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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.
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
Massive wildfire rages after becoming largest in California's history 07 Aug 2018 - 10:34 am
Aerial view of Trabuco Canyon as a tanker aircraft dumps load onto Holy Fire, Near Santiago Peak, California, US, August 6, 2018 in this still image taken from a video obtained from social media. TWITTER / @ZULUJUMPER/via REUTERS
Peru's ex-leader Fujimori back in hospital wirth heart problems 06 Aug 2018 - 10:54 pm
Alberto Fujimori has had a number of operations as part of a long-running battle with tongue cancer.
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
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
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)
Bolton: 'No US govt involvement' in reported Venezuela attack 05 Aug 2018 - 05:44 pm
US National Security Advisor John Bolton speaks at the press briefing at the White House in Washington, DC, on August 2, 2018. AFP / Nicholas Kamm
Venezuela's Maduro says drone blast was bid to kill him, blames Colombia 05 Aug 2018 - 11:06 am
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro reacts during an event which was interrupted, in this still frame taken from video August 4, 2018, Caracas, Venezuela. (Venezuelan Government TV/Handout via REUTERS TV)
Brazil's Lula gets presidential nomination -- even behind bars 04 Aug 2018 - 07:21 pm
A supporter of former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva takes a selfie in a camp near the Federal Police in Curitiba, Brazil August 2, 2018. The banner reads:
Pompeo "optimistic" about ending N.Korea's nuclear programme 04 Aug 2018 - 10:05 am
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (L) and North Korea's Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho (R) smile as Philippine Foreign Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano (behind) looks on, as they arrive for a group photo at the ASEAN Regional Forum Retreat during the 51st Assoc
Ex-Guatemala president, arrested over graft, leaves detention 04 Aug 2018 - 09:55 am
File photo of former Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom looks on during a court hearing after being detained as part of a local corruption investigation, in Guatemala City, Guatemala February 13, 2018. REUTERS/Luis Echeverria.
Trump team wants to roll back Obama-era mileage standards 02 Aug 2018 - 07:27 pm
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Mexico airliner crashes and burns, but all aboard survive 02 Aug 2018 - 10:40 am
Rescue personnel work at the site where an Aeromexico-operated Embraer passenger jet crashed in Mexico's northern state of Durango, July 31, 2018, in this picture obtained from social media. (Proteccion Civil Durango/via REUTERS )
Frozen in time, Havana looks to put a modern stamp on its 500-year history 02 Aug 2018 - 09:12 am
File photo of old American cars driving along Havana's Malecon on July 12, 2018. / AFP / YAMIL LAGE

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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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