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Florida residents told to stock up on food, water as hurricane nears 30 Aug 2019 - 06:50 pm
Residents stock up with supplies at Home Depot in Miami on August 29, 2019, ahead of Hurricane Dorian's landfall.  AFP / Eva Marie Uzcategui
German nurse under investigation for murdering patients 30 Aug 2019 - 06:50 pm
The case bears similarities to that of Niels Hoegel, the serial killer nurse who was handed a life sentence last June for the murder of 85 patients in his care. (Reuters/ Karoly Arvai)
Brazil's Bolsonaro fuels spat with Europe as fires soar 30 Aug 2019 - 06:50 pm
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Italy's 5-Star unsettles PD with tough terms for coalition deal 30 Aug 2019 - 06:50 pm
5-Star Movement leader Luigi Di Maio speaks during an electoral rally in Caserta, Italy, February 23, 2018. Reuters / Ciro De Luca
Over 150 migrants storm through Spain's enclave fence 30 Aug 2019 - 12:31 pm
A migrant arrives from Lampedusa at the Centre for Temporary Assistance to Foreigners (CATE), disembarking from the Spanish military ship
Myanmar court sends filmmaker to prison for army remarks 30 Aug 2019 - 01:19 am
Myanmar human rights activist and film director Min Htin Ko Ko Gyi speaks to journalists after a court verdict in Yangon on August 29, 2019. AFP / Sai Aung Main
UN Security Councils mulls calling for Idlib truce, Russia likely to oppose 30 Aug 2019 - 01:19 am
A picture taken on August 29, 2019 shows Turkish military vehicles passing through the town of Saraqib in the northwestern Idlib province. AFP / Omar Haj Kadour
India's top ports on alert for attacks from 'Pakistan-trained commandos' 30 Aug 2019 - 12:28 am
A general view of a container terminal is seen at Mundra Port in the western Indian state of Gujarat, India April 1, 2014. Reuters/Amit Dave
Politicians, sports fraternity pay tribute to Dhyan Chand 30 Aug 2019 - 12:28 am
Indian students hold placards as they take part in a walk the first day of the
Villagers say they're tired of living dangerously in Kashmir 30 Aug 2019 - 12:28 am
Pakistani troops patrol near the Line of Control (LoC) --- the de facto border between Pakistan and India -- in Chakothi sector, in Pakistan-administered Kashmir on August 29, 2019. AFP / Aamir Qureshi
Trump cancels trip, Florida widens state of emergency as hurricane looms 30 Aug 2019 - 12:27 am
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Brazil bans most burning for 60 days to curb Amazon fires 30 Aug 2019 - 12:27 am
An aerial view of a burned tract of Amazon jungle as it was cleared by loggers and farmers near Porto Velho, Brazil August 29, 2019. Reuters/Ricardo Moraes
Death toll in Mexico gang arson attack rises to 28 30 Aug 2019 - 12:27 am
Forensic technicians of the Mexico's Attorney General's office (FGR) enter
Retrials ordered for ex-South Korean leader Park and Samsung heir 30 Aug 2019 - 12:27 am
Supporters of South Korea's former president Park Geun-hye attend a protest demanding her release from prison, outside the Supreme Court in Seoul on August 29, 2019. South Korea's top court on August 29 set aside former president Park Geun-hye's convictio
Hong Kong protest organizer attacked by armed masked men 30 Aug 2019 - 12:27 am
Military vehicles of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) pass Huanggang Port for a routine troop rotation in Hong Kong, August 29, 2019. Xinhua via Reuters
Violent protest erupts in capital of Indonesia's Papua 30 Aug 2019 - 12:27 am
A motorist ride past a burning building after hundreds of demonstrators marched near Papua's biggest city Jayapura on August 29, 2019, where they set fire to a regional assembly building and hurled rocks at shops and hotels. AFP / Indra Thamrin Hatta
Britain's Labour plans to use parliament to thwart no-deal Brexit 29 Aug 2019 - 10:28 pm
Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn said that as soon as parliament returns from its summer break on Tuesday, his party would initiate a process to legislate against a no-deal Brexit that he said would be damaging for the jobs and the economy.
Israel: Iran, Hezbollah intensifying missile efforts 29 Aug 2019 - 10:28 pm
A view of the barrier along the border between Lebanon and Israel, with the Lebanese village of Kfar Kila on the left and the Israeli town of Metula on the right on August 29, 2019. AFP / Mahmoud Zayyat