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A forest fire consumes vegetation next to a monastery on the Lustica peninsula near the town of Tivat, Montenegro, on July 17, 2017
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17.07.2017
Country asks for international help to fight fires
Smoke billows following an airstrike on the western frontline of Raqa on July 17, 2017
World
17.07.2017
Air strikes pummel Raqa as US-backed forces advance on IS
Prince William and his wife Kate at the Polish presidential palace with President Andrzej Duda and his wife Agata Kornhauser-Duda
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17.07.2017
Prince William, Kate on diplomacy tour of Poland, Germany
Civilian deaths in the Afghan capital Kabul accounted for nearly 20 percent of the 1,662 killed in the first half of 2017, according to the report by the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA)
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17.07.2017
UN says civilian deaths hit new high in 2017
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Cameroon's elite Rapid Intervention Brigade is in the front line of the country's fight against Islamic State-affiliated Boko Haram jihadists
World 17.07.2017
Army vessel capsizes at sea, dozens missing - Security sources
Boats frequently capsize in DR Congo, most often due to taking on too many passengers, the lack of safety measures and inexperienced helmsmen
World 16.07.2017
27 dead and 54 missing in boat sink
A US journalist kidnapped by a militia group in Democratic Republic of Congo was found safe and sound, a senior official said, as another source said five people had been killed in clashes
World 16.07.2017
Kidnapped US journalist found safe and sound
Britain's finance minister Philip Hammond arrives has acknowledged there are divisions in the cabinet over Brexit
World 16.07.2017
Finance minister says UK will pay Brexit debts, admits cabinet splits
File photo released by the Liu's family and taken on October 22, 2002 shows Chinese dissident and Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo and his wife Liu Xia in Beijing
World 16.07.2017
Fate of Chinese dissident's widow worries friends
The fashion-conscious in Ecuador are returning to their roots by embracing indigenous fashion: Puruha-style hand-embroidered blouses are popular at this store in Riobamba
World 16.07.2017
Designers reinvent indigenous style for modern age
US Senator John McCain is being treated for a blood clot above his eye
World 16.07.2017
Senate to delay health vote after McCain surgery
The tiny landmass of Okinoshima, where women are banned and male visitors must bathe naked in the sea before visiting its shrine, was declared a UNESCO World Heritage site last week
World 15.07.2017
No visitors allowed on Japan's men-only UNESCO island
Raqa's population was about 20 percent Kurdish before Syria's war started in 2011
World 15.07.2017
Tragic end to Raqa family's hopes of burying loved ones
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