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Britain failing forced marriage victims by granting visas to abusers 02 Aug 2018 - 10:32 pm
The Times newspaper said on Thursday that visas were granted in almost half of 88 cases last year where victims, officials or third parties had raised fears of forced marriage. (Reuters file photo)
Nigeria's Ruling APC bleeds as key figures abandon Buhari 02 Aug 2018 - 09:12 pm
In this file photo taken on May 29, 2015 Senator Bukola Saraki, reacts in Abuja. AFP / Pius Utomi Ekpei
Egypt trying to broker broad Israel-Hamas truce, Hamas says 02 Aug 2018 - 09:09 pm
Egyptian Intelligence services head Khaled Fawzi laugh with Hamas leader Izzat al-Rishq and Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in the presence of Azzam al-Ahmad and Rawhi Fattouh of Fatah (AFP / Khaled Desouki)
Zimbabwe renewal hopes dashed as vote dispute sparks mayhem 02 Aug 2018 - 09:09 pm
Supporters of Zimbabwe's MDC party demonstrate outside ZANU PF headquarters in Harare on August 1, 2018, as protests erupted over alleged fraud in the country's election. AFP / Marco Longari
Indian state's controversial citizens' list unites Modi critics 02 Aug 2018 - 08:53 pm
 People wait to check their names on the draft list at the National Register of Citizens (NRC) centre at a village in Nagaon district, Assam state, India, July 30, 2018. Reuters
Nationwide student protests enter fifth day in Bangladesh 02 Aug 2018 - 08:38 pm
 Bangladeshi students block a road during a student protest in Dhaka on August 2, 2018, following the deaths of two college students in a road accident on July 30.  AFP / Munir Uz Zaman
Indian minister defends citizenship test, citing Muslim growth 02 Aug 2018 - 08:38 pm
Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) activists shout slogans in support of the publication of the first complete draft of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) and against what they say is illegal immigration of people from Bangladesh during a rally in Kolkata o
Grey is the new black: Turkmen autocrat ditches the dye 02 Aug 2018 - 08:17 pm
In recent months he has performed a patriotic rap on state TV along with his grandson and released a biography of his mother, which has been acclaimed by local critics.
Not just any old iron: Russian rail thief nabs 275 tonnes of track 02 Aug 2018 - 08:16 pm
This March 24, 2017 picture of a worker fixing a railway track in Ahmedabad, India, used here for representaion. Reuters/Amit Dave
Trump team wants to roll back Obama-era mileage standards 02 Aug 2018 - 07:27 pm
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Zimbabwe’s capital on edge as account of violent protests unfolds 02 Aug 2018 - 07:13 pm
Police stand guard during a raid on the headquarters of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) a day after post-election clashes between security forces and opposition protesters in Harare, Zimbabwe, August 2, 2018. Reuters/Mike Hutchings
Paris painters threaten to fold up easels over creeping cafes 02 Aug 2018 - 04:53 pm
General view of artists who sketch portraits in the street on the
Multiple protests in Iran over currency drop, economic woes 02 Aug 2018 - 02:51 pm
A man takes a glance at a newspaper with a picture of US president Donald Trump on the front page, in the capital Tehran on July 31, 2018. Iran's currency traded at a fresh record-low of 119,000 to the dollar today, a loss of nearly two-thirds of its valu
Sanctions on our two ministers will not go inanswered: Turkey 02 Aug 2018 - 12:14 pm
Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu (REUTERS/Umit Bektas/File Photo)
Mexico airliner crashes and burns, but all aboard survive 02 Aug 2018 - 10:40 am
Rescue personnel work at the site where an Aeromexico-operated Embraer passenger jet crashed in Mexico's northern state of Durango, July 31, 2018, in this picture obtained from social media. (Proteccion Civil Durango/via REUTERS )
Frozen in time, Havana looks to put a modern stamp on its 500-year history 02 Aug 2018 - 09:12 am
File photo of old American cars driving along Havana's Malecon on July 12, 2018.  / AFP / YAMIL LAGE
Facebook page's removal angers Washington protest organizers 01 Aug 2018 - 10:40 pm
Representative image: Demonstrators protest against US President-elect Donald Trump in Washington on January 20, 2107 (AFP / Jewel Samad)
France adopts law on asylum, immigration 01 Aug 2018 - 10:40 pm
Jean-Luc Melenchon, leader of far-left opposition France Insoumise (France Unbowed) political party, and La France Insoumise members of parliament attend a no-confidence vote against French government as part of the political crisis surrounding French pre