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Road collision kills 14 in Egypt’s Beni Sueif province 30 Aug 2017 - 10:24 am
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UN urges Bangladesh to open borders for Rohingya 30 Aug 2017 - 10:13 am
Rohingya people sit on a makeshift shelter near the Bangladesh-Myanmar border as they are being restricted by the Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in Gumdum area in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh on August 28, 2017. / AA.
Myanmar villages burn as Rakhine unrest rages 30 Aug 2017 - 10:09 am
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Harvey floodwaters climb as Texas rescuers scramble to find survivors 30 Aug 2017 - 10:00 am
People walk past an abandoned car after the area was inundated with flooding from Hurricane Harvey on August 29, 2017 in Houston, Texas. / AFP.
Three killed as floods swamp India's financial hub 30 Aug 2017 - 09:48 am
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China says working with UN on North Korea response 30 Aug 2017 - 09:41 am
Wang Yi, Chinese Minister for Foreign Affairs, speaks before a meeting of the Security Council inside of United Nations (UN) headquarters in New York, on April 28, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS.
Thousands more Rohingya flee to border as Myanmar violence flares 30 Aug 2017 - 09:20 am
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Ghost tomato factory showcase for Nigeria's farming problems 30 Aug 2017 - 09:13 am
People walk past baskets of tomatoes in the Yankaba market in Kano, northwest Nigeria August 23, 2017. Picture taken August 23, 2017 REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye.
Thousands of Rohingya stranded on Bangladesh border as Myanmar fighting rages 29 Aug 2017 - 10:43 pm
Newly arrived Rohingya refugees walk past the Balukhali Rohingya camp near Ukhiya on the Bangladesh border, on August 27, 2017,  after violence erupted in bordering Myanmar's Rakhine state. AFP / Sam Jahan
Not just Rohingya, but also Buddhists, flee Myanmar violence 29 Aug 2017 - 10:39 pm
Rohingya refugees walk pass Balukhali refugee camp near Myanmar border in Bangladesh on August 27, 2017. AFP / Sam Jahan
The price of freedom for Colombian women trafficked to China? $25,000 29 Aug 2017 - 09:35 pm
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Don’t demonise India over Rohingya deportation, minister says 29 Aug 2017 - 09:27 pm
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Britain asks for UN Security Council to discuss a violence 29 Aug 2017 - 09:05 pm
Pictures of victims of violence in the state of Rakhine are displayed on a screen during a news conference held by National security Advisor U Thaung Tun at National reconciliation and peace center office in Yangon, Myanmar August 29, 2017. Reuters
Gunmen kidnap 11 from bus near Nigeria oil hub 29 Aug 2017 - 08:08 pm
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Washington may fail to heed Harvey climate warning, experts say 29 Aug 2017 - 08:01 pm
U.S. President Donald Trump (C) waves next to first lady Melania Trump upon arrival prior to receiving a briefing on Tropical Storm Harvey relief efforts in Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S., August 29, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
Iraq’s Kirkuk province to vote in Kurdish independence referendum 29 Aug 2017 - 07:51 pm
Kirkuk provincial Governor, Najm al-Din Karim (L), takes part in vote at the Kirkuk Governorate Council on August 29, 2017, over the participation of Kirkuk in Kurdistan's independence referendum.  AFP / Marwan Ibrahim
Kidnapping feared after French girl vanishes from wedding 29 Aug 2017 - 07:24 pm
French gendarmes search for evidences on August 29, 2017 in the area around Pont-de-Beauvoisin, eastern france, after Maelys, a 9-year-old girl, disappeared during a wedding party two days ago. AFP / Philippe Desmazes
Suicide bomber kills five in Kabul bank blast 29 Aug 2017 - 06:49 pm
Afghan security forces inspect at the site of a suicide bomb attack in Kabul, Afghanistan August 29, 2017. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani