Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during ceremony attended by Iranian clerics in Tehran, Iran on July 16, 2019. (REUTERS File Photo)
GENEVA, July 31 (Reuters): Iran
Labourers work at a construction site in the Israeli settlement of Beitar Illit in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on April 7, 2019. (REUTERS File Photo)
JERUSALEM, July 31 (Reuters): Isra
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson meets crew members during a visit to HMS Victorious at HM Naval Base Clyde in Faslane, Scotland, Britain on July 29, 2019. (REUTERS Photo)
BELFAST,
An aerial view of forest fire next to oil palm plantation at Kumpeh Ulu district in Muarojambi, Indonesia on July 30, 2019 in this photo taken by Antara Foto. (REUTERS Photo)
JAKARTA, July 31
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks with reporters aboard his plane en route to Thailand from Joint Base Andrews, US on July 30, 2019. (REUTERS Photo)
BANGKOK, July 31 (Reuter
Supporters gather outside the Eastern Courts to support the arrested anti-extradition bill protesters who face rioting charges, in Hong Kong, China on July 31, 2019. The placard reads, "There is no thugs, only
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the news media after returning from a quick trip to Williamsburg, Virginia, in Washington, US on July 30, 2019. (REUTERS Photo)
Washington, July
Singapore's Law Minister K. Shanmugam speaks to Reuters in Singapore on July 31. (REUTERS Photo)
SINGAPORE, July 31 (Reuters): Prolonged turmoil in Hong Kong could jeopardise regional financial sta
Afghan men receive treatment at a hospital after a bus was hit by a roadside bomb in Herat province, western Afghanistan on July 31. (REUTERS Photo)
HERAT, Afghanistan, July 31 (Reuters):
Workers repair an electric grid in Hanoi, Vietnam on July 25, 2019. (REUTERS File Photo)
HANOI, July 31 (Reuters): Vietnam will contend with severe power shortages from 2021 as elect
SEOUL, July 31 (Reuters): North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles early on Wednesday, the South Korean military said, only days after it launched two similar missiles intended t
A tourist from China takes a selfie in front of a Taiwanese flag, in Taipei, Taiwan on May 5, 2016. (REUTERS File Photo)
BEIJING, July 31 (Reuters): China will stop issuing individual tra
ranian Defence Minister Amir Hatami adjusts a headphone during the annual Moscow Conference on International Security (MCIS) in Moscow, Russia on April 4, 2018. (REUTERS File photo)
DUBAI
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson gestures during a speech on domestic priorities at the Science and Industry Museum in Manchester, Britain on July 27, 2019. (REUTERS File Photo)
LON
CAIRO, July 31 (Reuters): Islamic State said via its Amaq news agency that it killed or wounded more than 40 soldiers in the northeast Nigerian state of Borno in two separate attacks on Tuesday.
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif talks to the media during the Ministerial Meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Coordinating Bureau in Caracas, Venezuela on July 20, 2019. (REUTERS File Photo)
An empty beach is seen near hotels at Unawatuna beach in Galle, Sri Lanka on July 4, 2019. (REUTERS File Photo)
COLOMBO, July 30 (Reuters): Sri Lanka will offer free tourism visas on arri
Sudanese protesters attend a demonstration in front of the defense ministry compound in Khartoum, Sudan on May 6, 2019. (REUTERS File Photo)
(Reuters)
Talks between Sudan's ruling
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed meets Sudan's Head Of Transitional Military Council, Lieutenant General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan Abdelrahman to mediate in the political crisis that has followed the over
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson gestures during a speech on domestic priorities at the Science and Industry Museum in Manchester, Britain on July 27, 2019. (REUTERS Photo)
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