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Trump to meet Queen Elizabeth despite chorus of discontent 05 Jul 2018 - 10:43 am
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II hosts the annual garden party at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh on July 4, 2018. / AFP / POOL / Jane Barlow
Ethiopia fires senior prison officials for abuses as reform wave rolls on 05 Jul 2018 - 10:13 am
FILE PHOTO: Ethiopians carry their national flag during a rally in support of the new Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia June 23, 2018. REUTERS/Maheder Haileselassie/File Photo
UK authorities seeking clues in new Novichok poisoning case 05 Jul 2018 - 10:08 am
A police officer stands at a cordon at Queen Elizabeth Gardens in Salisbury, southern England, on July 4, 2018 believed to be cordoned off in relation to a major incident declared after two people were found unconcious at a residence in nearby Amesbury. A
Rebel-held south Syria hit by heaviest strikes yet: monitor 05 Jul 2018 - 10:04 am
Smoke rises above rebel-held areas of the city of Saida, some 10 kilometers east of Daraa, during reported airstrikes by Syrian regime forces on July 4, 2018. AFP / Mohamad Abazeed
Mexico authorities mulling $10 mln fine for election victors 05 Jul 2018 - 07:43 am
The president of the Businessmen's Coordinating Council, Juan Pablo Castanon (L) listens to Mexico's elected President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador during a press conference after holding a private meeting in Mexico City, on July 4, 2018. / AFP / Ronaldo S
Another mystery illness rocks England nerve poisoning town after former Russian spy incident 04 Jul 2018 - 11:59 pm
A general view shows the main entrance to Salisbury District Hospital in Salisbury, southern England, on July 4, 2018 where a man and a woman are in critical condition after exposure to an unknown substance and being found unconscious at a house in Amesbu
US border patrol boat strayed into Canadian waters chasing migrants: fishermen 04 Jul 2018 - 10:54 pm
FILE PHOTO: CBP Air and Marine Intrepid and SafeBoat vessels accompanied on patrol by a UH-1 Huey near San Diego, CA..(Wikimedia Commons)
Burundi school ban on expectant teens skewed against girls' education 04 Jul 2018 - 07:34 pm
Burundian refugee school girls listen to Pakistani Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai at the Mahama refugee camp, Rwanda, July 14, 2016. Reuters/Katy Migiro
Predators leaving aid world following Oxfam scandal: UK minister 04 Jul 2018 - 07:28 pm
An Oxfam shop is seen in London, February 11,  2018. (Reuters / Peter Nicholls)
Tens of thousands of Kenyans go hungry after floods 04 Jul 2018 - 07:16 pm
A child walks in his house, which was partly destroyed by flooding water after a dam burst, in Solio town near Nakuru, Kenya May 10, 2018. Reuters/Thomas Mukoya
South Africa's urban poor call for land reform 04 Jul 2018 - 07:10 pm
FILE PHOTO: A man pushes a wheelbarrow past a billboard of the Economic Freedom Fighters which is led by Julius Malema in Soweto,  South Africa,  August 5, 2016. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko
Lynchings fuelled by rumour hit anti-trafficking drives in India 04 Jul 2018 - 07:00 pm
Fake messages about child kidnappings spread on Facebook and WhatsApp have triggered attacks in more than half a dozen Indian states, resulting in the deaths of at least 10 people. (Reuters)
At Cyprus airport Ukrainian in custody for jumping fence to join family on flight after final boarding call 04 Jul 2018 - 05:31 pm
The 46-year-old tourist had dropped off his wife and two children at departures at Paphos airport in the west of the holiday island and then returned their rental car, police said.(Representative image)
Imran Khan's party gains ground in Pakistan election race: Polls 04 Jul 2018 - 05:23 pm
Imran Khan, chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), addressing his supporters during a campaign meeting ahead of general elections in Karachi, Pakistan, July 4, 2018. (REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro)
92-year-old Arizona woman killed 72-yr-old son over his plans to put her in old-age home: Police 04 Jul 2018 - 05:06 pm
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Warm in blankets, Thai boys smile, joke with rescuer in cave 04 Jul 2018 - 03:57 pm
Boys from the under-16 soccer team trapped inside Tham Luang cave covered in hypothermia blankets react to the camera in Chiang Rai, Thailand, in this still image taken from a July 3, 2018 video by Thai Navy Seal. (Thai Navy Seal/Handout via REUTERS TV)
Iraq launches major anti-IS operation after killings 04 Jul 2018 - 12:33 pm
File photo of the members of the Iraqi Federal Police patroling the streets of Baghdad's Shula district, on June 29, 2018. / AFP / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE
Boss of China's HNA dies in French accident: firm 04 Jul 2018 - 11:55 am
File photo of a HNA Group logo is seen on the building of HNA Plaza in Beijing, China February 9, 2018. REUTERS/Jason Lee/File Photo