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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...

Bomb blast injures 13 in SW Pakistan days after major attack 11 Aug 2016 - 10:53 am

Pakistani security officials inspect the site of a roadside bomb blast in Quetta on August 11, 2016. (AFP / BANARAS KHAN) Quetta, Pakistan:...

Baby dies after Indian hospital staff demand bribes: family 11 Aug 2016 - 10:40 am

New Delhi: An Indian family alleged Thursday that their 10-month-old baby died after treatment was delayed by staff at a large, government-run hospital...

Giraffe dies 'of anxiety' in latest Taiwan animal scandal 11 Aug 2016 - 10:38 am

This handout picture released by Taipei Zoo on August 11, 2016 shows zoo staff caring for a giraffeat the zoo in Taipei on...

Terror in the dark: Honduran land rights activist fears for her children but vows to fight on 11 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

FILE PHOTO: Relatives and friends of murdered indigenous activist Berta Caceres protest, in La Esperanza, 200 km northwest of Tegucigalpa, on March 3,...

Clinton woos Republicans, independents fed up with Trump 11 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton speaks during a campaign rally in Saint Petersburg, Florida August 8, 2016. REUTERS/Chris Keane Washington: Democratic presidential...

Russian military says halting fire around Aleppo for 3 hours a day 11 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

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

45,000 IS fighters killed in past two years: US general 11 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

Women and children carry belongings and they flee towards safer parts of Manbij city, in Aleppo Governorate, Syria, August 10, 2016. REUTERS/Rodi Said ...

Analysis: Syrian rebels’ Aleppo success complicates strategies of Assad and Russia 11 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) female fighters embrace each other in the city of Manbij, in Aleppo Governorate, Syria, August 10, 2016. REUTERS/Rodi Said ...