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Indonesia earthquake death toll rises to 98 06 Aug 2018 - 08:07 pm
Injured victims rest at a makeshift hospital in Pemenang, North Lombok on August 6, 2018, the day after a 6.9 magnitude earthquake struck the area.  AFP / Pikong
Wildfire surges back in Portugal's Algarve, 1,000 firefighters mobilised 06 Aug 2018 - 08:04 pm
A Police officer evacuates locals due to a wildfire close to Monchique in the Portuguese Algarve, on August 4, 2018.  AFP / Carlos Costa
11 killed and nearly 70 wounded in Chicago weekend shootings 06 Aug 2018 - 08:04 pm
Bystanders watch as Chicago Police officers and detectives investigate a shooting where multiple people were shot on Sunday, August 5, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois. Joshua Lott/Getty Images/AFP
Trump restores Iran sanctions as Rouhani feels economic pressure 06 Aug 2018 - 07:36 pm
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks during a meeting with Muslim leaders and scholars in Hyderabad, India, February 15, 2018. (Reuters / Danish Siddiqui)
In new admin error, Germany expels Uighur man to China 06 Aug 2018 - 06:33 pm
A tank drives through the water during the Suvorov Attack contest at the International Army Games 2018 in Korla, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, China July 30, 2018.  Zhang Zhitao/Southern Metropolis Daily via Reuters
Imran Khan's party nominates him as Pakistan's next PM 06 Aug 2018 - 04:46 pm
A supporter of Imran Khan, chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), political party, wears a mask and dance on party songs during a campaign rally ahead of general elections in Karachi, Pakistan July 22, 2018. (REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro/File Photo)
Cambodia's Hun Sen says will give speech to UN after "flawed election" 06 Aug 2018 - 12:16 pm
Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen speaks during a visit to a garment factory in Phnom Penh on August 2, 2018. / AFP / TANG CHHIN Sothy
Indonesia evacuates tourists after Lombok quake kills 91 06 Aug 2018 - 11:59 am
A collapsed home is seen in Batuyang village in Lombok on August 6, 2018, a day after a 6.9 magnitude earthquake struck the area.  / AFP / Gin Sugi
Bangladesh must improve conditions for Rohingya, scrap island plan: HRW 06 Aug 2018 - 11:43 am
The Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh: a rights group has urged Bangladesh to provide better conditions (AFP Photo/MUNIR UZ ZAMAN)
Bangladesh considers capital punishment for driving deaths 06 Aug 2018 - 10:53 am
Bangladeshi students march along a street during a student protest in Dhaka on August 5, 2018, following the deaths of two college students in a road accident. / AFP / Munir UZ ZAMAN
Apple removes most of US conspiracy theorist's podcasts from iTunes 06 Aug 2018 - 10:36 am
In this file photo taken on September 7, 2016, the Apple logo is seen on the outside of Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, California. / AFP / Josh Edelson
Europe sizzles in heatwave as wildfire hits Portugal 05 Aug 2018 - 10:21 pm
Children cool off in a fountain in Albi, southern France, on August 5, 2018, as a heatwave in Europe continues. AFP / Remy Gabalda
Brexit threatens Marks & Spencer sandwiches in France: chairman 05 Aug 2018 - 07:00 pm
Archie Norman told the Financial Times that a no-deal Brexit would spell the
WWII vintage plane crashes into Swiss mountainside, 20 dead 05 Aug 2018 - 06:34 pm
Accident investigators and rescue personnel work at the wreckage of a Junkers JU52 aircraft in Flims on August 5, 2018, after it crashed into Piz Segnas, a 3,000-metre (10,000-foot) peak in eastern Switzerland on August 4. AFP / Fabrice Coffrini
Venezuela opposition warns of crackdown after Maduro denounces attack 05 Aug 2018 - 06:34 pm
People look at the damage in a building after an explosion in Caracas, Venezuela August 5, 2018. Reuters/Adriana Loureiro
Trump defends son's meeting with russians as `totally legal' 05 Aug 2018 - 06:34 pm
Trump, Donald Trump Jr and L Eric R Trump (Reuters file photo)
Boat loving Italian MP resigns after absences row 05 Aug 2018 - 06:34 pm
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American found on Russia's far east coast after sailing from Alaska 05 Aug 2018 - 06:34 pm
Local media in the Chukotka region, separated from Alaska by the Bering Sea, said border guards had stopped an unidentified American in the coastal village of Lavrentiya.