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India increases restrictions in Kashmir ahead of separatist call for protests 23 Aug 2019 - 08:03 pm
Kashmiri girls walk amidst smoke during clashes between Indian security forces and protestors, after scrapping of the special constitutional status for Kashmir by the Indian government, in Srinagar, August 23, 2019. (REUTERS/Adnan Abidi)
Bolivia enlists 'supertanker' plane to battle wildfires 23 Aug 2019 - 07:14 pm
Handout picture released by Bolivia's Presidency showing a Supertanker, an aerial firefighting airtanker, after it landed at Viruviru airport in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, on August 23, 2019, to help fight the fires raging in eastern Bolivia. (AFP PHOTO / B
India seeks to kickstart sagging economy 23 Aug 2019 - 07:14 pm
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman speaks as she attends a press conference in New Delhi on August 23, 2019. (AFP / Prem Singh)
Hong Kong protesters form human chain 30 years after 'Baltic Way' 23 Aug 2019 - 06:26 pm
Protesters form a human chain on the street outside the Hong Kong Cultural Centre in Hong Kong on August 23, 2019.
Young dugong dies in Thailand in blow for vulnerable species 23 Aug 2019 - 01:05 pm
This handout from the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) taken and released on August 17, 2019 shows Mariam the dugong lying in a container after she died at the Trang province marine park. AFP PHOTO / DEPARTMENT OF NATION
No-frills Wills: British royals take commercial flight to see queen 23 Aug 2019 - 12:43 pm
File photo of Britain's Prince William. Reuters
Move over Angelina Jolie, it's 'humanitarian pup' 23 Aug 2019 - 12:31 pm
In this picture taken on July 23, 2019, World Food Programme (WFP) official Gemma Snowdon (L) interacts with Foxtrot, a dog with the WFP K9 unit, in the Kutupalong camp for Rohingya refugees in southern Bangladesh.  AFP / Munir UZ ZAMAN
Australian state ends Chinese education programme over interference fears 23 Aug 2019 - 12:27 pm
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Brazil's Bolsonaro blames Amazon fires on NGOs as Twitter erupts 22 Aug 2019 - 10:31 pm
Smoke billows during a fire in an area of the Amazon rainforest near Porto Velho, Rondonia State, Brazil, Brazil August 21, 2019. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino
Canada opposes Russia's return to G8: Freeland 22 Aug 2019 - 09:53 pm
Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland speaks during a joint press conference with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (off frame) at the National Arts Center, on August 22, 2019, in Ottawa. (AFP / Sebastien ST-JEAN)
Too late for new Brexit deal, France's Macron tells Johnson 22 Aug 2019 - 06:42 pm
French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson speak during a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, August 22, 2019. Christophe Petit Tesson/Pool via REUTERS
Macron backs month of Brexit talks as Johnson visits 22 Aug 2019 - 03:10 pm
French President Emmanuel Macron (R) and Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speak to the press ahead of a meeting at The Elysee Palace in Paris on August 22, 2019. AFP / GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT
Albania bulldozes restaurant after owner attacks tourists 22 Aug 2019 - 02:19 pm
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Kosovo lawmakers vote to dissolve parliament, paving way for election 22 Aug 2019 - 01:03 pm
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Pentagon cancels billion-dollar missile defense project with Boeing 22 Aug 2019 - 12:39 pm
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Ryanair says no flight disruption so far from UK pilot strike 22 Aug 2019 - 12:18 pm
(FILES) In this file photo taken on September 21, 2017 Staff leave Ryanair headquarters at Airside Business Park in Dublin on September 21, 2017. AFP / Paul Faith
Kosovo lawmakers vote to dissolve parliament, paving way for election 22 Aug 2019 - 11:35 am
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No Rohingya turn up for repatriation to Myanmar 22 Aug 2019 - 11:14 am
Rohingya people are seen at a camp in Teknaf on August 21, 2019. / AFP / MUNIR UZ ZAMAN