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Catriona Elisa Gray of Philippines crowned Miss Universe 2018

Catriona Elisa Gray from Philippines was crowned Miss Universe 2018 at a gala ceremony, where representatives from South Africa and Venezuela secured the first runner-up and second runner-up spots. (Photo: AP)

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A high-speed train hit a railway engine and crashed into a pedestrian overpass at a station in the Turkish capital Ankara on Thursday, killing 9 people and injuring more than 40 others. (Photo | AP)

Turkey train crash leaves 9 dead, several injured

A jet liner flies over the G20 summit venue at the Costa Salguero Center in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where 19 leaders of the world's biggest economies and a representative of EU are set to meet at the 13th meeting. (Photo: AP)

World's top leaders gather ahead of the thirteenth G20 summit in Argentina

Child boxing is widespread in Thailand, especially in rural areas, where it offers a way for children to help provide for their families and a path to lift them out of poverty, according to its advocates. (Photos | AP)

Shocking images from the world of 'murderous' Thai child kickboxing

Homes levelled by fire line a development on Edgewood Lane in Paradise, California on Monday. (Photo | AP)

California wildfire: Ten photos that explain the Paradise 'heat'

Three car-bomb explosions on Friday outside a luxury hotel in the Somali capital left at least 14 people dead and 45 others wounded, media reported. (Photo | AP)

Shocking scenes outside luxury hotel in Somalia where car bomb attack killed at least 20

A fast-moving wildfire across Northern California's Butte County burned a hospital, hundreds of homes and left five dead on Friday. IN PIC: Fires burn toward homes as seen from a helicopter over the Calabasas section of Los Angeles. (Photo: AP)

California city battles destructive wildfires, force thousands to flee

The high-profile 2018 midterm elections in the US delivered several significant firsts as voters came out in record numbers to elect the first two Muslim women, the youngest woman ever in Congress and the nation's first openly gay governor. (Photo | AP)

US midterm elections: A look at the House's 'firsts'

Images of a tiny red bird that barely fills the palm of one's hand appear everywhere in Venezuela — printed on money, labels of craft beer bottles and the cover of children's school books. But the finch-like red siskin is vanishing from the wild at an alarming rate, falling prey to a century of shrinking forests and poachers cashing in on their brilliant red feathers, prized around the world by breeders of exotic birds.(Photo | AP)

Venezuela's vanishing red bird gets a lifeline from coffee farmers

Chinese President Xi Jinping met with visiting Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan in Beijing on Friday. (Photo | AP)

China welcomes Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan

Ivanka is the daughter of current US President Donald Trump and his first wife and former model Ivana Trump. She is her father's senior advisor, apart from being the first Jewish member of US First Family. She converted before marrying her Jewish husband,

Here are key facts about US President Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka on her 37th birthday

An Indonesian Lion Air passenger jet feared to have crashed on Monday was carrying 189 passengers and crew when it went missing shortly after take-off. The aircraft, bound for Pangkal Pinang on the island of Bangka off the coast of Sumatra, lost contact w

IN PHOTOS | Indonesia's Lion Air plane crashes into the sea with 189 passengers onboard

Millions of people each year are drawn to Baishui's frosty beauty on the southeastern edge of the Third Pole - a region in Central Asia with the world's third-largest store of ice after Antarctica and Greenland that's roughly the size of Texas and New Mexico combined. (Photo | AP)

Melting glacier in China draws tourists, climate worries

Foreign tourists are flocking to a group of rocky islands a few miles off the coast of Peru's capital for a once-in-a-lifetime experience: a chance to swim with sea lions. (Photo | AP)

Tourists flock to swim with sea lions near Peru's capital

A shuttle train linking the Moroccan capital to a town farther north on the Atlantic coast derailed Tuesday, killing at least seven people and injuring dozens, Moroccan authorities and the state news agency said. (Photo | AFP)

Passenger train derails in Morocco, at least 7 killed

Animal-rights campaigners are hoping this year's festival season in Nepal will be a little less bloody.(Photo | AP)

Activists hope to stop animal sacrifice during Nepal's biggest festival

Queen Elizabeth II's granddaughter, Princess Eugenie, married her wine merchant fiance, Jack Brooksbank at a start-studded ceremony in Windsor Castle on Friday. (Photo: AP)

Princess Eugenie weds Jack Brooksbank: Celebrations at Windsor Castle

Nearly defeated on the battlefields of its would-be caliphate, analysts say the Islamic State group has reverted to what it was before its spectacular conquests in 2014 — a shadowy insurgent network that targets civilian populations with guerrilla-style attacks and exploits state weaknesses to incite sectarian strife. (Photo | AP)

Islamic State reverting to insurgency tactics after losing caliphate

'Whenever death may surprise us, let it be welcome if our battle cry has reached even one receptive ear and another hand reaches out to take up our arms.' (YouTube screen grab)

Che Guevara death anniversary: Ten quotes to remember the revolutionary icon

A powerful quake and tsunami left scores dead on the central Indonesian island of Sulawesi, officials said Saturday, as hospitals struggled to cope with hundreds of injured and rescuers scrambled to reach the stricken region. (Photo | AP)

Indonesia struck by powerful earthquake, tsunami leaving scores dead

Oktoberfest, the world’s largest beer festival, begins in Munich, Germany, on 22 September. A celebration of Bavarian folk traditions, the event is attended by more than 6.2 million tourists from around the world. (Photo | AFP)

IN PICTURES | Oktoberfest 2018: The world's largest beer festival

Fourteen police dogs received medals and diplomas during an emotional retirement ceremony in Colombia's capital as the furry heroes wrapped up years of service sniffing out drugs, bombs and bodies. (Photo | AP)

Furry heroes: Colombia honours 14 sniffer dogs at emotional retirement ceremony

Hundreds of solemn people watched Friday as body after body was pulled from a capsized ferry that Tanzanian authorities said was badly overcrowded and upended in the final stretch before reaching shore. (Photo | AP)

Over a hundred killed in Tanzania ferry disaster

Emergency personnel take a family to safety after Little River overflowed its banks and flooded part of the apartment complex on Monday, Sept. 17, 2018, in Spring Lake, N.C. North Carolina Government Roy Cooper warned that the flooding set off by rain from Florence is far from over and will get worse in places. ( Photo | AP)

In Pictures: Hurricane Florence wreaks havoc in northern and southern Carolina

Phil Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of worldwide marketing, speaks about the Apple iPhone XS and Apple iPhone XS Max. | Associated Press

Apple unveils new iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max and iPhone XR

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Roadies founder Raghu Ram and his singer girlfriend Natalie Di Luccio got married in Goa on 14 December, a day which saw several celebrity weddings. Here are photos to prove it was one of the most beautiful and fun-filled ceremonies we have seen this year
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Rajinikanth's sci-fi extravaganza 2.0 has overtaken Bollywood films like Race 3, Sanju and Padmaavat to emerge as the most searched film in India. (Photo | YouTube Screengrab)
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