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At least 64 killed in Japan after 'unprecedented' rain, dozens missing 08 Jul 2018 - 10:19 am
Japan Self-Defense Force soldiers rescue people from a flooded area in Mabi town in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, Japan, July 8, 2018. REUTERS/Issei Kato
Nicaragua's Ortega rules out early elections 08 Jul 2018 - 10:08 am
Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega waves to supporters during celebrations to mark the 39th anniversary of the
Trump administration takes another swipe at 'Obamacare' 08 Jul 2018 - 08:29 am
FILE PHOTO: US President Donald Trump hands Chief of Staff Reince Priebus (R) an executive order that directs agencies to ease the burden of Obamacare, after signing it in the Oval Office in Washington, DC, U.S. January 20, 2017. Also pictured is White Ho
"Today is D-Day": Rescuers begin mission to extract Thai cave boys 08 Jul 2018 - 07:55 am
Children look at pictures of students before relatives and friends pray for the 12 schoolboys and their soccer coach trapped inside a flooded cave, at Mesai Grace Church in the northern province of Chiang Rai, Thailand, July 8, 2018. REUTERS/Soe Zeya
Al Shabaab fighters attack Somalia police HQ after twin bombings 07 Jul 2018 - 04:08 pm
Somali security force personnel walk near the wreckage of burnt-out vehicles at the site of a car bomb explosion near the building of the Interior Ministry in Mogadishu on July 7, 2018. AFP / Mohamed Abdiwahab
French say cockpit fire likely caused 2016 EgyptAir crash, contradicting Egypt 07 Jul 2018 - 03:14 pm
People light candles during a candlelight vigil for the victims of EgyptAir flight 804, at the Cairo Opera house in Cairo, Egypt May 26, 2016. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany
After cabinet Brexit deal, May must persuade MPs and Brussels 07 Jul 2018 - 02:34 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May commences a meeting with her cabinet to discuss the government's Brexit plans at Chequers, the Prime Minister's official country residence, near Aylesbury, Britain, July 6, 2018. Joel Rouse/MOD/Handout via REUTERS
Indian army shoots dead three protesters in Kashmir 07 Jul 2018 - 01:49 pm
Indian paramilitary troopers stands guard in front of closed shops during a one-day strike in Srinagar on July 7, 2018. AFP / TAUSEEF MUSTAFA
Thousands head home in south Syria after ceasefire deal: monitor 07 Jul 2018 - 01:26 pm
A convoy of Syrian military vehicles can be seen from the Jordanian Marfaq governate at the Nassib border between the two countries on June 7, 2018. AFP / STR
Spanish PM meets Catalan president to defuse tensions 07 Jul 2018 - 12:38 pm
People demonstrate outside the Lledoners jail in Sant Joan de Vilatorrada, 50 kms from Barcelona, on July 4, 2018 where Catalan separatists leaders were transferred.  / AFP / Josep LAGO
Twenty dead as record Japan rains prompt mass evacuations 07 Jul 2018 - 12:21 pm
Rescue workers are seen next to houses damaged by a landslide following heavy rain in Hiroshima, western Japan, July 7, 2018. Kyodo/via REUTERS
Car bomb explodes near Somali presidential palace - police 07 Jul 2018 - 11:47 am
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Second blast in Somalia's capital Mogadishu - police source 07 Jul 2018 - 11:21 am
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French policeman on manslaughter charge as shooting sparks riots 07 Jul 2018 - 10:36 am
French gendarmes look on in the Le Breil neighborhood of Nantes on July 6, 2018, following clashes between groups of young people and police after a man was shot dead by an officer during a police check on July 3. AFP / Sebastien Salom Gomis
EPA's new boss unlikely to change Trump environmental policy 07 Jul 2018 - 10:24 am
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Deputy Administrator Andrew Wheeler is seen in this image released from Washington, DC, U.S., July 5, 2018. Courtesy Eric Vance/USEPA/Handout via REUTERS
Seven dead as record Japan rains prompt mass evacuations 07 Jul 2018 - 10:19 am
An aerial view shows local residents seen on the roof of submerged house at a flooded area as they wait for a rescue in Kurashiki, southern Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo July 7, 2018. Mandatory credit Kyodo/via REUTERS
Pompeo in Pyongyang to seek concrete nuclear commitments 07 Jul 2018 - 10:17 am
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (R) and Kim Yong Chol (L), a North Korean senior ruling party official and former intelligence chief, arrive for a lunch at the Park Hwa Guest House in Pyongyang on July 7, 2018. / AFP / POOL / Andrew Harnik
Afghan official says district chief killed by roadside bomb 07 Jul 2018 - 10:13 am
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