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Crumpled hotel becomes focus in Indonesia rescue effort 30 Sep 2018 - 12:15 pm
A search and rescue team evacuates a victim from the ruins of the Roa-Roa Hotel in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia September 30, 2018 in this photo taken by Antara Foto. Antara Foto/BNPB/ via REUTERS
Powerful typhoon bears down on flood-battered Japan 30 Sep 2018 - 11:39 am
A person reacts to the weather as ship washed ashore caused by Typhoon Trami is seen at a port in Yonabaru, on the southern island of Okinawa, Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo September 29, 2018. Kyodo via REUTERS
Indonesian air traffic controller hailed as quake hero 30 Sep 2018 - 11:26 am
The image tweeted by the official twitter account of AirNav Indonesia
Macedonia votes on new name to end Greek row 30 Sep 2018 - 10:44 am
A woman casts her ballot for the referendum in Macedonia on changing the country's name that would open the way for it to join NATO and the European Union in Skopje, Macedonia September 30, 2018. REUTERS/Marko Djurica
UN envoy says hard to hold Libya elections in December 30 Sep 2018 - 10:40 am
Ghassan Salame, UN special envoy for Libya and head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), speaks during an interview with AFP in the Libyan capital Tripoli on September 29, 2018. / AFP / MAHMUD TURKIA
Death toll from Indonesian quake, tsunmai rises to 832 - agency 30 Sep 2018 - 09:53 am
People search through debris in a residential area following an earthquake and tsunami in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia September 30, 2018 in this photo taken by Antara Foto. Antara Foto/Darwin Fatir/via REUTERS
Powerful storm in Mediterranean brings heavy rain to Greece 29 Sep 2018 - 09:14 pm
Waves hit the cliffs in front of the ancient Temple of Poseidon at cape Sounion, in southern Athens during bad weather on September 29, 2018. / AFP / Aris MESSINIS
Syria calls on US, French, Turkish forces to withdraw immediately 29 Sep 2018 - 08:37 pm
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres meets with Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Al-Moualem on September 28, 2018 at the United Nations in New York. / AFP / Don EMMERT
Instagram star shot dead in Baghdad 29 Sep 2018 - 06:40 pm
Photo source: instagram.com/its.tarafares
Hundreds killed in Indonesia quake-tsunami 29 Sep 2018 - 05:04 pm
Residents trying to salvage belongings from their homes which collapsed after an earthquake and tsunami hit Palu on Sulawesi island on September 29, 2018.   AFP / MUHAMMAD RIFKI
Kosovo: Possible land swap with Serbia sparks protest 29 Sep 2018 - 04:29 pm
General view of southern Serbian town of Presevo on September 12, 2018.  AFP / Armend NIMANI
Erdogan arrives in Cologne, Germany 29 Sep 2018 - 04:17 pm
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan disembarks from his plane at Cologne's airport, on September 29, 2018 in Cologne, where he is to inaugurate the Central Mosque, one of Europe's largest.  AFP / Federico Gambarini
Nigerian women's minister becomes second cabinet member to resign this month 29 Sep 2018 - 02:00 pm
FILE PHOTO: Aisha Alhassan, speaks after having her voting documents for elections checked, at Lamorde Primary School ward in Jalingo, April 11, 2015. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde/File Photo
Trump orders FBI probe of Kavanaugh as Senate delays final vote 29 Sep 2018 - 01:24 pm
Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee listen as Sen. Jeff Flake (L) (R-AZ) speaks with Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) after Flake announced he is in favor of additional time in the Kavanaugh investigation September 28, 2018 in Washington, DC. Win McNamee/Get
Iraq 'regrets' US closure of Basra consulate 29 Sep 2018 - 01:09 pm
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Jordan denies reopening of Nassib border crossing with Syria 29 Sep 2018 - 12:40 pm
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Powerful typhoon batters Okinawa, churns to Japan mainland 29 Sep 2018 - 11:49 am
Waves hit the seawalls at a coast of Shibushi city, Kagoshima prefecture, on Kyushu island, on September 29, 2018, as typhoon Trami approaches. AFP / Behrouz Mehri
Syria reopens Nassib border crossing with Jordan 29 Sep 2018 - 10:42 am
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