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Grandmother shot, hostages held at supermarket; 1 woman dead 22 Jul 2018 - 07:42 pm
Police officers and members of the Los Angeles Fire Department escort a woman on a stretcher after a suspect barricaded inside a Trader Joe's supermarket in Silverlake, Los Angeles, on July 21, 2018.  AFP / Robyn Beck
Suicide attack near Kabul airport leaves 10 dead or wounded: Officials 22 Jul 2018 - 04:23 pm
Afghan residents walk past a banner with the image of self-exiled Afghan Vice President Abdul Rashid Dostum ahead of his arrival to Kabul on July 22, 2018. (AFP / NOORULLAH SHIRZADA)
Thousands swim between continents in famed Istanbul race 22 Jul 2018 - 03:05 pm
A ferry boat carries swimmers to the start point on the Bosphorous river before taking part in the Bosphorus Cross Continental Swim event on July 22, 2018. The race takes participants 6 kms down the Bosphorus Strait from the Asian side of Istanbul to the
Trump tweets it looks like his campaign spied upon illegally 22 Jul 2018 - 02:51 pm
US President Donald Trump boards Marine One to depart for travel to New Jersey from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, U.S., July 20, 2018. (REUTERS/Leah Millis)
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf candidate killed in suicide attack at rally 22 Jul 2018 - 01:34 pm
Rescue 1122 members and police officers inspect a damaged vehicle after a suicide bomber blew himself up near the vehicle of Ikramullah Gandapur in Looni Darbar area of Dera Ismail Khan district, when he was on his way for an election rally in the area,”
Gunman arrested after deadly Los Angeles store hostage standoff 22 Jul 2018 - 12:47 pm
A Trader Joe's cart left by a customer who fled a hostage situation in the store sits in a parking lot nearby where employees and others wait for police to clear the scene in Los Angeles, California, Saturday July 21, 2018. REUTERS/Andrew Cullen
Iran's Rouhani warns Trump 'war with Iran mother of all wars' 22 Jul 2018 - 11:11 am
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. (Reuters / Danish Siddiqui/ File Photo)
Israel evacuates 800 White Helmets to Jordan in face of Syria advance 22 Jul 2018 - 10:02 am
In this file photo taken on April 8, 2017, members of the Syrian civil defence volunteers, also known as the White Helmets, remove a victim from the rubble of his house, following a reported air strike by government forces on a rebel-held area in the sout
Cuba aims to build socialism, not communism, in draft constitution 22 Jul 2018 - 02:01 am
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Cuba approves new leader's Cabinet with old faces in place 21 Jul 2018 - 08:44 pm
Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel (2-L) applauds as former President Raul Castro (4-L) waves upon arriving to attend the National Assembly's session to present the new Council of Ministers and discuss the draft of 224 articles prepared by a parliamentary
In Gaza and Israel, war fears mount despite truce 21 Jul 2018 - 07:36 pm
Relatives of Palestinian militant Mohammed Abu Dakah, 31, who was killed in an Israeli strike, mourn during his funeral in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip July 21, 2018. Reuters/Suhaib Salem
India scraps tax on sanitary pads in boost for girls' education 21 Jul 2018 - 07:35 pm
Periods are among the leading factors for girls to drop out of school in a country where four out of five women and girls are estimated by campaigners to have no access to sanitary pads. (Reuters file photo)
Spanish ship returns home after dramatic migrant rescue 21 Jul 2018 - 07:35 pm
Migrants, intercepted aboard toy dinghies off the coast in the Strait of Gibraltar, leave a rescue boat after arriving at the port of Algeciras, southern Spain July 21, 2018. Reuters/Jon Nazca
Spain's conservatives swing to the right with new leader 21 Jul 2018 - 07:24 pm
Spanish lawmaker Pablo Casado delivers a speech after being chosen as the next leader of Spain's Popular Party (PP) at the end of a party meeting in Madrid on July 21, 2018.  AFP / Pierre-Philippe Marcou
Hundreds protest over Hong Kong's move to ban separatist political party 21 Jul 2018 - 07:05 pm
Protesters march during a demonstration against Article 23 and bans on freedom of association in Hong Kong on July 21, 2018. Police in Hong Kong sought to ban a political party which promotes independence for the city on July 17, citing it as a potential
Democratic socialists stepping up in races across US 21 Jul 2018 - 07:05 pm
FILE PHOTO: Hillary Clinton reacts as rival Bernie Sanders tries to hand her a piece of paper during a Democratic debate hosted by CNN and New York One at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in New York, April 14, 2016. ( Reuters)
Names of those 17 killed in Table Rock Lake boat accident released; 9 of them from single family 21 Jul 2018 - 06:09 pm
Rescue personnel are senn after an amphibious
Trump denies wrongdoing, says lawyer Michael Cohen's tape 'perhaps illegal' 21 Jul 2018 - 05:52 pm
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