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South Africa’s ANC loses in Zuma’s scandal-tinged hometown 04 Aug 2016 - 06:41 pm

South African President Jacob Zuma answers questions at Parliament in Cape Town in this picture taken on March 17, 2016. REUTERS / Mike...

Ukraine rejects Russia's proposed ambassador to Kiev 04 Aug 2016 - 04:21 pm

Police officers sing the national anthem during a ceremony to mark the 1st anniversary of a reformed police service, part of Interior Ministry...

Science unmasks the woman Degas painted over 04 Aug 2016 - 04:02 pm

This undated handout picture released on August 4, 2016 by the Nature publishing Group shows an Edgar Degas painting "Portrait of a Woman"...

Teen murder suspect held in London stabbing spree 04 Aug 2016 - 01:12 pm

Armed police personnel patrol in London's Trafalgar Square on August 4, 2016, following an overnight knife attack in Russell Square in which one...

In slap at Trump, some wealthy Republicans campaign for Clinton 04 Aug 2016 - 01:02 pm

Supporters of Republican President candidate Donald Trump cheer during his address of supporters at the Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum...

Woman killed, five wounded in central London knife attack 04 Aug 2016 - 12:53 pm

Armed police personnel patrol near London's Trafalgar Square on August 4, 2016, following an overnight knife attack in Russell Square in which one...

Indian officials order investigations after exposé into cover-up of child deaths in mica mines 04 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

A five-year-old girl collects mica flakes from an open cast illegal mica mine in Giridih district in the eastern state of Jharkhand, India,...

Canada launches inquiry into slain, missing Native women 04 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

Marion Buller. Photo courtesy: uvic.ca Ottawa: A pioneering indigenous woman judge will lead an inquiry into the disproportionately high rate of killings and...

Danish Muslim group offers to bury French priest killer 04 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

Pallbearers carry the coffin of Father Jacques Hamel as they leave Rouen cathedral on August 2, 2016 at the end of the funeral...

Zimbabwe police use batons to break-up anti-government protest 03 Aug 2016 - 04:02 pm

Zimbabwe War Veterans Secretary General Victor Matemadanda reacts as he is escorted byZimbabwean Policemen to a court hearing on August 1, 2016 in...

Britain's UKIP in chaos as leadership frontrunner ruled out 03 Aug 2016 - 03:37 pm

Armed police officers patrol Horse Guards in London, Britain August 3, 2016. (REUTERS/Neil Hall) London: Britain's anti-EU UK Independence Party (UKIP) was plunged...

Burundi rejects deployment of 228 UN police 03 Aug 2016 - 11:31 am

Protestors march during protest against the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) decision to send a police contingent to the violence-wracked countryBurundi, on July...

Worn down by terror grief: Paris cleans symbolic statue 03 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

A city employee cleans graffitis of the statue of Place de la Republique in Paris, on August 2, 2016 which had become a...

Child malnutrition costs Ghana more than $2 billion annually: experts 03 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE: This file photograph taken on October 19, 2015, shows four year old malnourished Indian child Shahadat Hussein as he lies on...

Help wanted: Trudeau overhauls how Canada picks top jurists 03 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks at the Global Progress luncheon sponsored by the Center for American Progress, March 11, 2016 in Washington...

Czech president refuses to welcome any migrants 03 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

Czech President Milos Zeman pictured in Prague on January 10, 2014. AFP / Michal Cizek Prague: Czech President Milos Zeman has rejected a...

Obama says Trump 'unfit' to be president 03 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

Washington: In a blunt and virtually unprecedented presidential rebuke, Barack Obama on Tuesday described Donald Trump as "unfit" to be president and called...