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Afghanistan announces Eid ceasefire with Taliban 19 Aug 2018 - 05:59 pm
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani speaks during a news conference in Kabul, Afghanistan July 15, 2018. (REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail/File Photo)
Women win primaries in record numbers, look to November 19 Aug 2018 - 04:30 pm
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Eight years late, Palestinian mail arrives in West Bank 19 Aug 2018 - 04:10 pm
Ramadan Ghazawi, a Palestinian official at the central international exchange post office in the West Bank city of Jericho, holds up a damaged parcel, one of many items of previously undelivered mail dating as far back as 2010 which has been withheld by I
800,000 displaced in flooding in southern Indian state 19 Aug 2018 - 01:05 pm
This picture taken on August 18, 2018 shows a view of a flooded area in the north part of Kochi, in the Indian state of Kerala. / AFP / STR
Tributes pour in for former UN chief and Nobel laureate Kofi Annan 19 Aug 2018 - 12:48 pm
In this file photo taken on June 22, 2012 Arab League Special Envoy for Syria, Kofi Annan, listens to the media questions during a press conference at the United Nations Office in Geneva. / AFP / SEBASTIEN BOZON
Britain's May could face trouble over Brexit deal, Conservative lawmaker warns 19 Aug 2018 - 12:32 pm
File photo of Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May returns to Downing Street from the Houses of Parliament in London, Britain, June 12, 2018. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo
Search operation ended in Genoa, bridge death toll rises to 43 19 Aug 2018 - 12:25 pm
A handout photo made available by the Quirinal Press Office shows Italian President Sergio Mattarella (R) during his visit to the site of the highway-bridge-collapse disaster, before attending the State funeral of the victims, in Genoa on August 18, 2018.
Fresh quake rocks Indonesia's Lombok island 19 Aug 2018 - 12:10 pm
Debris and dust is seen after a building collapsed during an earthquake in lombok, Indonesia, August 19, 2018 in this still image obtained from a social media video. Amre Mogen /via REUTERS
Europe must 'pay price' to save nuclear deal: Iran FM 19 Aug 2018 - 11:58 am
File photo of  Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif. Reuters
Israel closes people crossing with Gaza after border violence 19 Aug 2018 - 11:38 am
Israeli soldiers looks through binoculars at an observation post near the Israeli side of the Israel - GAZA border, Israel August 15, 2018. REUTERS/Amir Cohen
Cossacks and flowers as Putin dances at Austrian minister's wedding 18 Aug 2018 - 08:43 pm
Austria's Foreign Minister Karin Kneissl dances with Russia's President Vladimir Putin at her wedding in Gamlitz, Austria, August 18, 2018. (Roland Schlager via Reuters)
Erdogan reelected as head of Turkey's ruling AK Party 18 Aug 2018 - 08:20 pm
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan (R) and his wife Emine Erdogan (L), greet supporters ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) during the sixth congress of the ruling AK party (AKP) to prepare for March local election in Ankara on August 18, 2018. (AFP
Italy buries bridge collapse dead as outrage simmers 18 Aug 2018 - 05:52 pm
Firefighters arrive to pay their respects to the victims of the Morandi Bridge collapse, before the state funeral at the Genoa Trade Fair and Exhibition Centre in Genoa, Italy August 18, 2018. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini
Belarus' Lukashenko dismisses top ministers, names new PM 18 Aug 2018 - 04:32 pm
Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko. (REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko/File Photo)
Kofi Annan: the UN's 'rock star' secretary-general 18 Aug 2018 - 03:21 pm
In this file photo Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan shows an AK-47 assault rifle that has been transformed into a guitar in front of workers at Vienna's United Nations headquarters. (AFP / SAMUEL KUBANI)
UN Chief suggests four options for improved Palestinian protection 18 Aug 2018 - 02:41 pm
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres (AFP / Yuri KADOBNOV / File photo)
Elephants take the flag in Indonesia independence ceremony 18 Aug 2018 - 02:30 pm
Sumatran elephants carrying the Red and White Flag to the handler (Mahout) to be raised at the ceremony the commemoration of the 73rd Republic of Indonesia anniversary at the Sampoiniet Conservation Response Unit (CRU), Aceh Jaya Regency, Aceh, Indonesia,
Former UN chief Kofi Annan dies at 80 18 Aug 2018 - 01:33 pm
File photo of UN-Arab League mediator Kofi Annan addresses a news conference at the United Nations in Geneva August 2, 2012. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse /File Photo