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US soldiers from 5-20 infantry Regiment attached to 82nd Airborne walk while on patrol in Zharay district in Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan April 24, 2012. REUTERS/Baz Ratner
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Venezuela’s dismissed chief prosecutor Luisa Ortega Diaz poses for a picture during an interview with Reuters in Caracas, Venezuela August 10, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins
Venezuela’s Chief Prosecutor Offered Asylum in Colombia
Colombia offered asylum Monday to Venezuela’s sacked chief prosecutor Luisa Ortega, who fled her country after defying President Nicolas Maduro as a deadly political crisis rages on. A former loyalist of the socialist leadership, the 59-year-old Luisa Ortega had...Caption:
Christer Viktorsson, the Swedish-Finnish director general of the UAE’s Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (FANR), gestures as he gives an interview with AFP in his office in the capital Abu Dhabi on August 10, 2017, AFP
UAE Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant Scheduled to Launch 2018
At the Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (FANR) in Abu Dhabi, dozens of employees are reviewing the 15,000-page application for the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant, scheduled to launch next year. The Barakah plant will make the UAE the first Gulf state to have a...Caption:
Hundreds have been killed and over a million displaced in flooding in South Asia. (AFP)
More than 800 Killed, Million Displaced in South Asia Flooding
Floods in South Asia have left more than 800 people dead and over a million displaced in India, Nepal and Bangladesh. Seasonal monsoon rains, a lifeline for farmers across South Asia, typically cause loss of life and property every year between July and September, but...Caption:
Spain’s King Felipe and Queen Letizia wave to the crowd after paying respect at a memorial tribute of flowers, messages and candles to the van attack victims in Las Ramblas promenade, Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, Aug. 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Santi Palacios)