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Giant Catalan rally due before contested independence vote 10 Sep 2017 - 05:36 pm
(FILES) This file photo taken on September 11, 2016 shows people waving 'Esteladas' (pro-independence Catalan flags) as they gather during a pro-independence demonstration, in Barcelona during the National Day of Catalonia 'Diada'.  AFP / PAU BARRENA
Syrian Democratic Forces say reach Deir al-Zor industrial zone 10 Sep 2017 - 03:00 pm
Fighters from Deir al-Zor military council which fights under the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) sit on a back of a truck in the village of Abu Fas, Hasaka province, Syria September 9, 2017. REUTERS/Rodi Said
On the banks of the Tigris, a refuge for Iraqi readers 10 Sep 2017 - 02:27 pm
Iraqis attend a cultural festival at Abu Nawas street, along the Tigris river in the capital Baghdad on September 9, 2017. / AFP / SABAH ARAR
Hurricane Irma hits lower Florida Keys: US forecasters 10 Sep 2017 - 02:24 pm
Rough surf churned up buy the approaching hurricane damage the docks at Whale harbour in the Florida Keys as winds and rain from the outer bands of Hurricane Irma arrive in Islamorada, Florida on September 9, 2017.  AFP / Gaston De Cardenas
Philippines' Duterte says dictator Marcos is a hero 10 Sep 2017 - 11:52 am
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Hurricane Irma nearing Florida with catastrophic winds, deadly storm surges 10 Sep 2017 - 08:39 am
A man wades through a flooded street during the passage of Hurricane Irma, in Havana, on September 9, 2017. Irma's blast through the Cuban coastline weakened it to a Category Three, but it is still packing winds of 125 miles (200 kilometer) per hour. / AF
The siege broken, Deir Ezzor Syrians prepare for pizza 10 Sep 2017 - 08:16 am
Local residents gather to receive humanitarian aid parcels provided by the Syrian Red Crescent in the northeastern city of Deir Ezzor on September 9, 2017. / AFP / STRINGER
Death toll from massive Mexican quake rises to 65 09 Sep 2017 - 10:00 pm
Relatives of German Torres morn during a funeral of victim of the 8.2 magnitude earthquake that hit Mexico's Pacific coast, in Juchitan de Zaragoza, state of Oaxaca, September 9, 2017. AFP / Victoria Razo
Scramble to flee Irma underscores rich, poor divide 09 Sep 2017 - 09:51 pm
People arrive at a shelter at Alico Arena where thousands of Floridians are hoping to ride out Hurricane Irma on September 9, 2017 in Fort Myers, Florida. The Fort Myers area could begin to feel hurricane-force winds from Irma by 11 a.m. Sunday and experi
Desperation spreads in Rohingya camps in Bangladesh as resources scarce 09 Sep 2017 - 08:26 pm
A Rohingya refugee boy is stopped by volunteers as he jostles to receive food distributed by local organizations in Kutupalong, Bangladesh, September 9, 2017. Reuters/Danish Siddiqui
Five roaming lions raise alarm in South Africa 09 Sep 2017 - 07:32 pm
A lion yawns at a nature reserve on the outskirts of Pretoria, South Africa June 29, 2010. REUTERS/Enrique Marcarian/File Photo
Irma pummels Cuba as Florida hunkers for a hit 09 Sep 2017 - 07:08 pm
Doctor Alberto Rodriguez takes a television from his home to a safer place prior to the arrival of the Hurricane Irma in Caibarien, Cuba, September 8, 2017. (REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini)
After Irma, fearful islands await Hurricane Jose 09 Sep 2017 - 02:34 pm
Wrecked boats are seen at the Fort Louis Marina in Marigot on September 8, 2017 on Saint-Martin island, devastated by Hurricane Irma.   AFP / Martin BUREAU
US-backed Syria force launches new anti-IS assault in Deir Ezzor 09 Sep 2017 - 01:21 pm
Ahmad Abu Khawlah (3rd-R), chief of the Deir Ezzor Military Council (DEMC) -- a coalition of Arab tribes and fighters that belongs to the broader US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces -- speaks during a press conference in the northeastern Syrian village of
Syrian army seizes oilfield from Islamic State in east 09 Sep 2017 - 11:43 am
Smoke billows as Syrian government forces advance in Al-Shula on the southwestern outskirts of Deir Ezzor on September 8, 2017, during the ongoing battle against Islamic State (IS) group jihadists.  AFP / George OURFALIAN
Rohingya exodus to Bangladesh nears 300,000 09 Sep 2017 - 10:44 am
Newly built shelters for Rohingya refugees are pictured at Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh's Ukhiya district on September 9, 2017. AFP / MUNIR UZ ZAMAN
Race to rescue survivors from ruins of Mexico quake 09 Sep 2017 - 09:38 am
Soldiers work to remove the debris of a house destroyed in an earthquake that struck off the southern coast of Mexico late on Thursday, in Juchitan, Mexico, September 8, 2017. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido
Australia to allow more Pacific Islands workers, patrol fisheries 09 Sep 2017 - 08:59 am
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