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Narendra Modi holds bilateral talks in UK with world leaders, including prime ministers of Bangladesh, Australia

Narendra Modi holds bilateral talks in UK with world leaders, including prime ministers of Bangladesh, Australia

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Narendra Modi, who is on a four-day visit to the United Kingdom, attended the multilateral Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in London on Thursday

Narendra Modi in UK: Prime Minister meets Theresa May and Prince Charles, will address Indian community soon

Narendra Modi in UK: Prime Minister meets Theresa May and Prince Charles, will address Indian community soon

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Narendra Modi began his four-day visit to the United Kingdom on Wednesday with a breakfast meeting with his British counterpart, Theresa May, at 10 Downing Street

Narendra Modi in Stockholm: India, Sweden agree to strengthen defence and security cooperation

Narendra Modi in Stockholm: India, Sweden agree to strengthen defence and security cooperation

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday arrived in the capital of Sweden, the first bilateral visit by an Indian premier to the Nordic nation in 30 years.

US, Britain and France strike Syria over suspected chemical weapons attack; Russia calls it 'danger to world peace'

US, Britain and France strike Syria over suspected chemical weapons attack; Russia calls it 'danger to world peace'

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Loud explosions rocked Syria's capital and filled the sky with heavy smoke early on Saturday after US president Donald Trump announced airstrikes in retaliation for the country's alleged use of chemical weapons

Algerian military plane crashes near field outside base in Boufarik; 257 dead, cause of incident unclear

Algerian military plane crashes near field outside base in Boufarik; 257 dead, cause of incident unclear

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An Algerian military plane is seen after crashing near an airport outside the capital Algiers, Algeria. The plane went down in a field just outside a military base in Boufarik and was engulfed in flames, killing 247 passengers and 10 crew members, the defense ministry said

Malala Yousafzai returns to Pakistan: Nobel laureate visits Swat Valley, vows to continue fight for girls' education

Malala Yousafzai returns to Pakistan: Nobel laureate visits Swat Valley, vows to continue fight for girls' education

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Malala Yousafzai returned to Pakistan on Thursday in her first visit to her native country since she was shot in the head by a Taliban gunman six years ago

Pope Francis delivers Easter message in St Peter's Square, calls for end of carnage in Syria

Pope Francis delivers Easter message in St Peter's Square, calls for end of carnage in Syria

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Pope Francis celebrated Easter mass under tight security and a sunny sky on Sunday in front of tens of thousands of pilgrims gathered in a flower-bedecked St Peter's Square

Hundreds flock to Stephen Hawking's funeral in Cambridge, including Theory of Everything star Eddie Redmayne

Hundreds flock to Stephen Hawking's funeral in Cambridge, including Theory of Everything star Eddie Redmayne

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The theoretical physicist who captured the imagination of millions around the world died on 14 March at the age of 76.

Good Friday 2018: Christians take out processions, observe fast on day marking crucifixion of Jesus Christ

Good Friday 2018: Christians take out processions, observe fast on day marking crucifixion of Jesus Christ

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Good Friday, also called Holy Friday or Great Friday, is a holiday observed by most Christian denominations which commemorates the crucifixion of Jesus Christ

Russia shopping mall fire: First funerals held for victims as country observes day of mourning

Russia shopping mall fire: First funerals held for victims as country observes day of mourning

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Russia on Wednesday held a national day of mourning and buried the first victims of a fire that ravaged a busy shopping centre in the city of Kemerovo and killed at least 64 people, most of them children

Kim Jong-un meets Chinese president Xi Jinping on first-ever foreign trip as North Korean leader

Kim Jong-un meets Chinese president Xi Jinping on first-ever foreign trip as North Korean leader

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North Korea's Kim Jong-un has made his first-ever foreign trip as leader to meet China's president, vowing he is "committed to denuclearisation"

Planet marks Earth Hour: Countries around the world switch off lights for 60 minutes to call attention to climate change

Planet marks Earth Hour: Countries around the world switch off lights for 60 minutes to call attention to climate change

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It lasted for just an hour and its power is purely symbolic. But in countries around the world, at 8:30 p.m., people switched off their lights for Earth Hour, a global call for international unity on the importance of addressing climate change.

March for our lives: Thousands of Americans rally across US to demand tighter gun laws

March for our lives: Thousands of Americans rally across US to demand tighter gun laws

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Chanting 'Never Again', hundreds of thousands of young Americans rallied across the United States to demand tighter gun laws.

France hostage situation ends: Three dead in terror attack in Trebes; police kill Islamic State militant

France hostage situation ends: Three dead in terror attack in Trebes; police kill Islamic State militant

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At least three people were killed in a shooting spree and hostage siege in southwest France by a man claiming allegiance to the Islamic State group

Vladimir Putin wins fourth presidential term, gains massive mandate by clinching 77% of votes

Vladimir Putin wins fourth presidential term, gains massive mandate by clinching 77% of votes

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Russian President Vladimir Putin won a fourth presidential term with nearly 77 percent of the vote — his highest score ever and a massive mandate to pursue his nationalist, assertive policies for another six years in power

Narendra Modi, Emmanuel Macron inaugurate Mirzapur solar power plant, enjoy boat ride on the Ganga in Varanasi

Narendra Modi, Emmanuel Macron inaugurate Mirzapur solar power plant, enjoy boat ride on the Ganga in Varanasi

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Narendra Modi and Emmanuel Macron inaugurated the biggest solar power plant of Uttar Pradesh and took in the cultural sites and activities of Varanasi.

Forty nine killed in Nepal's worst-ever aviation disaster as US-Bangla Airlines plane crash near Kathmandu airport

Forty nine killed in Nepal's worst-ever aviation disaster as US-Bangla Airlines plane crash near Kathmandu airport

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Forty-nine people were killed when a Bangladeshi plane crashed and burst into flames near Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, in the worst aviation disaster to hit Nepal in nearly three decades

Weeks after Florida school shooting, US church holds commitment ceremony featuring AR-15 rifles

Weeks after Florida school shooting, US church holds commitment ceremony featuring AR-15 rifles

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Dozens of US couples donned crowns and cradled guns at a controversial commitment ceremony in a Pennsylvania church on Wednesday

Daily life across Europe hit by persistent snow, freezing conditions from Siberian cold snap

Daily life across Europe hit by persistent snow, freezing conditions from Siberian cold snap

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Persistent snow and freezing conditions from a Siberian cold snap snarled transit Wednesday and caused a handful of deaths across a swathe of Europe.

Leicester explosion: Blast destroys shop in central English city, four of the six injured in critical condition

Leicester explosion: Blast destroys shop in central English city, four of the six injured in critical condition

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Six persons were taken to hospital after an explosion destroyed a shop in Leicester in Britain

Parkland school shooting: Protests erupt across the US in support of victims and for stricter gun laws

Parkland school shooting: Protests erupt across the US in support of victims and for stricter gun laws

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In a wave of demonstrations reaching from Arizona to Maine, students at dozens of US high schools walked out of class to protest gun violence.

Florida school shooting: Donald Trump and wife Melania visit Parkland hospital to meet survivors

Florida school shooting: Donald Trump and wife Melania visit Parkland hospital to meet survivors

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US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania visited Broward Health North hospital on Friday to meet and offer comfort to those wounded in the Florida mass school shooting

Thousands attend vigil to mourn victims of shooting at Florida's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School

Thousands attend vigil to mourn victims of shooting at Florida's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School

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Thousands attended a vigil to mourn the 17 victims who were slaughtered by a former student at a high school in Florida which had ousted him for indiscipline.

South Africa's Jacob Zuma resigns as president, rails against ANC party for ousting him

South Africa's Jacob Zuma resigns as president, rails against ANC party for ousting him

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South African president Jacob Zuma resigned on Wednesday as the ruling ANC party finally turned against him after nine years of corruption scandals, economic slowdown and falling popularity.

Russia faces one of its worst aviation disasters as Saratov Airlines flight carrying 71 crashes; Vladimir Putin offers condolences

Russia faces one of its worst aviation disasters as Saratov Airlines flight carrying 71 crashes; Vladimir Putin offers condolences

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A Russian passenger plane carrying 71 people crashed near Moscow on Sunday minutes after taking off, killing everyone on board in one of the country's worst ever aviation disasters.

Nearly 70 civilians, including children, killed by state sponsored air strikes in Syria

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Fresh regime strikes on a besieged rebel-held enclave near Damascus in Syria killed close to 70 civilians despite mounting Western pressure on Syrian president Bashar al-Assad

Sushma Swaraj in Riyadh: External affairs minister discusses trade and security with Saudi Arabia's King Salman

Sushma Swaraj in Riyadh: External affairs minister discusses trade and security with Saudi Arabia's King Salman

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External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj met with Saudi Arabia's King Salman and foreign minister Adel al-Jubeir, discussing bilateral relations between the two countries.

Taiwan earthquake: Four killed, 200 injured as 6.4 magnitude tremors hit port city of Hualien

Taiwan earthquake: Four killed, 200 injured as 6.4 magnitude tremors hit port city of Hualien

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Rescue workers scrambled to search for survivors in buildings left tilting precariously on their foundations in the Taiwanese city of Hualien Wednesday.

Amtrak passenger train collides with parked freight carrier in US' South Carolina: 2 killed, 116 injured in accident

Amtrak passenger train collides with parked freight carrier in US' South Carolina: 2 killed, 116 injured in accident

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An Amtrak passenger train travelling on the wrong track collided with a parked CSX Corp freight train in South Carolina on Sunday.

Lunar Showstopper: First 'super blue blood moon' in 35 years graces sky across globe

Lunar Showstopper: First 'super blue blood moon' in 35 years graces sky across globe

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The moon is putting on a rare cosmic show on Wednesday as much of the world is getting to see not only a blue moon and a supermoon, but also a total lunar eclipse, all rolled into one.