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China boosts soft power in Pakistan via film and social media 11 Sep 2019 - 09:36 am
FILE PHOTO: Pakistani men sign up for Chinese language classes at the China Pak Cultural Educational Institute in Islamabad, Pakistan June 9, 2017. REUTERS/Caren Firouz/File Photo
'Not a chance' - Philippine minister says no access for UN drugs war probe 11 Sep 2019 - 09:30 am
File photo of Philippine Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. attends a news conference after talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, China March 20, 2019. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
Japan's Abe shakes up cabinet, brings in rising star 11 Sep 2019 - 09:16 am
Japan's newly-appointed Environment and Nuclear Disaster Minister Shinjiro Koizumi enters the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on September 11, 2019. AFP / Toshifumi Kitamura
Ugandan leader calls for eye-for-an-eye-style sentences after nephew murdered 11 Sep 2019 - 09:07 am
File photo of Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni (C) arrives to attend the World Economic Forum (WEF) Africa meeting at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, on September 5, 2019, in Cape Town. / AFP / RODGER BOSCH
Archbishop of Canterbury prostrates over 1919 India massacre 11 Sep 2019 - 08:47 am
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Portal Welby pays tribute to the martyrs at the Jallianwala Bagh martyrs memorial in Amritsar on September 10, 2019. / AFP / NARINDER NANU
US steps up anti-Iran campaign ahead of UN General Assembly 10 Sep 2019 - 08:59 pm
Donald Trump, Mike Pompeo, John Bolton and Mick Mulvaney attend a meeting in the Metropole hotel with Kim Jong Un and delegation in Hanoi, Vietnam, February 28, 2019. Reuters / Leah Millis
Mugabe polarises Zimbabwe in death as well as in life 10 Sep 2019 - 07:23 pm
Patriotic Front leaders Robert Mugabe and Joshua Nkomo prior to the opening of the British-convened Rhodesian Constitutional Conference at Lancaster House in London on September 10, 1979. AFP / UPI / Pete Skingley
Hasty rollout of Trump immigration policy has 'broken' border courts 10 Sep 2019 - 07:23 pm
A man from Honduras feeds his daughter as they relax at the El Calvario Methodist Church which is housing migrants who are seeking asylum in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Joe Raedle/Getty Images/AFP
North Korean tests put pressure on Washington 10 Sep 2019 - 07:23 pm
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un and US President Donald Trump. (AFP Saul Loeb &  Ed Jones)
Trump fires national security adviser John Bolton 10 Sep 2019 - 07:22 pm
John Bolton adjusts his glasses as US President Donald Trump speaks while meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in the Oval Office at the White House, April 2, 2019. Reuters/Joshua Roberts
How polluted, noisy Barcelona could save lives by cutting traffic 10 Sep 2019 - 06:56 pm
People cycle across Sant Jaume square in Barcelona, Spain, August 4, 2017. Reuters/Albert Gea
African refugees held captive in Libya to go to Rwanda in coming weeks: UNHCR 10 Sep 2019 - 06:22 pm
Sudanese refugees are seen at a school in Al Dahra district in Tripoli, Libya April 24, 2019. REUTERS/Ismail Zitouny
At least 31 die during stampede at Ashura rituals in Iraq's Kerbala 10 Sep 2019 - 05:19 pm
Local actors dressed as ancient warriors re-enact a scene from the 7th century battle of Kerbala during a ceremony marking Ashura in the holy city of Najaf, Iraq, September 10, 2019. Reuters/Alaa Al-Marjani
Malta agrees to let last migrants stranded on NGO boat disembark 10 Sep 2019 - 05:19 pm
A Tunisian migrant is assisted by Armed Forces of Malta sailors during his medical evacuation to Malta from the German NGO Sea-Eye migrant rescue ship 'Alan Kurdi' in international waters off Malta in the central Mediterranean Sea, September 9, 2019. Reut
Sudan's prime minister to join peace talks in Juba with rebels 10 Sep 2019 - 04:44 pm
FILE PHOTO: Sudan Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok speaks during joint press conference with German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas in Khartoum, Sudan September 3, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah
Lebanon urges US to continue mediation on Israel border dispute 10 Sep 2019 - 04:20 pm
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EU wants Trump to drop "reckless" trade policies -incoming trade chief 10 Sep 2019 - 02:56 pm
European Commission's president-designate Ursula von der Leyen speaks during a news conference at the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium September 10, 2019. REUTERS/Yves Herman
Kremlin says reported US spy in Russian president's office was fired years ago 10 Sep 2019 - 02:30 pm
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