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Violent protest erupts in capital of Indonesia's Papua 30 Aug 2019 - 12:27 am
A motorist ride past a burning building after hundreds of demonstrators marched near Papua's biggest city Jayapura on August 29, 2019, where they set fire to a regional assembly building and hurled rocks at shops and hotels. AFP / Indra Thamrin Hatta
Britain's Labour plans to use parliament to thwart no-deal Brexit 29 Aug 2019 - 10:28 pm
Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn said that as soon as parliament returns from its summer break on Tuesday, his party would initiate a process to legislate against a no-deal Brexit that he said would be damaging for the jobs and the economy.
Israel: Iran, Hezbollah intensifying missile efforts 29 Aug 2019 - 10:28 pm
A view of the barrier along the border between Lebanon and Israel, with the Lebanese village of Kfar Kila on the left and the Israeli town of Metula on the right on August 29, 2019. AFP / Mahmoud Zayyat
New Italian coalition allies have mutual foe, but little else in common 29 Aug 2019 - 10:28 pm
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte speaks in Rome, Italy August 29, 2019. Presidential Palace/Francesco Ammendola/Handout via Reuters
Spain urges EU help with migrants as more rescued at sea 29 Aug 2019 - 10:28 pm
Crew members of the German NGO Sea-Eye migrant rescue ship 'Alan Kurdi' take part in a training exercise while on their way to the search and rescue zone off the North African coast, in the western Mediterranean Sea, August 29, 2019. Reuters/Darrin Zammit
Court bids launched to stop Johnson suspending UK parliament 29 Aug 2019 - 10:28 pm
Pro-Brexit and anti-Brexit campaigners protest outside the Cabinet Office in London, Britain August 29, 2019. Reuters/Toby Melville
Man gored to death by bull in Spanish festival 29 Aug 2019 - 07:50 pm
A bull charges during a bullfighting training session in Mosquera municipality on the outskirts of Bogota, Colombia on January 17, 2017. AFP/Guillermo Legaria
Trump: Taliban deal close, US troops to drop to 8,600 29 Aug 2019 - 07:50 pm
In this file photo taken on September 11, 2002, US soldiers salute during a flag lowering ceremony at the Bagram Air Base. AFP / Desha-Kalyan Chowdhury
Venezuela's Maduro says settlement talks could soon resume 29 Aug 2019 - 07:50 pm
Nicolás Maduro
US suggests won't prosecute Venezuela's Maduro if he leaves 29 Aug 2019 - 07:50 pm
US Special Representative for Venezuela Elliott Abrams speaks about the situation in Venezuela during a press conference at the Organization of American States Headquarters in Washington, DC, on July 12, 2019.  AFP / Saul Loeb
7 soccer fans die in flash flood at Morocco match 29 Aug 2019 - 07:50 pm
Relatives of victims killed during a flash flood mourn in the southern Moroccan city of Tizert, on August 29, 2019.  AFP
Hungary's Orban commiserates with 'fellow combatant' Salvini 29 Aug 2019 - 07:50 pm
Hungarian PM Viktor Orban holds a speech at the Parliament in Budapest on April 25, 2016. AFP/Attila Kisbenedek
Italy's bitter political foes unite in bid to foil Salvini 29 Aug 2019 - 07:50 pm
Matteo Salvini
Teen activist sails across Atlantic to go to climate meeting 29 Aug 2019 - 06:36 pm
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, 16, arrives in the US after a 15-day journey crossing the Atlantic in the Malizia II, a zero-carbon yacht, on August 28, 2019 in New York. AFP / Johannes Eisele
Hurricane on track for Florida after strike in Caribbean 29 Aug 2019 - 06:14 pm
Empty counters and seats are seen at the gates of Charlotte Amalie Harbor Seaplane Base as most flights have been cancelled as Tropical Storm Dorian approaches in St Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands August 28, 2019. Reuters/Gabriella N Baez
New hope for child rights after India gets tough on traffickers 29 Aug 2019 - 06:03 pm
According to officials, 80% of the children working in Jaipur are trafficked from Bihar - more than 800 miles to the east - to make bangles and other handicrafts.
UN agency urges US to reinstate funds to protect women 29 Aug 2019 - 06:03 pm
Village by village, the quest to stop female genital cutting in Somaliland 29 Aug 2019 - 06:03 pm
Women sit in the streets of Sanani, Somaliland on June 30, 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Claudio Accheri