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11 killed and nearly 70 wounded in Chicago weekend shootings 06 Aug 2018 - 08:04 pm
Bystanders watch as Chicago Police officers and detectives investigate a shooting where multiple people were shot on Sunday, August 5, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois. Joshua Lott/Getty Images/AFP
Trump restores Iran sanctions as Rouhani feels economic pressure 06 Aug 2018 - 07:36 pm
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks during a meeting with Muslim leaders and scholars in Hyderabad, India, February 15, 2018. (Reuters / Danish Siddiqui)
In new admin error, Germany expels Uighur man to China 06 Aug 2018 - 06:33 pm
A tank drives through the water during the Suvorov Attack contest at the International Army Games 2018 in Korla, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, China July 30, 2018.  Zhang Zhitao/Southern Metropolis Daily via Reuters
Imran Khan's party nominates him as Pakistan's next PM 06 Aug 2018 - 04:46 pm
A supporter of Imran Khan, chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), political party, wears a mask and dance on party songs during a campaign rally ahead of general elections in Karachi, Pakistan July 22, 2018. (REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro/File Photo)
Cambodia's Hun Sen says will give speech to UN after "flawed election" 06 Aug 2018 - 12:16 pm
Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen speaks during a visit to a garment factory in Phnom Penh on August 2, 2018. / AFP / TANG CHHIN Sothy
Indonesia evacuates tourists after Lombok quake kills 91 06 Aug 2018 - 11:59 am
A collapsed home is seen in Batuyang village in Lombok on August 6, 2018, a day after a 6.9 magnitude earthquake struck the area.  / AFP / Gin Sugi
Bangladesh must improve conditions for Rohingya, scrap island plan: HRW 06 Aug 2018 - 11:43 am
The Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh: a rights group has urged Bangladesh to provide better conditions (AFP Photo/MUNIR UZ ZAMAN)
Bangladesh considers capital punishment for driving deaths 06 Aug 2018 - 10:53 am
Bangladeshi students march along a street during a student protest in Dhaka on August 5, 2018, following the deaths of two college students in a road accident. / AFP / Munir UZ ZAMAN
Apple removes most of US conspiracy theorist's podcasts from iTunes 06 Aug 2018 - 10:36 am
In this file photo taken on September 7, 2016, the Apple logo is seen on the outside of Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, California. / AFP / Josh Edelson
Europe sizzles in heatwave as wildfire hits Portugal 05 Aug 2018 - 10:21 pm
Children cool off in a fountain in Albi, southern France, on August 5, 2018, as a heatwave in Europe continues. AFP / Remy Gabalda
Brexit threatens Marks & Spencer sandwiches in France: chairman 05 Aug 2018 - 07:00 pm
Archie Norman told the Financial Times that a no-deal Brexit would spell the
WWII vintage plane crashes into Swiss mountainside, 20 dead 05 Aug 2018 - 06:34 pm
Accident investigators and rescue personnel work at the wreckage of a Junkers JU52 aircraft in Flims on August 5, 2018, after it crashed into Piz Segnas, a 3,000-metre (10,000-foot) peak in eastern Switzerland on August 4. AFP / Fabrice Coffrini
Venezuela opposition warns of crackdown after Maduro denounces attack 05 Aug 2018 - 06:34 pm
People look at the damage in a building after an explosion in Caracas, Venezuela August 5, 2018. Reuters/Adriana Loureiro
Trump defends son's meeting with russians as `totally legal' 05 Aug 2018 - 06:34 pm
Trump, Donald Trump Jr and L Eric R Trump (Reuters file photo)
Boat loving Italian MP resigns after absences row 05 Aug 2018 - 06:34 pm
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American found on Russia's far east coast after sailing from Alaska 05 Aug 2018 - 06:34 pm
Local media in the Chukotka region, separated from Alaska by the Bering Sea, said border guards had stopped an unidentified American in the coastal village of Lavrentiya.
As sanctions bite, where next for Trump's Iran strategy 05 Aug 2018 - 05:48 pm
An Iranian woman walks past a mural of the Iranian flag in Tehran on October 14, 2017. (AFP)
Bolton: 'No US govt involvement' in reported Venezuela attack 05 Aug 2018 - 05:44 pm
US National Security Advisor John Bolton speaks at the press briefing at the White House in Washington, DC, on August 2, 2018.  AFP / Nicholas Kamm