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Canadian police charge suspect in shooting that left 4 dead 11 Aug 2018 - 11:44 pm
A message at the St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church notifies the community of a prayer vigil after a shooting incident in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, August 10, 2018. Reuters/Dan Culberson
Peaceful events, heavy security mark Charlottesville rally anniversary 11 Aug 2018 - 11:44 pm
Members of ANTIFA get in formation after entering the security checkpoint required to enter the mall in downtown Charlottesville, Virginia, one-year after the violent white nationalist rally that left one person dead and dozens injured. / AFP / Logan Cyru
Crews make progress battling Southern California wildfire 11 Aug 2018 - 11:09 pm
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Michigan US House seat deals with quirky double election 11 Aug 2018 - 08:51 pm
Relatives of Rashida Tlaib, who is set to become the first Muslim woman to join the U.S. Congress, gather as they celebrate her election victory, in the village of Beit Ur al-Fauqa in the occupied West Bank August 8, 2018. Reuters/Mohamad Torokman
Mechanic steals empty plane from Seattle's airport, crashes 11 Aug 2018 - 09:54 am
In this file photo taken on September 25, 2006 Alaska Airlines planes are seen at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. / AFP / GABRIEL BOUYS
Venezuela asks Interpol to arrest politician over alleged plot 11 Aug 2018 - 01:07 am
Venezuela's Communications Minister Jorge Rodriguez (C), offers a press conference on the detention of opposition lawmaker, Juan Requesens, accused of involvement in an apparent attack against President Nicolas Maduro, at the Miraflores presidential palac
Peru's new president spurns opposition proposals on referendum 11 Aug 2018 - 01:07 am
Peru's President Martin Vizcarra greets people as he arrives to the inauguration of a mental hospital in Pucallpa, Peru August 9, 2018. Reuters/Guadalupe Pardo
Two police officers among four fatally shot in Canada 11 Aug 2018 - 12:56 am
A still image taken from video of the scene of a fatal shooting in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, August 10, 2018. CBC News/Handout via Reuters
Man charged in California wildfire refuses to go to court 11 Aug 2018 - 12:56 am
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Colombia to ask UN for special envoy to manage Venezuelan migrant crisis 11 Aug 2018 - 12:56 am
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California blazes threaten populated areas 11 Aug 2018 - 12:24 am
An elderly woman rests by a fountain in the All-Russia Exhibition Centre (VDNKh), a trade show and amusement park, with temperatures at around 28 degrees Celcius in Moscow on August 10, 2018. AFP / Kirill Kudryavtsev
Manafort jury hears of quick loan, cabinet request: trial update 10 Aug 2018 - 10:39 pm
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Venezuelan migrants throng Ecuador-Colombia border high up in Andes 10 Aug 2018 - 12:53 am
Venezuelan migrants carry their luggage to cross from Venezuela to Colombia via the Simon Bolivar international bridge in Cucuta, Colombia August 8, 2018. Reuters/Luisa Gonzalez
Chile's Michelle Bachelet to be new UN human rights chief 10 Aug 2018 - 12:45 am
In this file photo taken on January 08, 2018 Chilean President Michelle Bachelet delivers a speech at the Pedagogical School Salvador Allende where she arrived to hand a Chilean national flag, in Havana. AFP / Yamil Lage
Latina press officer Helen Aguirre Ferre leaves White House 09 Aug 2018 - 07:41 pm
Helen Aguirre Ferré speaking at the 2013 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland. Photo courtesy: Gage Skidmore /Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 2.0
A year after deadly Virginia rally, wounds are still raw 08 Aug 2018 - 07:33 pm
Four-year-old Leo Griffin leaves a protest against the alt-right movement held to mourn the victims of a rally held a day before in Charlottesville on August 13, 2017 in Chicago (Scott Olson/Getty Images/AFP)
Argentine abortion campaigners braced for crucial vote 08 Aug 2018 - 10:19 am
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Ex-Argentina Vice President Amado Boudou sentenced to prison for corruption 07 Aug 2018 - 09:37 pm
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This photo taken with a mobile phone on Aug. 29, 2026 shows a city view in Cairo, Egypt. (Xinhua/Shen Hong) Egyptian court sentences well-known TV presenter, 11 others to death in drug case
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A Civil Defence member collects human remains in the rubble of Al-Muhandisin Tower, that was destroyed in Israeli strikes in the Nuseirat camp for refugees in the central Gaza Strip on September 5, 2026. (Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP) Death toll from Israeli aggression on Gaza rises to 73,651
AFP File photo. Representational. UN report documents forced displacement of 33,000 Palestinians in northern West Bank

Asia

Stranded passengers gather as they wait at Soekarno-Hatta Airport in Tangerang on September 6, 2026. The Airport has been temporarily closed to all flight operations due to ash spewing from the Anak Krakatoa volcano. (Photo by Syarief Akbar / AFP) Indonesia's main airport suspends operations after volcanic eruption
Excavators work to clear the road at Mingkeng Village, Suichuan County of east China's Jiangxi Province, Sept. 6, 2026. (Xinhua/Wan Xiang) Four dead as mudslides and landslides strike China's Jiangxi
Bulldozers clear debris as rescue personnel conduct a search operation at the site following a building collapse in the Satya Niketan area in New Delhi on September 6, 2026. (Photo by Sajjad HUSSAIN / AFP) Multi-storey building collapse in Delhi kills 2, injures 7
A helicopter takes off from a temporary relief camp in the aftermath of flash floods at Trishuli Bazar, Nepal's Nuwakot district, on September 6, 2026. (Photo by Prakash MATHEMA / AFP) Nepali rescuers buoyed by miracle finds but tough conditions persist

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