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Stromboli volcano in violent eruption off Sicily 03 Jul 2019 - 08:49 pm
 Ash and smoke rises after a volcano eruption started forest fires in Stromboli, Italy, July 3, 2019 in this still image obtained from social media video. Gernot Werner Gruber via Reuters
Italy ducks EU disciplinary action on deficit 03 Jul 2019 - 03:30 pm
Economics Commissioner Pierre Moscovici
More than 200 fall ill after eating at Imelda Marcos party 03 Jul 2019 - 02:10 pm
File photo of Aides help former Philippine First Lady Imelda Marcos walk, as she arrives at an anti-corruption court Sandiganbayan, to attend a court hearing in Quezon City, Metro Manila, in Philippines November 16, 2018. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez
South Korean general sacked for failing to detect boat from North 03 Jul 2019 - 01:56 pm
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Rahul Gandhi resigns as leader of India's opposition Congress 03 Jul 2019 - 01:43 pm
In this file photo taken on May 23, 2019 Indian National Congress Party president Rahul Gandhi looks on during a press conference in New Delhi. / AFP / SAJJAD HUSSAIN
The spectacular fall of India's 'Dosa King' 03 Jul 2019 - 01:22 pm
This photo taken on June 28, 2019 shows the image of P. Rajagopal, founder of the Saravana Bhavan food chain, on a menu at one of the popular restaurants in Chennai./ AFP / ARUN SANKAR
German migrant rescue ship captain moved to secret location after threats 03 Jul 2019 - 11:58 am
FILE PHOTO: Carola Rackete, the 31-year-old Sea-Watch 3 captain, disembarks from a Finance police boat and is escorted to a car, in Porto Empedocle, Italy July 1, 2019. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane/File Photo
China accuses British FM of colonial fantasy over Hong Kong 03 Jul 2019 - 11:45 am
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At least 40 killed in strike on Tripoli migrant detention centre: Official 03 Jul 2019 - 10:20 am
A policeman is seen at a detention centre for mainly African migrants that was hit by an airstrike in the Tajoura suburb of the Libyan capital of Tripoli, Libya July 3, 2019. REUTERS/Ismail Zitouny
'And now we are alone': Extended family separated at border 02 Jul 2019 - 11:15 pm
Two migrants from Guatemala sleep on train tracks in Arriaga, Mexico in August 2014 (Jorge Dan Lopez / Reuters)
Italian judge says German migrant rescue captain free to go 02 Jul 2019 - 11:15 pm
German captain of humanitarian ship Sea-Watch 3, Carola Rackete (Rear in car) looks on as she leaves in a car of the Italian Guardia di Finanza law enforcement agency on July 1, 2019 after appearing before a judge at the courthouse in Agrigento, Sicily. A
From Bundeswehr to Brussels: EU nominee Von der Leyen has steep learning curve 02 Jul 2019 - 11:15 pm
Von der Leyen, German defence minister since 2013 who would be the Commission's first woman chief, was picked by EU leaders as a unity candidate and part of a package to break a summit stalemate over who should run the EU's top institutions.
Full results of Ukraine reforms to take years to be seen: finance minister 02 Jul 2019 - 11:15 pm
Oksana Markarova
US aid worker who helped migrants faces retrial but offered deal 02 Jul 2019 - 11:15 pm
Scott Warren, a 36-year-old geography teacher and long-time volunteer with the humanitarian group No More Deaths, was accused by the Justice Department of conspiring to smuggle two men who crossed the border illegally in 2018 and sought refuge at one of t
Indian tycoon Vijay Mallya wins legal bid to appeal extradition from UK 02 Jul 2019 - 08:48 pm
Vijay Mallya
Charles Michel, Belgium's compromise craftsman 02 Jul 2019 - 08:47 pm
Belgium's Prime Minister Charles Michel speaks during a press conference after the EU leaders struck a deal on the bloc's top jobs during the third day of a EU summit, in Brussels on July 2, 2019. AFP/ Belga/Thierry Roge
Europeans urges Iran to abide by nuclear pact; Israel says preparing military 02 Jul 2019 - 08:47 pm
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif denies that Iran is in violation of the nuclear accord by amassing more low-enriched uranium, saying Iran is exercising its right to respond following the U.S. pullout.
EU's Tusk says of top jobs deal: "After all, Europe is a woman" 02 Jul 2019 - 08:47 pm
Leaders hope the decision to nominate two women, Lagarde and German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen, (pictured) to the top of EU decision-making for the first time will send a positive message and repair damage wrought by such a fractious summit, di