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British Airways grounds most flights as pilots begin strike 09 Sep 2019 - 09:11 am
FILE PHOTO: A British Airways Airbus A320-200 aircraft sits on the tarmac at Heathrow Airport in London, Britain January 8, 2019. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls/File Photo
Australia blocks websites hosting Christchurch attack videos 09 Sep 2019 - 08:48 am
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Philippines confirms first swine fever cases 09 Sep 2019 - 08:41 am
File photo of a man disinfecting a pig farm in Guangan, Sichuan province, China August 27, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo
Russia's ruling party loses a third of seats in Moscow election after protests: RIA 09 Sep 2019 - 08:33 am
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and his daughter Daria meet with journalists outside a polling station during the Moscow city parliament election in Moscow, Russia September 8, 2019. REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva
Hong Kong's Joshua Wong on way to Germany, US after brief detention 09 Sep 2019 - 08:28 am
Pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong attends a news conference in Taipei, Taiwan September 3, 2019. REUTERS/Joan Huang
Woman killed as strong typhoon lashes Tokyo area, cutting power and transport 09 Sep 2019 - 08:25 am
A crowd of passengers is seen as they wait for operations of train services to resume in a snarl caused by Typhoon Faxai at Urawa station in Saitama, north of Tokyo, Japan September 9,, 2019, in this photo taken by Kyodo. Kyodo/via REUTERS
Kuwait Amir continues medical tests, postpones Trump meeting 08 Sep 2019 - 11:42 pm
Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah of Kuwait
Merkel has made a u-turn on China but it may be too late 08 Sep 2019 - 09:50 pm
Chancellor Angela Merkel faced a particularly delicate set of policy goals when she visited China this week with a delegation of German company executives: maintaining that hard line on Beijing while urging a resolution of the trade war and continuing to
Death and politics roil a Georgia jail 08 Sep 2019 - 09:50 pm
Jerome Hill climbs the stairs at the Chatham County Detention Center shortly before his suicide in Savannah, Georgia, U.S. in this September 30, 2016 handout photo. Chatham County Detention Center/via Reuters
California boat fire may put spotlight on Titanic's legal defense 08 Sep 2019 - 09:23 pm
Rescue personnel return to shore with the victims of a pre-dawn fire that sank a commercial diving boat off the coast of Santa Barbara, California, September 2, 2019. Reuters/Kyle Grillot
India locates lander lost on final approach to moon 08 Sep 2019 - 08:32 pm
ISRO employees watch the live broadcast of the soft landing of spacecraft Vikram Lander of Chandrayaan-2 on the surface of the Moon at ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network centre in Bangalore early on September 7, 2019.  AFP / Manjunath Kiran
Sudanese tribes sign peace deal after deadly clashes in Port Sudan 08 Sep 2019 - 05:20 pm
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Turkey, US conduct 'safe zone' joint patrols in north Syria 08 Sep 2019 - 04:53 pm
The armoured vehicles and helicopters as Turkey, US start first joint ground patrols as part of efforts to establish safe zone east of Euphrates in Syria on September 08, 2019. Emin Sansar - Anadolu
Brazilian President Bolsonaro undergoes surgery to treat year-old stab wound 08 Sep 2019 - 04:45 pm
FILE PHOTO: Brazilian presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro reacts after being stabbed during a rally in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais state, Brazil, September 6, 2018. REUTERS/Raysa Campos Leite
Iran slams European powers as nuclear deal unravels 08 Sep 2019 - 04:35 pm
The head of the organization Ali Akbar Salehi (L) and Acting Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Cornel Feruta giving a joint press conference in Tehran.
Dorian still slamming eastern Canada at hurricane force 08 Sep 2019 - 04:30 pm
A roof landed on vehicles during Hurricane Dorian is seen in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada September 8, 2019. REUTERS/John Morris
Russians go to polls in test for Putin allies 08 Sep 2019 - 04:20 pm
Russia's President Vladimir Putin visits a polling station during the Moscow city parliament election in Moscow, Russia September 8, 2019. Sputnik/Alexei Nikolsky
Pompeo: Taliban 'overreached' in attack that killed American 08 Sep 2019 - 04:11 pm
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrives on September 3, 2019 at the European Parliament in Brussels for a meeting with European Parliament President. / AFP / Kenzo TRIBOUILLARD