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Iran defence minister in Damascus, says will help rebuild Syria 26 Aug 2018 - 05:48 pm
Iranian Defence Minister Amir Hatami (L) meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (R)in the capital Damascus. AFP / SANA
WWII bomb defused in Germany after 18,500 evacuated 26 Aug 2018 - 05:00 pm
A World War II aerial bomb to be defused after it was found on a construction site in Ludwigshafen, western Germany, is pictured on August 26, 2018. Around 18,500 people had to leave their houses in an evacuation measure due to the bomb disposal. - German
Two dead, 255 injured in Iran earthquake 26 Aug 2018 - 04:50 pm
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Emmerson Mnangagwa sworn in as president of Zimbabwe 26 Aug 2018 - 02:46 pm
Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa (C) arrives to take his oath of office in Harare on August 26, 2018. (AFP / Jekesai NJIKIZANA)
Iranian parliament removes finance minister from office 26 Aug 2018 - 12:59 pm
Masoud Karbasian, Iran's Economy Minister, speaks in parliament in the capital Tehran on August 26, 2018 before a vote by lawmakers which saw him impeached. / AFP / ATTA KENARE
Italy lets migrants off stranded boat as deal reached 26 Aug 2018 - 12:47 pm
 Migrants wave after disembarking from Italian coast guard vessel
Japanese PM Abe seen headed for extended term despite flat ratings 26 Aug 2018 - 12:25 pm
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks to the media as he announces his candidacy for the upcoming ruling Liberal Democratic Party presidential election, during a press conference in front of Mount Sakurajima volcano while on tour to Tarumizu, Kagoshima
Pompeo decries "abhorrent ethnic cleansing" in Myanmar on anniversary 26 Aug 2018 - 11:34 am
File photo of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo waves to the media before his meeting with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry at the State Department in Washington, US, August 8, 2018. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/File Photo
John McCain, US war hero and political maverick, dead at 81 26 Aug 2018 - 10:08 am
File photo of US Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) smiles during a rally in Concord, North Carolina October 18, 2008. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
UN rights body criticises sacking of veiled French nursery worker 25 Aug 2018 - 08:38 pm
Baby Loup nursery
Peru grants asylum to Venezuelans that missed passport deadline 25 Aug 2018 - 08:11 pm
Venezuelan migrants wait at the Binational Border Service Center of Peru, on the border with Ecuador, in Tumbes, Peru August 25, 2018. REUTERS/Douglas Juarez
Fire near Zurich's main train station disrupts transport 25 Aug 2018 - 06:24 pm
A fire is seen near Bahnhofplatz in Zurich, Switzerland, August 25, 2018 in this still image taken from a social media video.
Fire kills 19 people at spa hotel in northeastern China 25 Aug 2018 - 06:07 pm
A view of the hotel after a fire left at least 18 people dead in Harbin, China's northeastern Heilongjiang province, on August 25, 2018.  AFP
Italy allows some migrants off stranded boat amid EU row 25 Aug 2018 - 05:49 pm
FILE PHOTO: Migrants wait to disembark from the Italian coast guard vessel
Heater explosion kills 10 in northern Iran 25 Aug 2018 - 04:29 pm
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U.S. warns Russia it will hit Assad if he uses chemical arms, Sources Say 25 Aug 2018 - 04:15 pm
FILE PHOTO: Russian and Syrian forces stand guard as civilians enter the Abu Duhur crossing on the eastern edge of Idlib province on August 20, 2018. AFP / George OURFALIAN
Congo: 2 who received experimental Ebola treatment recover 25 Aug 2018 - 04:12 pm
FILE PHOTO: A Congolese health worker administers Ebola vaccine to a woman who had contact with an Ebola sufferer in the village of Mangina in North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, August 18, 2018. REUTERS/Olivia Acland
Franco's family to 'take care' of remains after exhumation 25 Aug 2018 - 04:06 pm
Flowers lie on the tomb of Spanish dictator Francisco Franco at El Valle de los Caidos (The Valley of the Fallen), the giant mausoleum holding the remains of Franco, in San Lorenzo de El Escorial, outside Madrid, Spain, August 24, 2018. REUTERS/Juan Medin