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Trump flies to storm-battered Texas and Louisiana amid difficult recovery 02 Sep 2017 - 06:35 pm
US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump board Air Force One on September 2, 2017, at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland. The Trumps are traveling to Texas and Lousiana to assess conditions in the storm-ravaged states. (AFP / Nicholas Kamm)
Rohingya Muslims flee as more than 2,600 houses burned in Myanmar’s Rakhine 02 Sep 2017 - 11:38 am
A group of Rohingya refugees walk on the muddy road after travelling over the Bangladesh-Myanmar border in Teknaf, Bangladesh, September 1, 2017. (REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain)
White House readies $5.9B request for Harvey recovery aid 01 Sep 2017 - 09:25 pm
U.S. first lady Melania Trump, Vice President Mike Pence and U.S. President Donald Trump receive an update on Hurricane Harvey recovery efforts at the White House in Washington, U.S., September 1, 2017. (REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque)
Thousands flee Texas towns flooded by Harvey; petrol prices spike 01 Sep 2017 - 09:11 pm
Dickinson residents discard possessions damaged by flooding brought on by Hurricane Harvey September 1, 2017 in Dickinson, Texas. (Win McNamee/Getty Images/AFP)
Kenya’s Supreme Court declares presidential vote invalid; calls for new polls 01 Sep 2017 - 12:41 pm
Kenyan Supreme Court judges rule over an opposition petition challenging the result of the August 8 presidential election in Nairobi on September 1, 2017. Kenya's Supreme Court declared the results of last month's presidential poll
French foreign minister to travel to Libya to push peace deal 01 Sep 2017 - 12:18 am
Founder of French broadband Internet provider Iliad, Xavier Niel (3rd L), French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe (2nd R), French Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian (L), French Junior Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne (C), French Juni
South Africa’s Zuma gets rowdy reception in parliament 31 Aug 2017 - 08:03 pm
FILE PHOTO: South African President Jacob Zuma answers questions at Parliament in Cape Town on March 17, 2016.  (REUTERS / Mike Hutchings)
Hezbollah leader says he met Assad in Syria over IS evacuation 31 Aug 2017 - 07:46 pm
Lebanon Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah during an Ashura procession in Beirut suburb, November 14, 2013 (Reuters / Khalil Hassan)
US air strike kills 13 civilians: Afghan officials 31 Aug 2017 - 10:19 am
Logar province
16 Rohingya, including children, drown fleeing Myanmar 31 Aug 2017 - 10:04 am
 A Bangladeshi man touches the body of a Rohingya child on August 31, 2017, one of a number of people who drowned after their boat capsized on the Naf river estuary near Teknaf. At least 18,500 Rohingya have crossed into Bangladesh since fighting erupted
Macron's reputation on the line with flagship reform 31 Aug 2017 - 09:42 am
French President Emmanuel Macron (L) gives a press conference with Luxembourg's and Belgium's Prime Minister at Senningen Castle in Luxembourg on August 29, 2017. / AFP / Christian LIEWIG
Texas flood toll mounts amid chemical blast fears 31 Aug 2017 - 09:10 am
Houses are seen partially submerged in flood waters caused by Tropical Storm Harvey in Northwest Houston, Texas, U.S. August 30, 2017. Picture taken August 30, 2017. REUTERS/Adrees Latif
Erdogan urges UN to put pressure on Myanmar government 31 Aug 2017 - 12:33 am
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan attends an interview with Reuters at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, July 21, 2016 (REUTERS / Umit Bektas)
No Syria peace without answers on thousands of detainees: activists 30 Aug 2017 - 09:24 pm
Visitors viewing the belongings of Syrians who have been detained or forcibly disappeared in regime jails on display at an exhibition by Amnesty International in the Lebanese capital Beirut on August 30, 2017.  AFP / Anwar Amro
US troops risk inflaming clan conflict after deadly Somalia raid 30 Aug 2017 - 09:17 pm
Family members mourn Mohamed Mohamud who was killed in an attack by Somali forces supported by U.S. troops in Bariire village in Mogadishu Somalia, August 29, 2017. Reuters/Feisal Omar
Libyan navy detains 20 Filipinos for alleged smuggling 30 Aug 2017 - 09:12 pm
A Libyan coast guard member conducts a daily routine check on one of the patrol boats in Tripoli, April 19, 2016 (REUTERS / Ismail Zitouny)
Italy denies supporting Libyan traffickers to stop migrants 30 Aug 2017 - 09:09 pm
This April 20, 2015 photo shows rescuers carrying the body of a victim after coast guards followed a wrecked vessel off the coasts of Libya.  (AFP / Matthew Mirabelli)
Israel arrests Palestinian wedding singer 30 Aug 2017 - 07:08 pm
Mohammed al-Barghouti (Photo courtesy: http://www.maannews.com)