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Pennsylvania prosecutor probing truck with anti-MLK imagery 18 Jan 2017 - 09:20 pm
People gather to march in the annual parade down MLK Boulevard to honor Martin Luther King, in Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S., January 16, 2017. REUTERS/Billy Weeks
“Wait and see” no longer an option for disaster response: IFRC chief 18 Jan 2017 - 08:52 pm
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New drought strikes millions in Ethiopia, still reeling from El Nino 18 Jan 2017 - 08:46 pm
Ethiopia’s latest rain failure has mainly hit southern livestock-herding communities, unlike last year when hunger was worst in the north and west. (AFP / Joel Robine)
Fraudsters use sham UK charity appeals to steal money via emails, social media 18 Jan 2017 - 08:46 pm
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Martin Luther King’s daughter says ‘God can triumph over Trump’ 18 Jan 2017 - 08:46 pm
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With drought looming, Sri Lanka tries something new: preparing 18 Jan 2017 - 08:30 pm
A man pushes his cart along a road near a main market in Colombo, Sri Lanka January 18, 2017. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte
UN warns of famine risk in Somalia amid worsening drought 18 Jan 2017 - 08:24 pm
Women carry jerry cans of water from shallow wells dug from the sand along the Shabelle River bed, which is dry due to drought in Somalia's Shabelle region, March 19, 2016. REUTERS/Feisal Omar
Air India says women-only seats for comfort after reported in-flight sex attacks 18 Jan 2017 - 08:02 pm
Air hostesses walk next to the parked Air India's Boeing 787-800 Dreamliner upon its arrival at the airport in New Delhi September 8, 2012. REUTERS/Mansi Thapliyal
Zambia tries new way to beat drought: solar grain mills 18 Jan 2017 - 07:53 pm
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Indian girls win award for tricking traffickers and busting cross-border racket 18 Jan 2017 - 07:44 pm
Shivani Gond  and Tejasweeta Pradhan
Millennial women opposed to Trump take to streets, many for the first time 18 Jan 2017 - 07:39 pm
Anti-Trump demonstrators protest at abortion rights rally in Chicago, Illinois, January 15, 2017. REUTERS/Kamil Krzaczynski
Surge of African migrants brave Latin America jungle trek for US dream 18 Jan 2017 - 07:31 pm
African and Haitian migrants intending to seek asylum in the US rest on mattresses inside a shelter in Mexicali, Mexico, Oct.5,  2016 (Reuters)
Used to whizzing bullets, Kashmir border farmers now hit by drought 18 Jan 2017 - 07:24 pm
A Kashmiri man rests after riding a bicycle during a snowfall in the outskirts of Srinagar on January 17, 2017. Kashmir has been cut off from the rest of the country after heavy snowfall closing the 294km Jammu-Srinagar national highway, the only road lin
Egypt puts retired football star Mohamed Aboutrika on terrorism list for “Muslim Brotherhood ties” 18 Jan 2017 - 06:52 pm
 This file photo taken on May 17, 2013 shows Baniyas' Egyptian striker Mohamed Aboutrika controling the ball during their GCC Champions League first leg final football match against Al-Khor in Doha. Egyptian court has added former football star Mohamed Ab
Zimbabwe pastor in court over Mugabe death prophecy 18 Jan 2017 - 06:46 pm
Zimbabwean Pastor Phillip Patrick Mugadza (R) is escorted by detectives at the Harare Magistrates court, where he faces charges of insulting President Robert Mugabe for allegedly prophesing the statesman would die on October 17 this year, according to the
Wang Jianlin, China's richest man & Hollywood investor, warns Trump against trade war 18 Jan 2017 - 06:32 pm
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UAE court jails three on terror charges 18 Jan 2017 - 06:11 pm
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Erdogan faces weak economy in path to greater power 18 Jan 2017 - 05:57 pm
urkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan gives a speech during the inauguration ceremony held for the newly constructed service buildings of Turkish Social Security Institution, at the Presidential Complex in Ankara, Turkey on January 17, 2017. ( Kayhan Özer