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Libya unity govt tells protesters no foreign base planned 17 Aug 2023 - 10:59 pm
Libyans gather at the Martyrs' Square in Tripoli on August 17, 2023 following recent deadly clashes.(Photo by Mahmud Turkia / AFP)
Ukraine port ship reaches Istanbul despite Russian blockade 17 Aug 2023 - 10:33 pm
The first cargo ship using new Black Sea shipping lanes is seen leaving the southern port of Odesa in Ukraine on August 16, 2023. (Photo by Stringer / AFP)
22 years in prison for Quebec woman who sent poison to Trump 17 Aug 2023 - 10:08 pm
File: Former US President Donald Trump looks on during Round 3 at the LIV Golf-Bedminster 2023 at the Trump National in Bedminster, New Jersey, on August 13, 2023. (Photo by Timothy A Clary / AFP)
North Korea blasted at UN for arms buildup while people suffer 17 Aug 2023 - 09:05 pm
US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield speaks to the press after a UN Security Council meeting to discuss the situation in North Korea, at UN headquarters in New York on August 17, 2023. (Photo by Angela Weiss / AFP)
Strong quake rattles Colombian capital 17 Aug 2023 - 08:58 pm
People remain on the streets after an eartquake in Bogota, on August 17, 2023.  (Photo by Raul ARBOLEDA / AFP)
Bangladesh court sentences two journalists over plot to kill PM's son 17 Aug 2023 - 08:39 pm
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West African Bloc vows to restore Niger democracy 17 Aug 2023 - 08:10 pm
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More than 60 migrants feared to have drowned off Cape Verde 17 Aug 2023 - 07:34 pm
Young boys play on a pirogue in Fass Boye on August 17, 2023 after a pirogue capsized off the coast of Cape Verde. (Photo by SEYLLOU / AFP)
Only Ukraine can decide peace terms with Russia: NATO chief 17 Aug 2023 - 07:32 pm
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg / Reuters file photo
Ukraine receives new air defence systems from Berlin 17 Aug 2023 - 06:56 pm
A woman walks past a destroyed building in Mariupol on August 16, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Stringer / AFP)
Sweden heightens terror alert after Quran burnings 17 Aug 2023 - 06:14 pm
Sweden's Security Police Chief Charlotte von Essen (left) and Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson address a press conference as the terror threat level in Sweden was raised to four on a five-point scale in Stockholm on August 17, 2023, following recent Quran burnings. (Photo by Henrik Montgomery / various sources / AFP) 
Thousands flee wildfires in Canada's far north 17 Aug 2023 - 05:59 pm
In this August 14, 2023, image released by Canada's Joint Task Force North, residents of Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, Canada, board a Royal Canadian Air Force aircraft as they are evacuated due to wildfires at Forth McMurray, Alberta. (Photo by Handout / Joint Task Force North / AFP)
Cable theft 'significantly' impact South Africa's railways 17 Aug 2023 - 05:01 pm
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French government to hold crisis meeting as heatwave mounts 17 Aug 2023 - 04:51 pm
Members of the public take photographs in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris on August 16, 2023. (Photo by MIGUEL MEDINA / AFP)
19 aid workers killed since start of conflict in Sudan: UN 17 Aug 2023 - 04:40 pm
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Spain's Canary Isles battle 'most complex fire' in 40 years 17 Aug 2023 - 04:19 pm
In this picture taken from the village of Sobradillo, late on August 16, 2023 a wildfire rages in a forested area on the Canary island of Tenerife. (Photo by DESIREE MARTIN / AFP)
Apple supplier Foxconn begins iPhone 15 production in India 17 Aug 2023 - 03:46 pm
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France's Sarkozy blasted for call to compromise with Russia 17 Aug 2023 - 02:40 pm
(Files) Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy (L) and French Minister of Public Action and Accounts Gerald Darmanin attend the national tribute to French-Armenian singer-songwriter Charles Aznavour at the Invalides in Paris on October 5, 2018. (Photo by Ludovic Marin / AFP)