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Fires rage in Rakhine as Myanmar army blames Rohingya for mosque blast 23 Sep 2017 - 10:42 am
This photograph taken on September 21, 2017 shows Hindu boys wearing traditional cosmetics stand in the yard of a IDP camp for Hindu at the Sri Sri Moha Dev Bari Hindu Temple in Sittwe, in Myanmar's Rakhine state. AFP / Aidan JONES
Britain’s minister for London slams “blanket ban” on Uber 23 Sep 2017 - 10:31 am
A woman poses holding a smartphone showing the App for ride-sharing cab service Uber in London on September 22, 2017. AFP / Daniel LEAL-OLIVAS
Syria drops off the radar at UN assembly 23 Sep 2017 - 09:50 am
Lebanon's President General Michel Aoun arrives ahead of his address at the U.N. General Assembly at the United Nations on September 21, 2017 in New York, New York. Kevin Hagen/Getty Images/AFP
Mexico's quake-proof building codes not always respected 23 Sep 2017 - 09:07 am
Rescue workers take part in the search for survivors at the Enrique Rebsamen elementary school in Mexico City on September 22, 2017, three days after a strong quake hit central Mexico.  AFP / Diana Ulloa
Iran tests new missile defying US warnings 23 Sep 2017 - 08:59 am
Missiles are displayed as Iranian President Hassan Rouhani attends an armed forces parade in Tehran, Iran, September 22, 2017. President.ir
Foreigners killed in Mexico quake from Taiwan, Korea, Spain 23 Sep 2017 - 08:06 am
Rescue workers continue to search for survivors as night falls, in a collapsed building in Mexico City on September 22, 2017, three days after the powerful quake that hit central Mexico, causing panic among the megalopolis' 20 million inhabitants on the 3
Tribes, tradition stand in way of Iraq police 23 Sep 2017 - 08:04 am
An Iraqi policeman stands in a street in the capital Baghdad on September 19, 2017. AFP / SABAH ARAR
Dam fails in Puerto Rico, 70,000 told to evacuate 23 Sep 2017 - 07:59 am
A century-old tree collapsed after Hurricane Maria at rio Piedras in San Juan, Puerto Rico on September 22, 2017.  Pablo Pantoja - AA
21 dead as migrant boat sinks off Turkey’s Black Sea coast 23 Sep 2017 - 01:11 am
A wounded migrant girl is being taken to hospital after a fishing vessel carrying illegal migrants sank in the Black Sea off Turkey’s northwestern province of Kocaeli, yesterday.
‘No constitutional crisis if Kenya polls delayed’ 23 Sep 2017 - 01:11 am
Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga (centre), the presidential candidate of the National Super Alliance coalition, and his running-mate Kalonzo Musyoka (right) and Moses Wetangula attend a press conference in Nairobi, yesterday.
Turkey says Kurd independence vote is direct security threat 23 Sep 2017 - 01:11 am
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US challenged by rising North Korea tensions, Russia urges calm 22 Sep 2017 - 11:28 pm
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un and US President Donald Trump (AFP / Saul Loeb &  Ed Jones)
Kurds press historic independence vote despite regional fears 22 Sep 2017 - 11:21 pm
President of Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government (IKRG) Masoud Barzani salutes the people during a campaign ahead of next week's  referendum on regional independence in Suleymaniyah, Iraq on September 20, 2017. (Feriq Fereç / Anadolu Agency)
Darfur clashes kill 3 as Bashir urges reconciliation 22 Sep 2017 - 11:14 pm
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir delivers a speech during a visit to the village of Bilel in South Darfur, near the Kalma camp for displaced people, on September 22, 2017. AFP / Ashraf Shazly
Trump readies new order to replace travel ban, may affect more nations: reports 22 Sep 2017 - 08:40 pm
An international passenger arrives at Washington Dulles International Airport in Dulles, Virginia, US, on June 26, 2017. (Reuters / James Lawler Duggan)
Close but no hurrah: EU welcomes May Brexit speech, but warily 22 Sep 2017 - 07:50 pm
European Union's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier (L) shakes hand with Italy's Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni during a meeting in Rome, Italy September 21, 2017. Reuters/Alessandro Bianchi
Serbian independent media clashes with government 22 Sep 2017 - 07:45 pm
Peace demonstrators hold banners reading 'Peace is a right for everyone' and 'Stop War, Stop Terrorism' during a peace protest in Belgrade, Serbia on September 21, 2017. Youth Initiative for Human Rights (YIHR) and Woman in Blacks gather to mark 21th Sept
Smaller EU states need stronger voice, not Brussels, says Czech election favourite 22 Sep 2017 - 07:37 pm
The leader of ANO party Andrej Babis speaks to the medical staff of a hospital in the town of Varnsdorf, Czech Republic, September 21, 2017. Reuters/Robert Muller