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Didi passenger killed amid China ride-hailing safety concerns 25 Aug 2018 - 12:54 pm
File photo of a man is seen in front of a DiDi sign before a promotional event of its Hitch service for the Spring festival travel rush, in Beijing, China January 24, 2018. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo
Pope Francis arrives in Ireland 25 Aug 2018 - 12:41 pm
A plane carrying Pope Francis lands at Dublin International Airport, Ireland August 25, 2018. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne
Suicide bomb attack kills two in eastern Afghanistan 25 Aug 2018 - 12:30 pm
Peninsula
At least 27 hostages held by IS in south Syria: HRW 25 Aug 2018 - 11:19 am
Peninsula
At least 18 dead in China hotel fire 25 Aug 2018 - 10:41 am
The interior of a hot springs hotel which caught fire early in the morning is pictured in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, China August 25, 2018. Xie Peihua/CNS via REUTERS
Under fire, Iran's Rouhani calls for unity 25 Aug 2018 - 10:35 am
File photo of Iran's President Hassan Rouhani attends a news conference at the Chancellery in Vienna, Austria July 4, 2018. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner/File Photo
German firefighters stop spread of huge blaze, warn of ongoing threat 24 Aug 2018 - 11:23 pm
The frire brigade work on August 24, 2018 during a forest fire near Klausdorf, northeastern Germany. A large forest fire raging 50 kilometres (30 miles) southwest of Berlin continued to sprea after hundreds of people were evacuated from their homes. AFP /
Former head of US health agency arrested on sexual abuse charge 24 Aug 2018 - 11:23 pm
Former head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Tom Frieden (C), departs criminal court after a hearing in New York, U.S., August 24, 2018. Reuters/Lucas Jackson
Tobacco-funded group starts Montana anti-initiative ad blitz 24 Aug 2018 - 11:23 pm
In one example, the group is spending some $680,000 to air more than 900 spots through the Nov. 6 election on KTVQ-TV in Billings, the state's largest TV market, according to an analysis of that station's FCC filings by The Associated Press.
Rohingya crisis a year on: refugees going nowhere as cash crunch looms 24 Aug 2018 - 10:12 pm
Rohingya refugee children are seen inside their makeshift tent in the Kutupalong camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh August 24, 2018. Reuters/Mohammad Ponir Hossain
GoFundMe investigating campaign for homeless Samaritan 24 Aug 2018 - 10:12 pm
Kate McClure and Johnny Bobbit Jr. (Courtesy of GoFundMe)
Canada to host Rohingya genocide remembrance events 24 Aug 2018 - 10:04 pm
Rohingya refugees are seen outside of their makeshift tent in the Kutupalong camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh August 24, 2018. Reuters/Mohammad Ponir Hossain
Burundi UN peacekeeper killed in ambush in Central Africa 24 Aug 2018 - 10:04 pm
FILE PHOTO: French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian flanked by President of the Central African Republic Faustin-Archange Touadera looks at military supplies at the Mpoko military base in Bangui on October 31, 2016 AFP
Trump asks Pompeo to delay visit to North Korea 24 Aug 2018 - 09:39 pm
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and US Secretary of State nominee Mike Pompeo (KCNA & AFP)
Venezuelan migrants pour into Peru before new rules enforced 24 Aug 2018 - 09:39 pm
A Venezuelan migrant is helped after crossing the border of Peru with Ecuador, in Aguas Verdes, Tumbes, Peru August 24, 2018. Reuters/Douglas Juarez
Italy clashes with EU over migrants stranded on rescue boat 24 Aug 2018 - 09:39 pm
Soldiers carry out the body of a migrant from RHIB, who was found some 68 miles south of Malta by the Armed Forces of Malta maritime squadron and brought on a patrol boat to Marsamxett Harbour, Valletta, Malta August 22, 2018. Reuters/Darrin Zammit Lupi
Top Zimbabwe court confirms Mnangagwa's presidential election victory 24 Aug 2018 - 08:43 pm
Emmerson Mnangagwa
Hurricane Lane barrels toward Hawaii with torrential rains 24 Aug 2018 - 08:43 pm
Residents carry dogs through flood waters to dry land, after playing in the water briefly on the Big Island on August 23, 2018 in Hilo, Hawaii. Hurricane Lane has brought more than a foot of rainfall to some parts of the Big Island which is under a flash