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Taliban warn Trump against troop increase in open letter 15 Aug 2017 - 04:57 pm
Afghan security forces keep watch near the site of U.S. airstrike on a civilian vehicle in Haska Mina district Nangarhar province on August 12, 2017. (AFP / NOORULLAH SHIRZADA)
After Merck, CEOs of Intel, Under Armour quit Trump panel over rally 15 Aug 2017 - 01:06 pm
US President Donald Trump steps from Air Force One at Kennedy Airport in New York, US, August 14, 2017. (REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque)
Merck CEO resigns from Trump council over Charlottesville 15 Aug 2017 - 01:32 am
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Israeli billionaire Steinmetz held in custody in fraud probe 14 Aug 2017 - 09:35 pm
Israeli diamond magnate Beny Steinmetz arrives at the Israeli Rishon Lezion Justice court, near Tel Aviv on August 14, 2017. AFP / Jack Guez
More than 600,000 Syrians return home, mainly to Aleppo: UN 14 Aug 2017 - 02:09 pm
This file photo taken on July 22, 2017 shows a Syrian boy walking amid the rubble of destroyed buildings, in the northern city of Aleppo. (AFP / George OURFALIAN)
Islamic State Suspect Kills Policeman in Istanbul 14 Aug 2017 - 07:54 am
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17 dead in Burkina Faso restaurant 'terrorist attack' 14 Aug 2017 - 07:35 am
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Kuwait uses new system for oil extraction 14 Aug 2017 - 01:38 am
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Victim in Virginia melee wept for social justice, her boss says 13 Aug 2017 - 10:20 pm
An undated photo from the Facebook account of Heather Heyer, who was killed August 12, 2017 when a car plowed into a crowd of counter-protesters in Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S. Heather Heyer via Facebook/via Reuters
Italy applauds Libya's decision on migrant 'search and rescue' zone 13 Aug 2017 - 09:05 pm
Migrants on a rubber boat waiting to be evacuated during a rescue operation by the crew of the Topaz Responder on November 5, 2016 off the coast of Libya. (AFP/Andreas Solaro)
Lebanon’s Hezbollah says US can’t hurt it, dismisses sanctions 13 Aug 2017 - 08:30 pm
Supporters of Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah display Hezbollah and Lebanese flags as they listen to him via a screen during a rally marking the 11th anniversary of the end of Hezbollah's 2006 war with Israel, in the southern village of
CIA chief says 'nothing imminent' in US-North Korea standoff 13 Aug 2017 - 07:36 pm
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Outrage mounts after 64 infants died at Gorakhpur hospital 13 Aug 2017 - 06:59 pm
An Indian relative holds the body of a child while walking out of Baba Raghav Das Hospital in Gorakhpur, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, on August 13, 2017. AFP / Sanjay Kanojia
Nigeria’s Buhari awaits doctors’ order to return home 13 Aug 2017 - 06:56 am
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Strong 6.4 earthquake hits Indonesia's Sumatra 13 Aug 2017 - 06:50 am
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Kenya on edge after vote fraud claims spark deadly protests 13 Aug 2017 - 06:36 am
Members of a local vigilante group of bouncers and bodyguards patrol on August 12, 2017 in Kisumi, following presidential election-related violence, to protect small shops in the central business district from looters during protests.  AFP / FREDRIK LERNE
Partition key battleground in India, Pakistan textbook wars 13 Aug 2017 - 06:28 am
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Nepal revives railways as China, India vye for influence 13 Aug 2017 - 06:22 am
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