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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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Pope to see a Medellin that has put drug wars in its past 09 Sep 2017 - 08:36 am
A woman walks by a display of t-shirts for sale outside the Olaya Herrera airport the day before Pope Francis celebrates an open air mass in Medellin, on September 8, 2017.  AFP / JOAQUIN SARMIENTO
Civilians fleeing Syria's Raqa find shelter in ruined town 09 Sep 2017 - 08:31 am
A displaced Syrian child who fled the Islamic State (IS) group's Syrian stronghold of Raqa as fighters from a US-backed coalition battle to retake the city, stands at an abandoned house where people take refuge in the town of Tabqa, about 55 kilometres (3
Hurricane Katia makes landfall in eastern Mexico: US forecasters 09 Sep 2017 - 08:29 am
Secured boats are seen under pouring rain caused by Hurricane Katia in Tecolutla, Veracruz state, Mexico on September 8, 2017. AFP / YURI CORTEZ
Hurricane Irma makes landfall in Cuba as massive storm: US forecasters 09 Sep 2017 - 08:27 am
Palm trees sway in the wind prior to the arrival of the Hurricane Irma in Caibarien, Cuba, September 8, 2017. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini
Bahamas narrowly escapes the worst of Hurricane Irma 09 Sep 2017 - 08:17 am
This handout photograph obtained courtesy of the Royal Bahamas Police Force & Royal Bahamas Defense Force shows a damaged structure near the shore of Inagua in the southern Bahamas, September 8, 2017 following passage of Hurricane Irma. AFP / Royal Bahama
Mugabe accuses Zimbabwe opposition of Western plot 09 Sep 2017 - 03:17 am
President Robert Mugabe (L) and his wife Grace attend a rally of his ruling ZANU (PF) in Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe, July 29, 2017.
US needs to review charges: Erdogan 09 Sep 2017 - 03:17 am
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a news conference at Ataturk International Airport in Istanbul, yesterday.
#BlockNarendraModi trends after murder of Gauri Lankesh 09 Sep 2017 - 03:17 am
A woman covers her mouth with an orange scarf during a rally called
Top IS commanders dead in Syria: Russia 09 Sep 2017 - 01:29 am
Syrian government forces gesture and inspect the site as they arrive at a destroyed bridge on a road between the Kabajeb and Al Shula on the southwestern outskirts of Deir Ezzor, yesterday.
Uber to stop using diesel cars in London 08 Sep 2017 - 10:28 pm
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Uber urges South Africa to curb taxi driver violence 08 Sep 2017 - 10:04 pm
Firefighters extinguish a car that police said was set on fire during a confrontation between Uber and meter taxi drivers in Sandton, South Africa, September 7, 2017. Reuters/Sipho Sithole
Distressing scenes everywhere as Rohingya pour into Bangladesh where tents stretch for kilometres 08 Sep 2017 - 09:20 pm
A Rohingya refugee man protects his sister from rain as he climbs down a hill after crossing the Bangladesh-Myanmar border in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh September 8, 2017. Reuters/Danish Siddiqui