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After cabinet Brexit deal, May must persuade MPs and Brussels 07 Jul 2018 - 02:34 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May commences a meeting with her cabinet to discuss the government's Brexit plans at Chequers, the Prime Minister's official country residence, near Aylesbury, Britain, July 6, 2018. Joel Rouse/MOD/Handout via REUTERS
Indian army shoots dead three protesters in Kashmir 07 Jul 2018 - 01:49 pm
Indian paramilitary troopers stands guard in front of closed shops during a one-day strike in Srinagar on July 7, 2018. AFP / TAUSEEF MUSTAFA
Thousands head home in south Syria after ceasefire deal: monitor 07 Jul 2018 - 01:26 pm
A convoy of Syrian military vehicles can be seen from the Jordanian Marfaq governate at the Nassib border between the two countries on June 7, 2018. AFP / STR
Spanish PM meets Catalan president to defuse tensions 07 Jul 2018 - 12:38 pm
People demonstrate outside the Lledoners jail in Sant Joan de Vilatorrada, 50 kms from Barcelona, on July 4, 2018 where Catalan separatists leaders were transferred.  / AFP / Josep LAGO
Twenty dead as record Japan rains prompt mass evacuations 07 Jul 2018 - 12:21 pm
Rescue workers are seen next to houses damaged by a landslide following heavy rain in Hiroshima, western Japan, July 7, 2018. Kyodo/via REUTERS
Car bomb explodes near Somali presidential palace - police 07 Jul 2018 - 11:47 am
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Second blast in Somalia's capital Mogadishu - police source 07 Jul 2018 - 11:21 am
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French policeman on manslaughter charge as shooting sparks riots 07 Jul 2018 - 10:36 am
French gendarmes look on in the Le Breil neighborhood of Nantes on July 6, 2018, following clashes between groups of young people and police after a man was shot dead by an officer during a police check on July 3. AFP / Sebastien Salom Gomis
EPA's new boss unlikely to change Trump environmental policy 07 Jul 2018 - 10:24 am
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Deputy Administrator Andrew Wheeler is seen in this image released from Washington, DC, U.S., July 5, 2018. Courtesy Eric Vance/USEPA/Handout via REUTERS
Seven dead as record Japan rains prompt mass evacuations 07 Jul 2018 - 10:19 am
An aerial view shows local residents seen on the roof of submerged house at a flooded area as they wait for a rescue in Kurashiki, southern Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo July 7, 2018. Mandatory credit Kyodo/via REUTERS
Pompeo in Pyongyang to seek concrete nuclear commitments 07 Jul 2018 - 10:17 am
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (R) and Kim Yong Chol (L), a North Korean senior ruling party official and former intelligence chief, arrive for a lunch at the Park Hwa Guest House in Pyongyang on July 7, 2018. / AFP / POOL / Andrew Harnik
Afghan official says district chief killed by roadside bomb 07 Jul 2018 - 10:13 am
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Records broken as heat wave bakes Southern California 07 Jul 2018 - 09:47 am
Children cool off on a hot summer day at a water park in Alhambra, California on July 3, 2018 as southern California braces for a coming heatwave with temperatures expected to hit triple digits. / AFP / Frederic J. BROWN
Both sides seek to 'clarify' as Pompeo holds more North Korea talks 07 Jul 2018 - 09:06 am
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (R) and Kim Yong Chol (L), a North Korean senior ruling party official and former intelligence chief, arrive for a lunch at the Park Hwa Guest House in Pyongyang on July 7, 2018.  AFP / POOL / Andrew Harnik
Haiti tense after unpopular fuel price hike 07 Jul 2018 - 09:00 am
Barricades placed by demonstrators are seen on the streets of Petion Ville, in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, on June 6, 2018, to protest against the increase in fuel prices. AFP / HECTOR RETAMAL
Iran executes 8 over 2017 Islamic State attack on Tehran 07 Jul 2018 - 08:38 am
File photo of Iranian flags used for representation. Reuters
US orders non-emergency personnel to leave crisis-hit Nicaragua 07 Jul 2018 - 08:36 am
A protester stands at a barricade on the Pan-American highway during a protest against Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega's government in Jinotepe, Nicaragua July 5, 2018.REUTERS/Oswaldo Rivas
Doves and dancers as Cambodia starts election campaign, despite fairness concerns 07 Jul 2018 - 08:26 am
Honorary CPP president and President of the Cambodian National Assembly Heng Samrin (L), Cambodia's Prime Minister and president of the ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) Hun Sen (C) and his wife Bun Rany prepare to release doves as they attend an elec