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New EU chief must piece together diverse top team 19 Jul 2019 - 03:30 pm
Elected European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Parliament President David-Maria Sassoli attend a news conference after the vote on her election at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, July 16, 2019. Reuters/Vincent Kessl
Malnutrition, disease rising in North Korea: aid organisation 19 Jul 2019 - 03:30 pm
People watch a TV screen showing images of US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un at a railway station in Seoul.
Suspected Japanese arsonist is ex-convict who believed studio stole his novel 19 Jul 2019 - 03:30 pm
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Rebel qualms delay Sudan army-protesters meet 19 Jul 2019 - 03:05 pm
Sudanese protesters chant slogans and wave national flags as they march in the capital Khartoum's Green Square on July 18, 2019, as they honour comrades killed in the months-long protest movement that has rocked the country. AFP
Erbil shooting was ‘premeditated terrorist attack’; Turkey bids farewell to diplomat killed in Iraq 19 Jul 2019 - 03:04 pm
Turkish National Defense Minister Hulusi Akar condoles with Sidika Kose (L), mother of Turkish diplomat Osman Kose, who was martyred in an armed attack in Iraq's Erbil, during the funeral ceremony at Ahmet Hamdi Akseki Mosque in Ankara, Turkey on July 18,
Turkey: 7 people missing after flash floods 19 Jul 2019 - 03:04 pm
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'Nobody cares about us': Hunger and despair for India flood victims 19 Jul 2019 - 03:04 pm
An Indian policeman travels with residents on a wooden boat to cross a flooded locality near the Ahiyapur police station at Muzaffarpur district in the Indian state of Bihar on July 18, 2019. AFP / Sachin Kumar
Bangladesh rivers break their banks, forcing 400,000 to flee homes 19 Jul 2019 - 03:04 pm
People move along a flooded road in Gaibandha, Bangladesh July 18, 2019. Reuters
'Cow vigilantes' kill three men in India on suspicion of stealing cattle 19 Jul 2019 - 01:04 pm
Relatives of the victims of a mob lynching incident speak to a police officer as they mourn outside a hospital in Chapra in the eastern state of Bihar, India, July 19, 2019. (REUTERS/Stringer)
'An attack on all of us': Anime fans reel after deadly Japan fire 19 Jul 2019 - 12:52 pm
Residents pray for victims of a fire which hit the Kyoto Animation company studio the day before, killing 33 people, in Kyoto on July 19, 2019. (AFP / JIJI PRESS)
All drones safely returned to base, Iran denies US claims of destroying drone 19 Jul 2019 - 10:53 am
(FILES) This US Navy file photo shows the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4). (AFP PHOTO /US NAVY/Greg Z. RODARTE/HANDOUT)
Edith Jones, who integrated southern medical schools, dies 18 Jul 2019 - 07:29 pm
In addition to being the first black student at UAMS, Jones also was the first black female resident at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston after receiving her medical degree from Arkansas in 1952.
Incoming EU chief von der Leyen says "we don't want a hard Brexit" 18 Jul 2019 - 07:29 pm
In an interview with a consortium of European newspapers, including Germany's Sueddeutsche Zeitung, Ursula von der Leyen said the European Union would first wait for a new British prime minister to be chosen and then seek talks.
Documents detail Trump team's efforts to arrange payment to porn star 18 Jul 2019 - 07:29 pm
Adult film actress Stormy Daniels and US President Donald Trump (AFP Getty Images/North America/Ethan Miller & Mandel Ngan)
Poland's fragmented opposition coalesces into left, centre blocs 18 Jul 2019 - 07:29 pm
Poland's Law and Justice (PiS) leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski and Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki applaud as they attend a Law and Justice (PiS) party convention ahead of the EU election, in Krakow, Poland May 19, 2019. Reuters/Kacper Pempel
Moroccan court: 3 death sentences in slaying of Nordic women 18 Jul 2019 - 07:29 pm
Men, accused in the killing of a Danish and Norwegian hikers in the Atlas mountains near Marrakech last December, are seen inside a car after leaving the courtroom in Sale, near Rabat, Morocco, July 18, 2019. Reuters/Youssef Boudlal
US senator calls for investigation into Russia-made FaceApp 18 Jul 2019 - 05:32 pm
This illustration picture shows FaceApp application displayed on the screen of a smartphone. AFP / Kirill Kudryavtsev
Knife crime soars to record in England and Wales but homicides fall 18 Jul 2019 - 05:32 pm
A general view shows the exterior of York Minster in York, northern England on April 18, 2019. AFP/Oli Scarff