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Thousands more Rohingya flee to border as Myanmar violence flares 30 Aug 2017 - 09:20 am
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Ghost tomato factory showcase for Nigeria's farming problems 30 Aug 2017 - 09:13 am
People walk past baskets of tomatoes in the Yankaba market in Kano, northwest Nigeria August 23, 2017. Picture taken August 23, 2017 REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye.
Thousands of Rohingya stranded on Bangladesh border as Myanmar fighting rages 29 Aug 2017 - 10:43 pm
Newly arrived Rohingya refugees walk past the Balukhali Rohingya camp near Ukhiya on the Bangladesh border, on August 27, 2017,  after violence erupted in bordering Myanmar's Rakhine state. AFP / Sam Jahan
Not just Rohingya, but also Buddhists, flee Myanmar violence 29 Aug 2017 - 10:39 pm
Rohingya refugees walk pass Balukhali refugee camp near Myanmar border in Bangladesh on August 27, 2017. AFP / Sam Jahan
The price of freedom for Colombian women trafficked to China? $25,000 29 Aug 2017 - 09:35 pm
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Don’t demonise India over Rohingya deportation, minister says 29 Aug 2017 - 09:27 pm
Kiren Rijiju (Reuters)
Britain asks for UN Security Council to discuss a violence 29 Aug 2017 - 09:05 pm
Pictures of victims of violence in the state of Rakhine are displayed on a screen during a news conference held by National security Advisor U Thaung Tun at National reconciliation and peace center office in Yangon, Myanmar August 29, 2017. Reuters
Gunmen kidnap 11 from bus near Nigeria oil hub 29 Aug 2017 - 08:08 pm
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Washington may fail to heed Harvey climate warning, experts say 29 Aug 2017 - 08:01 pm
U.S. President Donald Trump (C) waves next to first lady Melania Trump upon arrival prior to receiving a briefing on Tropical Storm Harvey relief efforts in Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S., August 29, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
Iraq’s Kirkuk province to vote in Kurdish independence referendum 29 Aug 2017 - 07:51 pm
Kirkuk provincial Governor, Najm al-Din Karim (L), takes part in vote at the Kirkuk Governorate Council on August 29, 2017, over the participation of Kirkuk in Kurdistan's independence referendum.  AFP / Marwan Ibrahim
Kidnapping feared after French girl vanishes from wedding 29 Aug 2017 - 07:24 pm
French gendarmes search for evidences on August 29, 2017 in the area around Pont-de-Beauvoisin, eastern france, after Maelys, a 9-year-old girl, disappeared during a wedding party two days ago. AFP / Philippe Desmazes
Suicide bomber kills five in Kabul bank blast 29 Aug 2017 - 06:49 pm
Afghan security forces inspect at the site of a suicide bomb attack in Kabul, Afghanistan August 29, 2017. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani
Lebanon gets first animal protection law 29 Aug 2017 - 04:21 pm
Lebanese President Michel Aoun (C) plays with a dog in the garden of the Baabda presidential palace on August 29, 2017, after signing the country's first animal welfare bill into law in the presence of representatives from welfare group Animals Lebanon wh
Lebanon army in uncharted territory near Syria border 29 Aug 2017 - 03:48 pm
A picture taken on an army-organized press tour shows Lebanese army soldiers with the 6th Brigade driving a buggy bearing the Lebanese flag in an area they recently took from the Islamic State (IS) group in Jurud Ras Baalbek on the Syrian-Lebanese border
Trump: 'All options' on table after NKorea missile launch over Japan 29 Aug 2017 - 03:29 pm
TOPSHOT - Pedestrians walk in front of a huge screen displaying a map of Japan (R) and the Korean Peninsula, in Tokyo on August 29, 2017, following a North Korean missile test that passed over Japan.  AFP / Kazuhiro NOGI
IS militants reach eastern Syria following Lebanon deal 29 Aug 2017 - 02:53 pm
A convoy of Islamic State fighters and their families begin to depart from the Lebanon-Syria border zone in Qalamoun, Syria August 28, 2017. REUTERS/ Omar Sanadiki
Iran rejects US demand for UN inspector visit to military sites 29 Aug 2017 - 02:19 pm
Bushehr Nuclear site
Merkel says 'can't stay silent' on rule of law in Poland 29 Aug 2017 - 12:39 pm
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