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UN envoy to announce reopening of Sanaa airport next week 28 Sep 2018 - 10:10 am
Tribal gunmen loyal to the Huthi movement brandish their weapons during a gathering in Sanaa to show support to the Shiite Huthi militia against the Saudi-led intervention i in the capital Sanaa on September 27, 2018. AFP / Mohammed Huwais
Ford recounts 'laughter' in alleged Kavanaugh sexual attack 27 Sep 2018 - 08:00 pm
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Britain tells Iran it will not let matter of detained aid worker rest 27 Sep 2018 - 07:45 pm
Britain's Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt walks towards the Foreign Office in London, September 21, 2018. Reuters/Peter Nicholls
Nigeria flood deaths rise to 199 as heavy rains wreak havoc 27 Sep 2018 - 05:06 pm
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Niger cholera outbreak claims 67 lives 27 Sep 2018 - 04:55 pm
The UN recently said that more than 500 people have died opf cholera in the Lake Chad region (AFP Photo/NATASHA BURLEY)
Migration drives Canada’s biggest population gain since 1957 27 Sep 2018 - 04:38 pm
FILE PHOTO: A group of asylum seekers wait to be processed after being escorted from their tent encampment to the Canada Border Services in Lacolle, Quebec, Canada August 11, 2017. REUTERS/Christinne Muschi
Man arrested for chasing after plane at Dublin Airport 27 Sep 2018 - 03:50 pm
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Far from home, a Syrian rebel group starts over 27 Sep 2018 - 02:06 pm
PHOTO:  AFP / Nazeer AL-KHATIB
Spain: Uber, Cabify drivers block road to protest new rules 27 Sep 2018 - 01:43 pm
Drivers from shared-ride services Uber and Cabify attend a demonstration in Madrid as part of a strike to protest a law that aims to regulate shared-ride services in Madrid, Spain, September 27, 2018. REUTERS/Juan Medina
Second Swiss minister announces resignation in a week 27 Sep 2018 - 01:22 pm
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Iran says Israel will "regret" further attacks on Syria 27 Sep 2018 - 01:12 pm
Ali Shamkhani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council
Frenchman lands job after "just-go-ask" advice from Macron 27 Sep 2018 - 11:21 am
French President Emmanuel Macron listens during the One Planet Summit at the Plaza Hotel on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on September 26, 2018. / AFP / Ludovic MARIN
Trump says he prefers not to fire deputy attorney general 27 Sep 2018 - 09:54 am
US President Donald Trump holds a press conference on September 26, 2018 in New York City.  John Moore/Getty Images/AFP
Juggling duties, New Zealand leader brings baby to UN 27 Sep 2018 - 09:27 am
Clarke Gayford (C) claps holding his daughter Neve Te Aroha Ardern Gayford, as his partner Jacinda Ardern, Prime Minister of New Zealand speaks during the Nelson Mandela Peace Summit September 24, 2018 in New York. AFP / Don EMMERT
Australia moves to revive confidence in strawberries 27 Sep 2018 - 09:18 am
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, flanked by the Liberal Member for Fisher Andrew Wallace, poses with a tray of strawberries during a visit to the Ashbern strawberry farm on the Sunshine Coast, Australia, September 27, 2018. AAP/Dan Peled/via REUT
Efficient cookstoves take up a new task in Kenya: heating 26 Sep 2018 - 07:47 pm
Philip Njau makes energy saving cookers at his workshop in Kangemi, a village in central Kenya, July 2, 2017. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Kagondu Njagi
'Flying news': Humanitarian media counter Rohingya refugee rumours 26 Sep 2018 - 07:46 pm
A Rohingya refugee carries two children in buckets as they arrive in Bangladesh at Shah Porir Dwip in Teknaf on September 9, 2017, as they flee violence in neighbouring Myanmar (AFP/Emrul Kamal)
Indonesia touts agrarian reform, but activists say success hinges on indigenous rights 26 Sep 2018 - 07:46 pm
Indonesian farmers attend a large protest over land reform and other agricultural issues in central Jakarta, June 8, 2004. (Reuters/Darren Whiteside)