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Bangladesh ready to repatriate 3,500 Rohingya refugees to Myanmar 19 Aug 2019 - 03:30 pm
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General accused of war crimes appointed Sri Lanka army chief 19 Aug 2019 - 03:23 pm
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Omar, Tlaib host news conference on travel restrictions 19 Aug 2019 - 03:19 pm
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Reps Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) hold a news conference after Democrats in the U.S.   REUTERS/Erin Scott
Zimbabwe deploys security forces over banned march 19 Aug 2019 - 03:00 pm
Police officers patrol near Tredgold Magistrates courts on August 19, 2019, in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. AFP / Zinyange Auntony
19 killed in Uganda fuel truck blast: police 19 Aug 2019 - 02:45 pm
People look towards a fire following a fuel truck collision in Rubirizi, Uganda August 18, 2019 in this still image taken from social media video.
UK prime minister under pressure to recall Parliament 19 Aug 2019 - 01:33 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson talks as he meets with health professionals during his visit to the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro, Britain, August 19, 2019. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls
Wildfire on Canary Islands forces evacuation of 5,000 19 Aug 2019 - 01:09 pm
People who were evacuated from their homes look at a helicopter dropping water to fight a forest fire seen in the village of Valleseco, in the Canary Island of Gran Canaria, Spain, August 17, 2019. REUTERS/Borja Suarez
Schools deserted in Indian Kashmir as parents fear more unrest 19 Aug 2019 - 12:51 pm
Workers clean the campus of an closed school in Srinagar on August 19, 2019. (AFP / PUNIT PARANJPE)
Kabul's glitzy wedding industry fears for future after attack 19 Aug 2019 - 12:30 pm
Workers of a wedding hall inspect after a blast in Kabul, Afghanistan August 18, 2019. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
More evacuations as Canary Islands fire out of control 19 Aug 2019 - 12:24 pm
Flames rise from a forest fire raging in Montana Alta on the island of Gran Canaria on August 18, 2019.  / AFP / DESIREE MARTIN
Merkel, Orban mark Iron Curtain anniversary amid new divides 19 Aug 2019 - 12:12 pm
German Chancellor Angela Merkel poses for media at the Chancellery during the German Federal Government open day on August 18, 2019 in Berlin. / AFP / Tobias SCHWARZ
Italy's 5-Star says Salvini no longer a credible partner 18 Aug 2019 - 07:46 pm
Italy's Interior Minister and deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini gestures during a press conference after the National Committee for Order and Public Safety in Castel Volturno south of Naples, on August 15, 2019. AFP / Eliano IMPERATO
Wildfire forces 4,000 to evacuate in Spain's Canary Islands 18 Aug 2019 - 07:39 pm
The trees above the road of the forested peaks of Valleseco are engulfed in flames during the new forest fire that broke out just days after another blaze raged in the same area, in the Grand Canary Island of Spain, August 17, 2019.   AFP / DESIREE MARTIN
UK's Johnson to visit European capitals seeking Brexit breakthrough 18 Aug 2019 - 06:21 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson drinks from a HMP Leeds prison mug as he talks with prison staff during a visit to HM Prison Leeds, a Category B men's prison in Leeds, northern England, on August 13, 2019. / AFP / POOL / Jon Super
Iran says U.S. move on north Syria safe zone is "provocative" 18 Aug 2019 - 05:08 pm
Turkish military truck patrols next to a Turkish flag hoisted at the border with Syria on August 14, 2019, in Akcakale, in Sanliurfa, southeastern Turkey.  AFP
Chad president declares emergency in east after ethnic violence 18 Aug 2019 - 04:41 pm
Chadian President Idriss Deby is escorted as he arrives for the signing of the Sudan's power sharing deal, that paves the way for a transitional government, and eventual elections, following the overthrow of long-time leader Omar al-Bashir, in Khartoum, S
Downpour paralyses Istanbul, historic Grand Bazaar, kills one 18 Aug 2019 - 04:25 pm
A shop owner tries to save his belongings in a flooded undergate shop center on August 17, 2019 in Eminonu district in Istanbul, after a heavy rainfall.   AFP / Ozan KOSE
Gibraltar refuses U.S. request to seize Iranian tanker 18 Aug 2019 - 04:03 pm
An Iranian flag flies at Iranian oil tanker Adrian Darya 1, before being named as Grace 1, as it sits anchored after the Supreme Court of the British territory lifted its detention order, in the Strait of Gibraltar, Spain, August 18, 2019. REUTERS/Jon Naz