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Italian MP in hot water over preferring sailing to parliament 24 Jul 2018 - 09:55 pm
Since his election in March, Andrea Mura of the ruling Five Star Movement (M5S) has turned up for only eight of the assembly's 220 votes, monitoring website OpenPolis revealed. (Photo courtesy: boatandboats.com)
Theresa May hosts reception for divers who rescued Thai children 24 Jul 2018 - 09:35 pm
Britain's Prime Minister, Theresa May poses for a photograph with Thailand's Ambassador to the United Kingom, Pisanu Suvanajata, and the British cave divers and their suport team who helped rescue boys from a flooded cave in Thailand, in front of 10 Downi
Trump, Iran drama escalates -- via Twitter 24 Jul 2018 - 09:35 pm
The saber-rattling began when Iranian President Hassan Rouhani cautioned Trump not to
US: Middle East states not doing enough for Palestinians 24 Jul 2018 - 09:35 pm
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Israel shoots down Syrian warplane as Golan frontier heats up 24 Jul 2018 - 06:44 pm
In this handout file photo provided by the Israeli Army on February 22, 2001, a Patriot anti-missile missile is launched on the last day of joint five-day US-Israeli military excercise in the Negev desert. The Israeli army said on July 24, 2018 that it ha
Flames ravage Greek seaside as wildfires kill 74 24 Jul 2018 - 06:16 pm
:Locals wearing masks walk among burnt cars following a wildfire at the village of Mati, near Athens, Greece, July 24, 2018. REUTERS/Costas Baltas
Turkey told U.S. it opposes sanctions on Iran -foreign minister 24 Jul 2018 - 06:04 pm
Turkish Foreign Affairs Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu visits Baku Turkish Martyrs' Memorial in Baku, Azerbaijan on July 24, 2018. ( Resul Rehimov - Anadolu Agency )
Wildfire kills at least 50 near Athens, families flee to beaches 24 Jul 2018 - 11:36 am
Cars are blocked at the closed National Road during a wildfire in Kineta, near Athens, on July 23, 2018. (AFP / VALERIE GACHE)
Military fans out across Pakistan ahead of elections 24 Jul 2018 - 10:14 am
Army soldier stands to guard electoral workers, who gather to collect election materials, ahead of general election in Karachi, Pakistan July 24, 2018. (REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro)
North Korea dismantling key missile test facility, says report 24 Jul 2018 - 09:14 am
Satellite image courtesy Airbus Defense and Space and 38 North obtained July 23, 2018 shows the apparent dismantling of facilities at the Sohae satellite launching station, North Korea. (AFP PHOTO / Pléiades © Cnes 2018, Distribution Airbus DS)
Journalist murdered in Mexico near tourist hotspot Cancun 24 Jul 2018 - 12:07 am
Ruben Pat, the editor-in-chief of the Playa News weekly, was shot dead outside a bar in Playa del Carmen in the early hours, the Quintana Roo state government and prosecutors said.
Lawmakers urge reform in Northern Ireland as more women seek abortions abroad 23 Jul 2018 - 09:24 pm
A Pro-Choice poster featuring Savita Halappanavar is placed near a sign for a polling station ahead of a 25th May referendum on abortion law in Dublin, May 23, 2018. (Reuters / Clodagh Kilcoyne)
Thousands of British families homeless despite being in work 23 Jul 2018 - 09:24 pm
FILE PHOTO: A homeless woman from north Wales, sits huddled under a sleeping bag next to her dog Casper in a shopping arcade near the Victoria rail station in central London December 14, 2012. Reuters/Chris Helgren
Venezuelans fleeing to Trinidad expose cracks in island refugee policy 23 Jul 2018 - 09:24 pm
Andrea Rojas, a Venezuelan asylum seeker, poses for a portrait in front of the coffee shop where she works in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, May 23, 2018. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Gregory Scruggs
Despair as bulldozers destroy hundreds of homes in Kenya's biggest slum 23 Jul 2018 - 09:23 pm
A youth is escorted by Kenyan police officers as dozens of houses are being demolished to make way for a new road in the Kibera slum in Nairobi, Kenya, July 23, 2018. Reuters/Baz Ratner
Russia detains six prison guards after video circulates showing torture of inmate 23 Jul 2018 - 08:10 pm
REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE: This file photo taken on January 11, 2018 shows inmates running in the courtyard at the Fresnes prison in Fresnes, France. AFP / Stephane De Sakutin
Indian police widen investigation into shelter where girls allegedly raped 23 Jul 2018 - 08:09 pm
More than 100 cases of women being raped were reported daily in India in 2016, according to the latest available government data, and it has been tightening its rape laws.
Britain on heatwave alert as rare hot spell continues 23 Jul 2018 - 07:30 pm
Visitors to Greenwich Park play football on the dry brown grass in London on July 23, 2018. AFP / Daniel Leal-Olivas
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