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Indian PM Modi confident of bigger win in 2019 elections-Times of India 12 Aug 2018 - 11:13 am
File photo of India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) waves as Maldives President Abdulla Yameen looks on during the closing session of 18th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit in Kathmandu November 27, 2014. REUTERS/Niranjan
White supremacists set to rally outside White House a year after deadly clash 12 Aug 2018 - 11:05 am
Virginia State Troopers stand down during a rally on the campus of The University of Virginia one-year after the violent white nationalist rally that left one person dead and dozens injured, in Charlottesville, Virginia on August 11, 2018./ AFP / Logan Cy
Meteor shower lights up skies over Bosnia 12 Aug 2018 - 10:19 am
A meteor streaks across the skies over the Sand Pyramids during the peak of the Perseid meteor shower in the village of Miljevina near Foca, August 12, 2018. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic
Mali in presidential runoff overshadowed by security crisis 12 Aug 2018 - 09:39 am
Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, President of Mali and candidate of Rally for Mali party (RPM), speaks during a rally, ahead of the second round of Mali's presidential election, in Bamako, Mali August 10, 2018. REUTERS/Luc Gnago
Venezuela's Maduro says he would accept FBI help over alleged murder plot 12 Aug 2018 - 09:33 am
Handout picture released by the Venezuelan presidency showing Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro speaking during the broadcasting of a television programme, at the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas on August 7, 2018. AFP PHOTO / PRESIDENCIA VENEZ
Authorities probe how airline employee could steal plane 11 Aug 2018 - 11:48 pm
Air Alaska planes sit on the tarmac at the terminal, following an incident where an airline employee took off in an airplane, at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Seattle, August 10, 2018. Reuters/Brendan McDermid
Former monk held on charges of killing bishop at Egyptian monastery 11 Aug 2018 - 11:47 pm
Members of the Coptic clergy gather before a mass, ahead of Pope Francis' visit, in Cairo, Egypt April 28, 2017. Reuters/Amr Abdallah Dalsh
Canadian police charge suspect in shooting that left 4 dead 11 Aug 2018 - 11:44 pm
A message at the St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church notifies the community of a prayer vigil after a shooting incident in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, August 10, 2018. Reuters/Dan Culberson
Peaceful events, heavy security mark Charlottesville rally anniversary 11 Aug 2018 - 11:44 pm
Members of ANTIFA get in formation after entering the security checkpoint required to enter the mall in downtown Charlottesville, Virginia, one-year after the violent white nationalist rally that left one person dead and dozens injured. / AFP / Logan Cyru
Romanians rally again in anti-corruption, anti-government protests 11 Aug 2018 - 11:09 pm
Romanians chant slogans as they stand next to a giant statue picturing the symbol of justice during a demonstration to protest against the government on August 11, 2018, in Bucharest. AFP / Daniel Mihailescu
Crews make progress battling Southern California wildfire 11 Aug 2018 - 11:09 pm
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Congo's latest Ebola outbreak taking place in a war zone 11 Aug 2018 - 11:09 pm
A Congolese health worker checks the temperature of a child before the launch of vaccination campaign against the deadly Ebola virus near Mangina village, near the town of Beni, in North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, August 8, 2018. R
3 members of Jordan's security forces killed in raid on 'terror' cell 11 Aug 2018 - 11:09 pm
Security forces are seen near a damaged building one day after the security incident, at the city of Al Salt, Jordan, August 11, 2018. Reuters/Muhammad Hamed
Michigan US House seat deals with quirky double election 11 Aug 2018 - 08:51 pm
Relatives of Rashida Tlaib, who is set to become the first Muslim woman to join the U.S. Congress, gather as they celebrate her election victory, in the village of Beit Ur al-Fauqa in the occupied West Bank August 8, 2018. Reuters/Mohamad Torokman
Erdogan: Turkey is a target of economic war 11 Aug 2018 - 08:33 pm
 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses people in Rize, Turkey on August 11, 2018. (Cem Öksüz/Anadolu Agency)
Cholera kills 13 in Niger: UN 11 Aug 2018 - 06:55 pm
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Greek fire death toll at 94: officials 11 Aug 2018 - 02:08 pm
 In this file photo taken on July 24, 2018 an aerial view shows damage caused by a wildfire near the village of Mati, near Athens. / AFP / Savvas KARMANIOLAS
Russia says Ukrainian hunger-striker Sentsov 'not underweight' 11 Aug 2018 - 01:40 pm
In this file photo taken on July 22, 2015 shows Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov looking on inside a defendants' cage during a hearing at a military court in the city of Rostov-on-Don. / AFP / SERGEI VENYAVSKY