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As dengue cases soar, Sri Lanka battles a deadly foe: mosquitoes 30 Jul 2017 - 08:24 pm
A municipal worker fumigates a flooded alley to prevent the spread of dengue fever and other mosquito-borne diseases, at a residential colony in Ahmedabad, India, July 29, 2017. Reuters/Amit Dave
German police rule out terrorism after fatal disco shooting 30 Jul 2017 - 02:29 pm
Police stand in front of the disco Club Grey in the southern German town of Konstanz, where a gunman opened fire, killing one and wounding four people before being shot by police, on July 30, 2017. ( AFP / dpa / Felix K?stle)
20,000 flee fire at music festival in Barcelona 30 Jul 2017 - 02:07 pm
Smoke is seen rising from flames engulfing the stage after a fire broke out at Tomorrowland Unite Spain festival in Barcelona, Spain July 29, 2017, in this still image from a video obtained from social media. Alex Prim Lopez via REUTERS
Car bomb blast in Somalia's capital: Police 30 Jul 2017 - 12:05 pm
Vehicles burn at the scene of an explosion in Mogadishu, Somalia, July 30, 2017. REUTERS/Feisal Omar
Two killed, four wounded in German disco shooting: police 30 Jul 2017 - 11:03 am
Police stand near the disco Club Grey in the southern German town of Konstanz, where a gunman opened fire, killing one and wounding four people before being shot by police, on July 30, 2017. (AFP / dpa / Felix K?stle)
Australia foils 'terror plot' to bring down airplane 30 Jul 2017 - 10:38 am
Police walk past passengers as they patrol Sydney Airport on July 30, 2017. (AFP / WILLIAM WEST)
AIDS burdens Zimbabwe’s old with orphans and illness 29 Jul 2017 - 09:46 pm
Jabulani Zilawe, 76, poses for a photo in Norton, Zimbabwe, May 3, 2017. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Jeffrey Moyo
Crowdfunding restores ponds in drought-hit south India 29 Jul 2017 - 09:18 pm
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Boko Haram ambush death toll hits 69 29 Jul 2017 - 06:04 pm
FILE PHOTO: A gas filling station destroyed by Boko Haram in Bama, in northeast Nigeria where a Boko Haram insurgency displaced more than 2 million people (AFP / Stefan Heunis)
Pakistan's ex-PM Sharif names brother Shahbaz as successor 29 Jul 2017 - 05:51 pm
This file photo taken on January 30, 2008 shows Shahbaz Sharif, brother of former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif, addressing a press conference in Karachi. AFP / Rizwan Tabassum
Pakistan to appoint Abbasi as interim PM: Sources 29 Jul 2017 - 03:53 pm
Pakistan's former Petroleum Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi poses for a photo during an interview with Reuters in Jhang, Pakistan July 7, 2017. (REUTERS/Drazen Jorgic/File Photo)
Hamburg stabbing suspect known as radical, mentally unstable 29 Jul 2017 - 03:42 pm
A woman places a candle at a makeshift memorial of flowers and candles arranged like a peace sign on July 29, 2017 in Hamburg, northern Germany, at the site where a man killed one person and wounded several others in a knife attack the day before. (AFP /
Trump replaces chief of staff Priebus with retired General Kelly 29 Jul 2017 - 01:34 pm
US Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly testifying during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. (AFP / SAUL LOEB / file photo)
Arab League rejects Jerusalem’s status change 29 Jul 2017 - 10:16 am
Palestinians gather near Jerusalem’s Old City as they enter the Al Aqsa Mosque following the removal of Israel's restrictions at the entrances to Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem on July 28, 2017. (Enes Canl? - Anadolu Agency)
Venezuela opposition blocks streets as controversial assembly vote looms 28 Jul 2017 - 10:02 pm
A woman walks through a barricade after a strike called to protest against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's government in Caracas, Venezuela, July 28, 2017. (REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino)
North Korea fires missile, possibly ICBM, into sea off east coast 28 Jul 2017 - 09:53 pm
North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un watches a military drill marking the 85th anniversary of the establishment of the Korean People's Army (KPA) in this handout photo by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) made available on April 26, 2017. (KCNA/
Macron's go-it-alone style raises eyebrows in Europe 28 Jul 2017 - 08:19 pm
French President Emmanuel Macron walks after a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, July 28, 2017. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer
One dead in knife attack in Hamburg supermarket, motive unclear 28 Jul 2017 - 08:10 pm
Police investigator work at the area around a supermarket in the northern German city of Hamburg, where a man killed one person and wounded several others in a knife attack, on July 28, 2017. (AFP / dpa / Markus Scholz)