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Colombia expands land restitution to war-torn south amid peace efforts 12 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

A woman celebrates the signing of a historic ceasefire deal between the Colombian government and FARC rebels at Botero square in Medellin, Colombia....

Affordable solar schemes light way to energy for all in Zimbabwe 12 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

Pupils use solar-powered computers at Gomba High School in Gutu, Zimbabwe. TRF/Jonathan Njerere By Tonderayi Mukeredzi HARARE: Innovative ways to pay for solar...

High risk of modern slavery in nearly 60 percent of countries, global index finds 12 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

A cotton picker is at work during this year's harvest in Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan in this October 2015 photo courtesy of Anti-Slavery International released...

Pay-as-you-go irrigation aims to cut water use in Bangladesh 12 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE: A farmer tends to a wheat farm in the El-Dakahlia governorate north of Cairo, February 16, 2016. Reuters / Mohamed Abd...

Bangladeshi boy with 'old man' illness baffles doctors 12 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

In this photograph taken on August 7, 2016, four-year-old Bangladeshi child Bayezid Shikdar(R) sits with his mother Tripti Khatun on a bed at...

Twin blasts in Thai resort town kill one, injure 19 12 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

Hua Hin Beach in Cloudy morning. Photo courtesy: Kriangsak Honchumpae / Wikimedia Commons Bangkok: Twin blasts in Thailand killed one woman and injured...

Iraq Kurds say IS financier killed in joint raid with US 12 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

Iraqi Kurdish regional President Massoud Barzani speaks during the second anniversary of what a U.N.-appointed commission of independent war crimes investigators termed a...

French mayor bans burqinis on Cannes beaches 12 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

This file photo taken on January 12, 2007 shows Australian model Mecca Laalaa wearing an Islamic swimsuit (or burqini) by Muslim fashion designer...

12 dead in Burkina Faso floods 12 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE: A man throws out mud from his flooded house in the village of Stajkovci, near Skopje on August 8, 2016 following...

South Africa's ANC top brass meet after poor vote showing 11 Aug 2016 - 06:27 pm

A man pushes a wheelbarrow past a billboard of the Economic Freedom Fighters which is led by Julius Malema in Soweto, South Africa,...

Trump accuses Obama of being the 'founder of ISIS' 11 Aug 2016 - 06:07 pm

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump holds up a chart as he makes a point as he speaks during his campaign event at the...

Military attaches, diplomats flee Turkey's post-coup inquiry 11 Aug 2016 - 04:38 pm

Supporters of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan wave national flags as they listen to him through a giant screen in Istanbul's Taksim Square,...

Lavrov, Johnson hope for better UK-Russia ties in first talks: Moscow 11 Aug 2016 - 02:29 pm

Moscow: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his British counterpart Boris Johnson on Thursday pledged to improve battered ties between the two nations...

Saudi trial opens over Makkah crane collapse 11 Aug 2016 - 01:36 pm

File photo of the crane accident Riyadh: A trial is underway for 14 people over a deadly crane incident in Saudi Arabia that...

Turkish diplomat: Syrian leadership could play role in solving crisis- RIA 11 Aug 2016 - 01:33 pm

Smoke rises over a damaged site as Civil Defence members try to put out a fire after an airstrike on al-Jalaa street in...

Russia raids on IS Syria bastion Raqa kill 24 civilians: monitor 11 Aug 2016 - 01:09 pm

Civilians walk past damaged shop as they flee towards safer parts of Manbij city, in Aleppo Governorate, Syria, August 10, 2016. REUTERS/Rodi Said ...

Renzi under fire over 'special forces in Libya' 11 Aug 2016 - 12:58 pm

Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi speaks with reporters following a welcoming ceremony at the Olympic Village ahead of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games...