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Ecuador appeals to tourists to return as earthquake hits economy 08 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

Maria Duarte, Minister of Urban Development and Housing of Ecuador, looks on during an interview with the Thomson Reuters Foundation in New York,...

Indigenous tribe applauds state move to cancel Brazil Amazon dam 08 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

Debris of a house is pictured at Bento Rodrigues district, which was covered with mud after a dam owned by Vale SA and...

Kenya’s traditional midwives in frontline of drive to cut maternal deaths 08 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

A traditional birth attendant at Migosi Sub-county Hospital in Kisumu County. Photo taken in July 2016 by Anthony Langat By Anthony Langat KISUMU,...

Abused at home, Myanmar women seek power to walk out on domestic violence 08 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

Women sell Thanakha wood at the Kyaik-Khauk pagoda festival in Tanlyin township, outside Yangon, February 2, 2015. Reuters/Soe Zeya Tun By Ei Cherry...

Female asylum seekers in Greece face sexual harassment, assault 08 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

Migrants waiting to cross the Greek-Macedonian border fight between themselves at a makeshift camp near the village of Idomeni, Greece, March 8, 2016....

Erdogan says if people want death penalty parties will abide 08 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

This handout picture taken and released by the Turkey's Presidential Press Service on August 7, 2016 at Yenikapi district of Istanbul shows Turkish...

Mudslides triggered by storm claim 18 lives in eastern Mexico 08 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

A resident shows a classroom damaged by a mudslide following heavy showers caused by the passing of Tropical Storm Earl, in the town...

One UN peacekeeper killed, four wounded in north Mali mine attack 08 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

File photo of UN peacekeepers from Tanzania patroling near the border crossing point between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo in Goma,...

Uzbek Airlines plane makes emergency landing in Russia 08 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

Saint Petersburg: An Uzbekistan Airways passenger plane was forced to make an emergency landing at Saint Petersburg airport in northwest Russia on Sunday...

Syria army redeploys after rebels 'break' Aleppo siege 08 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters inspect a dead body of what they said was an Islamic State fighter inside a shop in Manbij,...

Colombians turn against peace deal: poll 08 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

UN Secretary-General's Delegate to the Sub-Commission on End of Conflict Issues within Colombian Peace Process, Jean Arnault, speaks during a press conference in...

Suicide bomber kills 5 soldiers in south Yemen 08 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

An injured man lies in the ground at a hospital in Sanaa, Yemen August 7, 2016. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah Aden: A suicide bomber rammed...

Brazil expulsion of protesters slammed on social media 08 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

By Daniel Flynn and Caroline Stauffer RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazilian authorities’ expulsion from venues of spectators carrying banners or shouting slogans against interim...

Storm in Macedonia leaves 17 dead, 60 injured; many flee 07 Aug 2016 - 04:59 pm

A man walks through a flooded street in the village of Stajkovci, near Skopje, on August 7, 2016, following overnight torrential rains and...

UAE warns that criminals may radicalise youths via video games 07 Aug 2016 - 04:14 pm

DUBAI: Authorities in the United Arab Emirates have warned the public that "criminal groups propagating radical ideologies" could spread violent ideas and rebellious...

Iran nuclear scientist executed for spying for US 07 Aug 2016 - 04:02 pm

his file photo taken on July 15, 2010 shows Iranian nuclear scientist Shahram Amiri addresses journalists upon his arrival at Imam Khomeini Airport...