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Poland offering $2 billion to host US military base: Trump 19 Sep 2018 - 12:22 am
US President Donald Trump and Polish President Andrzej Duda(L)speak to the media in the Oval office at the White House on September 18, 2018 in Washington,DC. AFP / Nicholas Kamm
US expresses 'sorrow' over downing of Russian aircraft in Syria 19 Sep 2018 - 12:22 am
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a press conference at the State Department in Washington, DC, September 14, 2018. AFP / Saul Loeb
South Korean leader and North's Kim hold summit talks 18 Sep 2018 - 11:18 pm
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Grim search for typhoon landslide victims as Philippines toll climbs 18 Sep 2018 - 11:18 pm
A rescuer guides his sniffer dog while volunteers recuers search for landslide victims, triggered by heavy rains during Typhoon Mangkhut, in Itogon, Benguet province on September 18, 2018. AFP / Ted Aljibe
Tusk suggests EU Brexit summit to avert 'catastrophe' 18 Sep 2018 - 11:18 pm
Preparations are under way on September 18, 2018 for an informal EU summit at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria. Aside from the travails of Brexit, the bulk of the Summit of the Heads of State and Government of the European Union taking place from Septem
Germany ousts spymaster over far-right violence row 18 Sep 2018 - 11:18 pm
In this file photo taken on September 12, 2018 Hans-Georg Maassen, President of the domestic intelligence service of the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesamt fuer Verfassungsschutz, BfV), arrives for a hearing in front of a parliamentary control panel.
Pollution fears: Swollen rivers swamp ash dumps, hog farms 18 Sep 2018 - 11:18 pm
Environmental activists hold black balloons, posters and banners, reading for example
Lahore prepares for Ashura processions 18 Sep 2018 - 10:18 pm
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Level of Myanmar army brutality 'hard to fathom': UN probe 18 Sep 2018 - 10:18 pm
Radhika Coomaraswamy, Marzuki Darusman and Christopher Sidoti, members of the Independent International Fact-finding Mission on Myanmar attend a news conference at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, September 18, 2018. Reuters/Denis Balibouse
Modi a 'chowkidar' who lets in thieves: Rahul 18 Sep 2018 - 10:17 pm
An activist of India’s main opposition Congress Party shouts slogans as he is detained by police during a protest, demanding total waiver of agricultural loans in Gandhinagar, India September 18, 2018. Reuters/Amit Dave
UPA to blame for HAL's ouster from Rafale deal: Sitharaman 18 Sep 2018 - 10:16 pm
India's Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman arrives for a press conference at the Indian Women's Press Corps in New Delhi on September 18, 2018. AFP / Chandan Khanna
Russia Faults Israel Over Syria Plane Downing But Keeps Calm 18 Sep 2018 - 07:23 pm
Russian President Vladimir Putin. Alexander Zemlianichenko/ REUTERS
Turkish military reinforcements reach Syrian border 18 Sep 2018 - 06:05 pm
Tanks belonging to Turkish Armed Forces' are being dispatched to support the units at the border in Reyhanli district of Hatay, Turkey on September 13, 2018. Cem Genco - Anadolu
Venezuelans fume as Maduro filmed munching on meat in Turkey 18 Sep 2018 - 05:14 pm
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Civilians to remain in Syria's Idlib: Turkish FM 18 Sep 2018 - 04:53 pm
FILE PHOTO: A wall along the border between Turkey and Syria is pictured at the Syrian town of Atimah, Idlib province, in this picture taken from Reyhanli, Hatay province, Turkey October 10, 2017. REUTERS/Osman Orsal
Putin: plane downed in Syria after 'chain of tragic accidental circumstances' 18 Sep 2018 - 04:22 pm
Russian President Vladimir Putin attend the Mayor's inauguration ceremony in Moscow on Setember 18, 2018. / AFP / SPUTNIK / Alexey FILIPPOV
Philippine miners dig for their own in typhoon landslide 18 Sep 2018 - 02:58 pm
Residents walk with their belongings along a path at the site of a landslide, triggered by heavy rains during Typhoon Mangkhut, in Itogon, Benguet province on September 18, 2018.  AFP / TED ALJIBE
Syria downs Russian plane, Moscow blames Israel 18 Sep 2018 - 02:20 pm
Syrian air defence batteries responding to what the Syrian state media said were Israeli missiles targeting Damascus international airport. AFP / SANA