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Britain's King Charles III attends a Vigil at St Giles' Cathedral, in Edinburgh, on September 12, 2022, following the death of Queen Elizabeth II on September 8 as people walk past to pay their respect to before the coffin of her Majesty. - Mourners will on September 12, 2022 get the first opportunity to pay respects before the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, as it lies in an Edinburgh cathedral where King Charles III will preside over a vigil. (Photo by Jane Barlow / POOL / AFP)

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King Charles III and siblings stand in silent vigil around queen's coffin

They stood for about 10 minutes alongside four members of the Royal Company of Archers, who held bows and quivers

UKSeptember 12, 2022

A British Union Jack flag at half staff following the announcement of the death of Queen Elizabeth II in London, UK, on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022. Queen Elizabeth II, whose reign took Britain from the age of steam to the era of the smartphone, and who oversaw the largely peaceful breakup of an empire that once spanned the globe, has died. Photographer: Chris J. Ratcliffe / Bloomberg

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UK flag flies at half-staff after Queen Elizabeth II's death

The union flag was lowered at Buckingham Palace, Downing Street and Balmoral, where the queen passed away

UKSeptember 08, 2022

Arizona Senate hopeful Jim Lamon chases some well-known Washington Democrats out of town. Photo: Jim Lamon

A 'Top Gun' spoof and guns aplenty: US election hopefuls produce bizarre adverts

With election season in full swing, candidates hope their kooky campaign advertisements will win them voters

USSeptember 05, 2022

Afghan people gather near the site of an explosion in Herat province, Afghanistan, Friday, Sept 2, 2022. Taliban officials and a local medic say an explosion tore through a crowded mosque in western Afghanistan, killing more than a dozen of people, including a prominent cleric. (AP Photo / Omid Haqjoo)

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Scores killed in Afghanistan mosque explosion

At least 18 people were killed including a prominent cleric close to the Taliban

AsiaSeptember 02, 2022

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Earthquake interrupts Liechtenstein meeting on earthquakes

Two tremors hit right as politicians in the tiny Alpine principality were debating the pros and cons of quake insurance

EuropeSeptember 02, 2022

Internally displaced children sit inside a tent along the roadside in a temporary makeshift camp after fleeing from flood-hit homes at Shikarpur in Sindh province on August 30, 2022. - Aid efforts ramped up across flooded Pakistan on August 30 to help tens of millions of people affected by relentless monsoon rains that have submerged a third of the country and claimed more than 1,100 lives. (Photo by Asif HASSAN / AFP)

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Pakistan's displaced ask for more aid after devastating floods

Record monsoon rains and melting glaciers in northern mountains have triggered floods that have killed more than 1,200 people

AsiaSeptember 02, 2022

KHARTOUM, 1st September, 2022 (WAM) -- The UAE is continuing its humanitarian and relief efforts in Sudan, by supporting the Sudanese people and helping them overcome the dire conditions caused by the floods that hit many areas of the country. The Emirates Red Crescent (ERC) field teams have established three new shelter camps in the affected villages in the River Nile State, and are supervising the evacuation and sheltering of local residents, according to the highest safety and security standards. Wam

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UAE builds three camps to help Sudanese affected by floods

Emirates Red Crescent teams are also supervising the evacuation of local residents from flood-hit areas

UAESeptember 01, 2022

(FILES) In this file photo taken on July 09, 2022 US House of Representatives candidate Sarah Palin speaks on stage during a "Save America" rally before former US President Donald Trump in Anchorage, Alaska. - Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin on August 31, 2022 lost her bid to fill the state's vacant seat in the US House of Representatives. (Photo by Patrick T. FALLON / AFP)

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Sarah Palin loses race for US Congress

The former US vice president hopeful, who was also governor of Alaska, was beaten by Democrat Mary Peltola in a special election

USSeptember 01, 2022

This image captured from bodycam video released by the Childersburg (Ala. ) Police Department and provided by attorney Harry Daniels shows Michael Jennings, right, in custody in Childersburg, Ala. , on Sunday, May 22, 2022. Jennings was helping out a friend by watering flowers when officers showed up and placed him under arrest within moments. (Childersburg Police Department via AP)

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Black US pastor arrested while watering neighbours' flowers

Michael Jennings says he plans to sue the Alabama town of Childersburg, after white police officers placed him in handcuffs after he refused to identify himself

USSeptember 01, 2022

An handout picture released by the Saudi Interior Ministry on August 31, 2022, shows a security officer pilling bags of amphetamine pills at a warehouse in a undisclosed location. - Saudi officers thwarted an attempt to smuggle 47 million amphetamine pills into the country, state media reported, describing it as the largest ever drug trafficking operation in the kingdom. Six Syrians and two Pakistanis were arrested in a raid after the pills, concealed in a flour shipment, arrived at a dry port in the capital Riyadh. The report did not specify whether the pills were captagon -- the amphetamine wreaking havoc across the Middle East -- nor did it say where the pills came from. (Photo by SAUDI INTERIOR MINISTRY / AFP)

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Saudi Arabia thwarts massive drug-trafficking operation

About 47 million amphetamine pills were seized in the capital Riyadh

Saudi ArabiaAugust 31, 2022

This undated image released by the US Department of Justice, shows a photo attached as evidence to a court filing by the US District Court Southern District of Florida, of documents allegedly seized at Mar-a-Lago spread over a carpet. - Documents at former US President Donald Trump's Florida home were "likely concealed" to obstruct an FBI probe into his potential mishandling of classified materials, the Department of Justice said in a court filing August 30, 2022. The filing provides the most detailed account yet of the motivation for the FBI raid this month on Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate, which was triggered by a review of records he previously surrendered to authorities that contained top secret information. (Photo by Jose ROMERO / US DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / US Department of Justice"- NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

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Why US Justice Department may be investigating Trump for obstruction

Prosecutors say US government documents appear to have been moved from a storage room at the former president's Mar-a-Lago estate and concealed

USAugust 31, 2022

This photo released by the U. S. Navy shows the Iranian Revolutionary Guard ship Shahid Bazair, left, towing a U. S. Navy Saildrone Explorer in the Persian Gulf on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022. The U. S. Navy's Mideast-based 5th Fleet said Tuesday that Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard seized and later let go of a U. S. sea drone in the Persian Gulf. Iran did not immediately acknowledge the incident, though it comes amid heightened tensions over Tehran's tattered nuclear deal with world powers. (U. S. Navy via AP)

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Footage appears to show Iranian ship seizing US sea drone

US Navy says an IRGC ship temporarily took control of the Saildrone Explorer before letting it go in the Arabian Gulf

USAugust 30, 2022

Beachgoers head to their cars at Tiscornia Beach as a front moves in over Lake Michigan and St. Joseph, Mich. , Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. (Don Campbell / The Herald-Palladium via AP)

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More than 700,000 without power in US Midwest after severe thunderstorms

Two people were killed as heavy rain and gusts of wind left a trail of destruction, knocking down electrical wires and trees

USAugust 30, 2022

Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada Sadr gives a speech in Iraq's central holy shrine city of Najaf on August 30, 2022. - Iraqi supporters of powerful cleric Moqtada Sadr began withdrawing from Baghdad's Green Zone on August 30 after he demanded fighting end between rival Shiite forces and the army that left 23 dead and hundreds wounded. (Photo by Qassem al-KAABI / AFP)

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Moqtada Al Sadr demands his supporters withdraw after night of violence in Iraq

The Iraqi cleric told his followers to leave their protests in central Baghdad and apologised to the Iraqi people

IraqAugust 30, 2022

Texas woman arrested after video showing racial abuse being hurled at Indian women goes viral

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Texas woman arrested after video showing racial abuse being hurled goes viral

Esmeralda Upton appeared to make racist comments about India and hit members of the group

USAugust 29, 2022