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Kuwait arrests 12 over ties to Iran, Hezbollah 12 Aug 2017 - 10:43 am
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Merkel embarks on Germany's 'strangest' campaign 12 Aug 2017 - 04:50 am
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Trump says mulling 'military option' on Venezuela 12 Aug 2017 - 04:13 am
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Violence and vuvuzelas as split Kenya reacts to Uhuru Kenyatta's second term win 12 Aug 2017 - 01:59 am
Supporters of the opposition candidate Raila Odinga stage protest against the election results in the slum neighbourhood of Nairobi, Kenya, yesterday.
Egypt train collision kills at least 36: ministry 11 Aug 2017 - 08:41 pm
Security forces inspect the site after two trains collided in Khorshid district of Alexandria, Egypt on August 11, 2017. (Ahmed Abd Alkawey - Anadolu Agency)
Beyond bluster, Trump administration and North Korea in regular contact 11 Aug 2017 - 07:46 pm
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India in talks with Myanmar, Bangladesh to deport 40,000 Rohingya 11 Aug 2017 - 07:41 pm
A girl from the Rohingya Muslim community walks past a makeshift settlement on the outskirts of Jammu, May 6, 2017 (REUTERS / Mukesh Gupta)
Myanmar sends hundreds of troops to Rakhine as tension rises 11 Aug 2017 - 07:35 pm
Ethnic Rakhine men attend a police training course as a civilian force will be deployed in the north of the Rakhine state in Sittwe, Myanmar, November 15, 2016 (REUTERS / Soe Zeya Tun)
Trump warns US 'locked and loaded' as North Korea readies missiles 11 Aug 2017 - 07:30 pm
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China earthquake death toll rises to 24 11 Aug 2017 - 06:54 pm
This photo taken on August 10, 2017 shows rescuers walking through the damaged InterContinental Resort Jiuzhai Paradise in Jiuzhaigou in China's southwestern Sichuan province, after an 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck the province late on August 8. AFP
Sri Lanka foreign minister resigns over corruption charges 10 Aug 2017 - 02:20 pm
Ravi Karunanayake (AFP Photo/Ishara S.Kodikara / File photo)
North Korea details plan to fire missile salvo toward Guam 10 Aug 2017 - 12:35 pm
This picture taken on August 9, 2017 and released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on August 10, 2017 shows a rally in support of North Korea's stance against the US, on Kim Il-Sung square in Pyongyang. (AFP PHOTO/KCNA VIA KNS)
Presidential press passes for bloggers in Philippines 10 Aug 2017 - 12:05 pm
Mocha Uson (R), a blogger and supporter of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, onstage with her colleague displaying a T-shirt decorated with a mugshot of arrested legislator Senator Leila De Lima during a pro-Duterte rally at a park in Manila. (AFP / T
London double-decker crashes into a store; several passengers injured 10 Aug 2017 - 11:55 am
Emergency services attend the scene of a bus crash in Lavender Hill, London August 10, 2017 in this picture obtained on social media. (Brendan Phalhert/Social Media Website/via REUTERS)
Canada to set up border camp as number of asylum seekers swells 09 Aug 2017 - 09:29 pm
A girl who crossed the Canada-US border with her family, claiming refugee status in Canada,as she looks through a fence at a temporary detention centre in Blackpool, Quebec on August 5, 2017. AFP / Geoff Robins
US Defense Secretary issues stark warning to North Korea 09 Aug 2017 - 09:20 pm
This file photo taken on August 08, 2017 shows US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis (L), and General Ngo Xuan Lich, Minister of National Defense of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,as they listen to their respective National Anthems during arrival ceremoni
Trump's 'fire and fury' threat fits with North Korea's image of US 09 Aug 2017 - 08:56 pm
People wave banners and shout slogans as they attend a rally in support of North Korea's stance against the US, on Kim Il-Sung square in Pyongyang on August 9, 2017. AFP / Kim Won-Jin
US slaps more sanctions on Venezuela politicians including Chavez 09 Aug 2017 - 08:44 pm
FILE PHOTO: Venezuela's  President Nicolas Maduro (2nd R), his wife Cilia Flores (2nd L) sit with brother of late President Hugo Chavez, governor of Barinas Adan Chavez (R), and President Chavez's son-in-law, Venezuela's Vice President Jorge Arreaza, as t