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Two die in stampede at funeral of Indian Tamil leader Karunanidhi 08 Aug 2018 - 04:35 pm
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party supporters display a portrait of party president Muthuvel Karunanidhi as they gather to pay respects to his remains at Rajaji hall in Chennai on August 8, 2018. AFP / Arun Sankar
Lombok quake leaves 156,000 homeless as death toll hits 131 08 Aug 2018 - 02:52 pm
A woman and boy watch as men clear the wreckage of houses damaged by an earthquake in Menggala, North Lombok on August 8, 2018, three days after the earthquake struck the area. (AFP / ADEK BERRY)
Iranian lawmakers oust labour minister 08 Aug 2018 - 02:32 pm
File photo Iranian Labor Minister Ali Rabiei speaks during a meeting of the Iranian parliament. (AFP / ATTA KENARE)
Turkey says to continue buying natural gas from Iran 08 Aug 2018 - 10:40 am
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Argentine abortion campaigners braced for crucial vote 08 Aug 2018 - 10:19 am
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Indonesia quake deaths top 130, aid effort intensifies 08 Aug 2018 - 10:07 am
A child holds up a placard that reads 'pray for Lombok' during an earthquake evacuation drill in Medan, on the western Indonesian island of Sumatra on August 8, 2018. / AFP / IVAN DAMANIK
Ex-Argentina Vice President Amado Boudou sentenced to prison for corruption 07 Aug 2018 - 09:37 pm
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In stretch of Arizona border, migrant families keep coming 07 Aug 2018 - 09:37 pm
Detainees sleep in a cell where hundreds of mostly Central American immigrant are being processed at the US Customs and Border Protection’s Nogales Placement Center in this file photo. Reuters / Ross D Franklin
Incoming Colombia president faces long list of challenges 07 Aug 2018 - 09:34 pm
Members of the security forces walk near Bolivar square, where Colombia's President-elect Ivan Duque will be sworn in today, in Bogota, Colombia August 7, 2018. Reuters/Carlos Garcia Rawlins
Man tried to oust adults from site where kids found in filth 07 Aug 2018 - 09:34 pm
It took a plea for help and the search for a missing Georgia boy to finally draw sheriff's deputies to the desolate site that was walled off by stacks of old tires, wooden pallets and other debris.
Ukrainian hunger-striker Sentsov has lost 30 kg, in 'bad' state: lawyer 07 Aug 2018 - 09:34 pm
Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov looking on inside a defendants' cage during a hearing at a military court in the city of Rostov-on-Don on July 22, 2015. AFP / Sergei Venyavsky
May urges Johnson for apology over burqa remarks 07 Aug 2018 - 09:34 pm
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Nine die of pesticide poisoning at funeral in Peru 07 Aug 2018 - 09:34 pm
A person is transported in a helicopter after eating contaminated food at a funeral in the Peruvian Andes, authorities said on Tuesday, in Ayacucho, Peru, in this undated photo released August 7, 2018. Courtesy of Agencia Andina/Coen Handout via Reuters
Thousands mourn as revered Indian leader dies 07 Aug 2018 - 05:13 pm
A Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party supporter holds a portrait of party president M. Karunanidhi (R) in front of hospital where he died, in Chennai on August 7, 2018. (AFP / ARUN SANKAR)
Man saved from quake-flattened mosque on Indonesia island 07 Aug 2018 - 03:16 pm
Rescue workers search for victims in a mosque which was damaged in Sunday's earthquake in Tanjung, North Lombok, Indonesia August 7, 2018.( Antara Foto/Zabur Karuru/ via REUTERS)
Japan Medical University admits altering scores to keep women out 07 Aug 2018 - 12:56 pm
Tetsuo Yukioka (L), Managing Director of Tokyo Medical University and Keisuke Miyazawa, Vice-President of Tokyo Medical University, bow as they attend a news conference in Tokyo, Japan August 7, 2018. (REUTERS/Toru Hanai )
Police arrest 10 over latest lynching murder in India 07 Aug 2018 - 12:31 pm
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Germany jails couple jailed for pimping young son online 07 Aug 2018 - 12:14 pm
A German court handed down lengthy jail sentences to Berrin Taha (held by policeman) and her husband Christian Lais (sitting left) for pimping their son online. (Faces blurred for legal reasons to protect identify of child). AFP / THOMAS KIENZLE
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