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An Egyptian soldier helps an elderly woman to a polling station as she arrives to vote in a referendum on constitutional amendments, at a school in the capital Cairo's northern neighborhood of Shubra, on the first day of a three-day poll, on Saturday. — AFP
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Ranjan Gogoi, a Supreme Court judge, gestures as he addresses the media at a news conference in New Delhi, India, in this Jan. 12, 2018 file photo. — Reuters
April 20, 2019
India’s chief justice faces sexual harassment storm
An Afghan woman carries a child rescued from the building of Ministry of Communication and Information Technology in Kabul on Saturday. — Reuters
April 20, 2019
Loud explosion, gunfire rock Kabul in attack near ministry
An Afghan security force officer carries a child rescued from the building of Ministry of Communication and Information Technology in Kabul on Saturday. — Reuters
April 20, 2019
Suicide bombers attack Afghan ministry in downtown Kabul
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Libyans wave a giant national flag during a demonstration in the capital Tripoli's Martyrs Square. — AFP
April 20, 2019
Planeload of Qatari weapons for militias sent to Tripoli
Fighters from the self-proclaimed Libyan National Army loyal to Khalifa Haftar attend their graduation ceremony at a military academy in Libya's eastern city of Benghazi on April 18, 2019. — AFP
April 20, 2019
Trump’s praise for Haftar a sign of US support: Experts
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Kosovar children returned from Syria play in the compound of the foreign detention center in the village of Vranidoll, Kosovo, on Saturday. — AFP
April 20, 2019
Kosovo brings back families of fighters from Syria
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Europe
A still image taken from CCTV video footage released by the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) on Saturday shows a person highlighted in dark clothing with their face covered appearing at the edge of a wall in a scene of the violent disorder during which journalist Lyra Mckee was shot dead in the Creggan area of Derry (Londonderry) in northern Ireland on the night of April 18, 2019. — AFP
April 20, 2019
North Ireland leaders call for calm as two held over journalist’s killing
A picture shows a scooter set ablaze during an anti-government demonstration called by the “Yellow Vests” movement in Paris on Saturday. — AFP
April 20, 2019
Clashes break out between police and yellow vest rioters in Paris
Climate change activists continue to block the road at Oxford Circus in London on Saturday, on the sixth day of an environmental protest by the Extinction Rebellion group after police towed away the pink boat being used as the focal point of the camp the previous evening. — AFP
April 20, 2019
London climate protest arrests top 700
Ukraine’s President and presidential candidate Petro Poroshenko attends a policy debate with his rival, comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy, at the National Sports Complex Olimpiyskiy stadium in Kiev, Ukraine, on Friday. — Reuters
April 19, 2019
Ukraine vote rivals clash in stadium debate
French President Emmanuel Macron, center, addresses Paris fire Brigade BSPP’s staff and other emergency workers at the Elysee presidential Palace in Paris on Thursday, during a tribute ceremony to those who saved Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedrale in the devastating blaze three days ago. — AFP
April 19, 2019
Macron meets Syrian Kurds, vows French support in fight against Daesh
Asia
Richard Harris, Australian member of the Thai cave rescue team shakes hands with Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, next to Craig Challen after receiving the Member of the Most Admirable Order of the Direkgunabhorn award at the Government House in Bangkok, Thailand, on Friday. — Reuters
April 19, 2019
Thai king confers awards on two Australian divers for rescue of cave boys
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April 19, 2019
Bangladesh girl burned to death on teacher’s order: Police
April 19, 2019
Pakistan PM hints at further Cabinet changes after ‘batting order’ shuffle
Africa
Alaa Salah, a Sudanese protester whose video has gone viral making her an icon for the mass anti-government protests, makes victory sign as she is surrounded by protesters as she tours in front of the Defense Ministry in Khartoum, Saturday. — Reuters
April 20, 2019
Sudan probes Bashir after large sums of cash found at ousted president’s home
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April 17, 2019
Meet the funeral man of Makkah
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April 16, 2019
Saudi youth unemployment declines by 6% in 2018
America
US President Donald Trump waves upon arrival at Palm Beach International airport, Florida, on April 18, 2019. — AFP
April 20, 2019
Vulnerable House Democrats tread carefully in wake of Mueller report
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People react at a crime scene where unidentified assailants opened fire at a bar in Minatitlan, in Veracruz state, Mexico, on Friday. — Reuters
April 20, 2019
Unidentified gunmen shoot dead 13 at Mexican party
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This combination of pictures created on Jan.15, 2018 shows booking photos from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department of David Allen Turpin, right, and Louise Anna Turpin. — AFP
April 20, 2019
US parents who starved, shackled 12 children get life in jail
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