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In northeast India, the politics of citizenship flares anew 10 Aug 2018 - 11:21 pm
People wait to check their names on the draft list at the National Register of Citizens centre at a village in Nagaon district, Assam state, India, July 30, 2018 (Reuters)
Flash floods kill 28 in Kerala, prompting US travel alert 10 Aug 2018 - 10:51 pm
An Indian woman sits inside her houses immersed in flood waters in Ernakulam district of Kochi, in the Indian state of Kerala on August 10, 2018. AFP
India lawmaker dresses as Hitler to criticize prime minister 10 Aug 2018 - 10:51 pm
Indian school children rehearse during preparations ahead of Indian Independence Day celebrations in Amritsar on August 10, 2018. AFP / Narinder Nanu
Pakistan's Imran Khan to be sworn in as PM August 18 10 Aug 2018 - 10:51 pm
Indian High Commissioner Ajay Bisaria with Imran Khan in Islamabad yesterday. Bisaria gifted Khan a cricket bat autographed by the entire Indian cricket team. (Twitter)
Japan ex-defence minister to challenge Abe as party chief 10 Aug 2018 - 12:18 pm
In this file photo taken on July 16, 2015 Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) and then Regional Revitalization Minister Shigeru Ishiba (L) listen to a speech by a member of an opposition party at the parliament in Tokyo. / AFP / Kazuhiro NOGI
Cambodia PM Facebook hacked to 'give away parliament seats' 10 Aug 2018 - 12:09 pm
File photo of HunSen. AFP
Red Cross warns of food crisis in North Korea as crops fail in heat 10 Aug 2018 - 11:52 am
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US launches airstrikes as Taliban attack Afghan city 10 Aug 2018 - 11:19 am
This screen grab taken from AFPTV video on August 10, 2018 shows smoke rising into the air after Taliban militants launched an attack on the Afghan provincial capital Ghazni, with terrified residents cowering in their homes amid explosions and gunfire. /
Indonesia’s Jokowi to partner with cleric in bid for second term 10 Aug 2018 - 02:01 am
Indonesian President Joko Widodo (C) arrives to hold a meeting with coalition party leaders in Jakarta, Indonesia August 9, 2018 in this photo taken by Antara Foto. Galih Pradipta via Reuters
Floods, landslides claim 26 lives in south India's Kerala 10 Aug 2018 - 01:19 am
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Rahul Gandhi says Modi govt anti-Dalit; BJP hits back 10 Aug 2018 - 01:19 am
Congress president Rahul Gandhi (R), speaks at a protest rally called by India's most marginalised Dalit community over an amendment to a law that protects the rights of the group, in New Delhi on August 9, 2018. AFP / Sajjad Hussain
Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf agrees to probe vote-rigging allegations 10 Aug 2018 - 01:19 am
Activists of Pakistan opposition parties shout slogans outside the provincial election commission office against the alleged election rigging in Karachi on August 9, 2018. AFP / Asif Hassan
North Korea chides US for pressing sanctions 09 Aug 2018 - 05:50 pm
This undated picture released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on August 8, 2018 via KNS shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (L) inspecting the Kumsanpho Fish Pickling Factory with his wife Ri Sol Ju (back C) in South Hwanghae Provin
Kerala rains leave 24 dead, Cochin airport opens 09 Aug 2018 - 05:08 pm
Indian rescuers conduct rescue operations after a landslide at Kuttampuzha village in Ernakulam district in the Indian state of Kerala on August 9, 2018. AFP
Pakistan’s opposition parties protest election results 09 Aug 2018 - 12:04 am
Pakistan opposition leader Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman (C) addresses protesters outside the election commission office against the alleged election rigging in Islamabad on August 8, 2018. AFP / Farooq Naeem
Myanmar urged to take steps for return of Rohingya 08 Aug 2018 - 08:47 pm
Rohingya refugees collect water at Kutupalong camp in Ukhia on August 8, 2018. AFP / Chandan Khanna
Two die in stampede at funeral of Indian Tamil leader Karunanidhi 08 Aug 2018 - 04:35 pm
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party supporters display a portrait of party president Muthuvel Karunanidhi as they gather to pay respects to his remains at Rajaji hall in Chennai on August 8, 2018. AFP / Arun Sankar
Lombok quake leaves 156,000 homeless as death toll hits 131 08 Aug 2018 - 02:52 pm
A woman and boy watch as men clear the wreckage of houses damaged by an earthquake in Menggala, North Lombok on August 8, 2018, three days after the earthquake struck the area. (AFP / ADEK BERRY)

Europe

A Turkish vessels patrols during search and rescue operations following a ferry capsizing off the port of Kyrenia in the north of the divided Mediterranean island of Cyprus on August 30, 2026. Photo by Jewel SAMAD / AFP Capsized ferry off Northern Cyprus has 'completely sunk': official
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Norway's King Haakon VIII (R), Crown Princess Ingrid Alexandra (2ndR), Queen Sonja (2ndL) and Prince Sverre Magnus (L) attend a memorial church service for the late King Harald V at Asker Church in Asker, Norway, on August 30, 2026. Photo by Cornelius Poppe / NTB / AFP Norway's churches hold services to late King Harald
Britain's Prime Minister Andy Burnham smiles during a visit to Bath, western England, on July 22, 2026. Photo by Toby Melville / POOL / AFP Tests loom for popular UK PM Burnham as parliament returns

Africa

File photo showing the AU logo outside the headquarters building in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. AU condemns armed attacks on UN peacekeepers in South Sudan
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A woman inspects her damaged house after it was burned down in a forest fire in Bordj T'har, a town and commune in Algeria's northeastern Jijel Province, on August 27, 2026. (Photo by AFP) Algeria rallies in solidarity as wildfires hit northeast

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