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Soldiers search for remains at an area affected by the eruption of the Fuego volcano at El Rodeo in Escuintla, Guatemala June 6, 2018. / Internet photo

Rescuers search for missing near Guatemala volcano as death toll climbs

Thursday, June 07, 2018

The mosque is frequented by supporters of Shia cleric Muqtada's al-Sadr whose Sairoon coalition won a plurality of seats, 54 in total, in the last parliamentary elections earlier in May. / Internet photo

Deadly twin blasts hit a Shia mosque in Baghdad

Thursday, June 07, 2018

A photo distributed by the Houthi Military Media Unit shows the launch by Houthi forces of a ballistic missile aimed at Saudi Arabia March 25, 2018. / Internet photo

Yemen peace plan sees ceasefire, Houthis abandoning missiles

Thursday, June 07, 2018

AH-64 Apache helicopter fires flares during Han Kuang military drill simulating the China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) invading the island, at Ching Chuan Kang Air Base, in Taichung, Taiwan June 7, 2018. / Internet photo

Taiwan holds large-scale military drills amid China tensions

Thursday, June 07, 2018

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Southeast Asia's plastic 'addiction' blights world's oceans

Wednesday, June 06, 2018

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Philippines' Duterte says will quit if enough women protest his kiss

Wednesday, June 06, 2018

A view of Sentosa island and the skyline of the central business district in Singapore June 4, 2018. / Internet photo

Singapore to restrict airspace during U.S.-North Korea summit

Wednesday, June 06, 2018

Jordanian protesters shout slogans and raise a national flag during a demonstration outside the Prime Minister's office in the capital Amman late on Friday. / Internet photo

Jordan's prime minister steps down after mass protests

Wednesday, June 06, 2018

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Guatemala volcano explodes again, evacuations ordered

Wednesday, June 06, 2018

Esraa Albuti, an Executive Director at Ernst & Young, holds her new driving licence issued by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. / Internet photo

Saudi Arabia issues its first driver's licenses to women

Tuesday, June 05, 2018

Workers at a uranium conversion facility in Iran, pictured in 2005. / Internet photo

Iran nuclear deal: Tehran to give notice of uranium work

Tuesday, June 05, 2018

Duterte is on a three-day official visit to South Korea, home to about 65,000 Filipinos. / Internet photo

Duterte kiss during South Korea visit draws disgust

Tuesday, June 05, 2018

Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani. / Internet photo

Qatari FM dismisses reported Saudi threats over S-400 deal

Tuesday, June 05, 2018

Emergency services worked through the night after lava flows hit El Rodeo and other towns on the slopes of Fuego. Net photo.

Dozens dead as ‘Volcan de Fuego’ erupts in Guatemala

Tuesday, June 05, 2018

An Afghan police officer keeps watch at the site of a blast in Kabul, Afghanistan June 4, 2018. / Internet photo

Suicide bomber kills at least eight near Afghan clerics' peace tent

Monday, June 04, 2018

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif attends a meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Foreign Ministers Council in Istanbul, Turkey May 18, 2018. / Internet photo

Iran calls on world to stand up to Trump, save nuclear deal

Monday, June 04, 2018

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspects the construction site of the Wonsan-Kalma coastal tourist area as Kim Su-gil (3rd L), newly appointed director of the General Political Bureau of the Korean People's Army, looks on, in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang. / Internet photo

North Korea shakes up top military brass ahead of Trump summit - U.S. official

Monday, June 04, 2018

North Korea is accused of cooperating with Assad on its chemical weapons programme. / Internet photo

Syria's Bashar al-Assad to visit North Korea

Monday, June 04, 2018

The army said it had evacuated 3,100 people from around the volcano. / Internet photo

Dozens dead as 'Volcan de Fuego' erupts in Guatemala

Monday, June 04, 2018

Kendrick Lamar performs at the Grammy Awards earlier this year. Is it appropriation if African Americans draw influence from Africa? Net photos.

A Black Panther lawsuit is testing the cultural exchange between Africans and African-Americans

Saturday, June 02, 2018