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Uber appeals “perverse” driver-pay decision by UK judges 28 Sep 2017 - 12:02 am
People take part in a protest against Uber and in favour of labour rights in central London, Britain, September 27, 2017. REUTERS/Mary Turner
Eating leaves to survive in Myanmar’s “ethnic cleansing” zone 27 Sep 2017 - 11:43 pm
Hindu people cry near the dead bodies of their family members in Yebawkya village, Maungdaw on September 27, 2017. Myanmar's army said on September 24, 2017 it had discovered a mass grave containing the bodies of 28 Hindus, including women and children, i
Life-saving peanut paste for starving Rohingya as emergency spirals 27 Sep 2017 - 08:53 pm
Rohingya refugees wait to receive aid in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, September 27, 2017. Reuters/Cathal McNaughton
After spate of suicides, China targets predatory student lending 27 Sep 2017 - 08:44 pm
Zheng Xianqiao, the father of the student Zheng Dexing, who committed suicide after accumulating crippling debt, sits near his son's grave on a farm in Dengzhou, Henan province, China, July 15, 2017. Reuters/Shu Zhang
UN medics see evidence of rape in Myanmar army's Rohingya “cleansing” campaign 27 Sep 2017 - 08:25 pm
An albino Rohingya refugee poses for a picture in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, September 27, 2017. Reuters/Cathal McNaughton
Rohingya militants deny Myanmar army claims of Hindu massacre 27 Sep 2017 - 08:15 pm
Hindu women cry near the dead bodies of their family members in YeBawKya village near Maungdaw, north of Myanmar's Rakhine state on September 27, 2017. AFP
Massive 'yes' vote in Iraqi Kurd independence referendum 27 Sep 2017 - 08:00 pm
A Syrian Kurd takes a selfie, in the northeastern Syrian city of Qamishli on September 26, 2017, during a gathering in support of the independence referendum in Iraq's autonomous northern Kurdish region. / AFP / Delil souleiman
Pope Francis urges world to open arms to migrants 27 Sep 2017 - 07:32 pm
Pope Francis poses with a group of migrants during the Wednesday general audience in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican, September 27, 2017. Reuters/Alessandro Bianchi
Trump won't get expanded tweet space, for now 27 Sep 2017 - 07:09 pm
(FILES) This file photo taken on September 24, 2017 shows US President Donald Trump speaking to the press at the White House in Washington, DC, upon arrival from his New Jersey golf club.  / AFP / NICHOLAS KAMM
Uganda introduces bill to scrap presidential age limit 27 Sep 2017 - 07:03 pm
Ugandan President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. (AFP / Stefan Rousseau)
Macron's Europe speech gets mixed reaction 27 Sep 2017 - 06:58 pm
French President Emmanuel Macron gestures as he delivers a speech on the European Union in the amphitheatre of the Sorbonne University in Paris on September 26, 2017 (AFP / ludovic Marin)
Macron, Merkel to meet Thursday ahead of EU summit: French presidency 27 Sep 2017 - 06:43 pm
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron arrive at a ceremony at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, May 15, 2017. Reuters/Fabrizio Bensch
92% voted for independence in Iraqi Kurd referendum 27 Sep 2017 - 05:54 pm
A Syrian Kurd gestures, in the northeastern Syrian city of Qamishli on September 26, 2017, during a gathering in support of the independence referendum in Iraq's autonomous northern Kurdish region. / AFP / Delil souleiman
Lebanon, Egypt carriers to halt flights to Iraqi Kurdistan 27 Sep 2017 - 04:16 pm
(FILES) This file photo taken on June 12, 2017 shows a plane from Lebanese carrier Middle East Airlines landing at Hamad International Airport in Doha. AFP / KARIM JAAFAR
EU plans to take 50,000 refugees from Africa, Mideast 27 Sep 2017 - 02:50 pm
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Iraq PM demands annulment of Kurdish independence vote 27 Sep 2017 - 02:25 pm
 AFP / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE
IS threat cools outsourcing boom in Philippines: industry 27 Sep 2017 - 01:26 pm
Government soldiers stand guard in front of damaged houses and building in Sultan Omar Dianalan boulevard at Mapandi district in Marawi city, southern Philippines September 13, 2017. Picture taken September 13, 2017. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco
Iraq wants foreign airlines to stop flying to KRG area 27 Sep 2017 - 11:47 am
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