tigris river 21 Mar 2019 - 04:43 pm
Peninsula
Hezbollah putting Lebanon at risk: Pompeo 21 Mar 2019 - 04:29 pm
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a meeting with the Israeli and greek prime ministers and the Cypriot president, in Jerusalem March 20, 2019. / AFP / POOL / JIM YOUNG