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China quietly doubles troop levels in Hong Kong 30 Sep 2019 - 11:36 pm
Chinese troops conduct riot drills inside a PeopleÕs Liberation Army (PLA) base in Tam Mei, Hong Kong, China September 28, 2019. Reuters/James Pomfret
What next after Austrian conservative Kurz's election triumph? 30 Sep 2019 - 11:36 pm
Sebastian Kurz
Impeachment Update: Giuliani Subpoenaed by House for documents 30 Sep 2019 - 11:12 pm
Rudy Giuliani
Biden tries to defend electability against Trump Ukraine assault 30 Sep 2019 - 11:12 pm
Biden
US Secretary of State Pompeo took part in Trump-Zelenskiy phone call: WSJ 30 Sep 2019 - 11:12 pm
Mike Pompeo
Bolton rejects Trump claims of success on North Korea 30 Sep 2019 - 11:12 pm
Donald Trump, Mike Pompeo, John Bolton and Mick Mulvaney attend a meeting in the Metropole hotel with Kim Jong Un and delegation in Hanoi, February 28, 2019. Reuters / Leah Millis
What's next as House committees launch impeachment probes 30 Sep 2019 - 09:21 pm
Nancy Pelosi
UK's Johnson denies allegations of patronage, groping 30 Sep 2019 - 09:21 pm
Boris Johnson listens in the audience as Chancellor of the Exchequer Sajid Javid speaks on the second day of the annual Conservative Party conference in Manchester, on September 30, 2019. AFP / Oli Scarff
New York congressman resigns ahead of insider trading plea 30 Sep 2019 - 09:21 pm
Chris Collins, a Republican from the 27th Congressional District of New York, leaves US Federal Court in New York after being indicted on insider trading, on August 8, 2018. AFP / Timothy A Clary
Armed with trumpets, South African men blow away street crime against women 30 Sep 2019 - 08:28 pm
The shadows of Isaac Makhubo and Paul Themba blowing vuvuzela trumpets silhouette against a wall in in Johannesburg, South Africa on 19 September, 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Kim Harrisberg
Palm oil from 'orangutan capital of world' sold to major brands, says forest group 30 Sep 2019 - 08:28 pm
An orphaned orangutan in the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme Quarantine Centre in Medan, Indonesia, on August 22, 2016. Handout: Paul Hilton
Italy's ruling parties call for lowering voting age to 16 30 Sep 2019 - 06:47 pm
Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, a technocrat close to 5-Star, welcomed the proposal and said it was now up to parliament to table a bill on the reform.
Kenyan farmers mix tradition with tech to protect drying Mara River 30 Sep 2019 - 06:47 pm
A farmer looks at felled timber on his farm in Ilulua, western Kenya, September 27, 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Kagondu Njagi
Bangladesh promises to improve local flood warnings after complaints 30 Sep 2019 - 06:47 pm
A Rohingya shelter gets flooded after heavy rain in Coxs’ Bazar, Bangladesh, July 25, 2018. Reuters/Clare Baldwin
Iraq and Syria open border crossing closed since 2012 30 Sep 2019 - 06:09 pm
Posters of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad are seen at the Iraqi-Syrian border, after it has been reopened for trade and travel, in Al Qaim, Iraq September 30, 2019. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani
Storm in central Europe kills 2, fallen trees disrupt travel 30 Sep 2019 - 04:43 pm
Peninsula
Al-Shabaab attacks US base, EU convoy in Somalia 30 Sep 2019 - 02:39 pm
Peninsula
No one 'really knows' cost of no-deal Brexit: minister 30 Sep 2019 - 02:32 pm
Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Sajid Javid arrives at The Midland hotel opposite the Manchester Central convention complex on the second day of the annual Conservative Party conference at the in Manchester, north-west England on September 30, 2019.