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Worn down by terror grief: Paris cleans symbolic statue 03 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

A city employee cleans graffitis of the statue of Place de la Republique in Paris, on August 2, 2016 which had become a...

Child malnutrition costs Ghana more than $2 billion annually: experts 03 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE: This file photograph taken on October 19, 2015, shows four year old malnourished Indian child Shahadat Hussein as he lies on...

Help wanted: Trudeau overhauls how Canada picks top jurists 03 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks at the Global Progress luncheon sponsored by the Center for American Progress, March 11, 2016 in Washington...

Czech president refuses to welcome any migrants 03 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

Czech President Milos Zeman pictured in Prague on January 10, 2014. AFP / Michal Cizek Prague: Czech President Milos Zeman has rejected a...

Obama says Trump 'unfit' to be president 03 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

Washington: In a blunt and virtually unprecedented presidential rebuke, Barack Obama on Tuesday described Donald Trump as "unfit" to be president and called...

US woman accidentally shoots self while Snapchatting 03 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

Customers look over the last two AR-15 style rifles for sale inside the Bullet Hole gun shop in Sarasota, Florida. Reuters file photo ...

Obama, Singapore leader push Pacific trade deal in state visit 03 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (L) and US President Barack Obama watch ceremonial troops during an arrival ceremony on the South Lawn...

Venezuela opposition plots next moves against Maduro 03 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

Opposition deputy Juan Carlos Caldera shows the document released by the Venezuelan National Electoral Council (CNE), at the CNE headquarters in Caracas, on...

Obama to Republican leaders: Why are you still endorsing Trump? 03 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

US President Barack Obama speaks during a press conference in the East Room of the White House August 2, 2016 in Washington, DC....

New Golden Globes host Jimmy Fallon starts with Donald Trump quip 03 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

This file photo taken on August 24, 2014 shows Jimmy Fallon on stage at the MTV Video Music Awards (VMA), at The Forum...

India's Sonia Gandhi falls ill 03 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

Indian Congress Party President Sonia Gandhi receives floral tributes during a roadshow in Varanasi on August 2, 2016, ahead of 2017 Uttar Pradesh...

A group of Chinese tourists robbed near Paris airport 03 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

Customs officers control a passenger's bags on July 26, 2016 at Charles de Gaulle Airport, also known as Roissy Airport, near to Paris....

Car bomb targeting security forces in Libya’s Benghazi kills 22 03 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

BENGHAZI: A car bomb targeting security forces on Tuesday in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi killed 22 people and wounded 20, a...

Global heat, sea level hit record highs in 2015 03 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

Global sea levels swelled to their highest point yet, about 70 millimeters (about 2.75 inches) higher than the 1993 average. AFP file photo...

France lays to rest priest slain by jihadists 03 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

A person holds a picture of the priest Jacques Hamel outside Rouen's cathedral on August 2, 2016 during the funeral of the priest...

Iraq PM bans travel by officials accused of corruption 02 Aug 2016 - 06:51 pm

A handout picture released on July 9 2016 shows Haider al-Abadi posing for a picture with army and counter-terrorism forces in Baghdad. AFP ...

Spain faces spectre of third election as parties lock horns 02 Aug 2016 - 05:09 pm

Leader of Spanish Socialist Party (PSOE) Pedro Sanchez gives a press conference at the Spanish parliament in Madrid on August 2, 2016 after...

Turkey's Erdogan accuses West of 'supporting coup plotters' 02 Aug 2016 - 04:55 pm

Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan addresses the audience during a meeting at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey, August 2, 2016. (Kayhan Ozer/Presidential Palace/Handout) ...