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South Korea mulls North Korea visits despite US pushback 20 Jan 2020 - 05:18 pm
US Ambassador to South Korea Harry Harris speaks during an event in Seoul, January 14, 2020. Yonhap via Reuters
Kosovo, Serbia aim to restore direct flight 20 Jan 2020 - 05:18 pm
A woman walks past graffiti of Bosnian Serb wartime general Ratko Mladic in a suburb of Belgrade, Serbia, May 27, 2011. Reuters / Stoyan Nenov
Lebanon urgently needs new gov't to avoid collapse: Hariri 20 Jan 2020 - 04:46 pm
FILE PHOTO: Lebanon's caretaker Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri speaks after meeting with President Michel Aoun at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon November 7, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
Iraqi officials: Clashes in Baghdad kill 1, wound dozens 20 Jan 2020 - 04:26 pm
Demonstrators clash with members of Iraqi security forces during ongoing anti-government protests, in Baghdad, Iraq January 20, 2020. REUTERS/Khalid al-Mousily
New York Times endorses Warren, Klobuchar for president 20 Jan 2020 - 03:56 pm
(FILES) In this file photo taken on December 19, 2019, Democratic presidential candidate Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) (R) and Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)) walk on the stage after the Democratic presidential primary debate at Loyola Marymount Universit
Ukraine insists Iran hand over downed jet's black boxes 20 Jan 2020 - 03:35 pm
Relatives and colleagues attend a tribute ceremony and react in front of the flag-draped coffins of the 11 Ukrainians who died in a plane mistakenly shot down by Iran during a spike in tensions with Washington, which arrived in Boryapil airport, outside K
Lebanese president, security chiefs meet after Beirut riots 20 Jan 2020 - 03:22 pm
Lebanese protesters take cover as riot police spray them with water from behind a barricaded road leading to parliament in central Beirut  amid ongoing anti-government demonstrations. Lebanese anti-riot police fired rubber bullets and water cannons at sto
Indian 'Rapunzel' remains a cut above with world's longest teen hair 20 Jan 2020 - 03:14 pm
Nilanshi Patel, 17, who has been awarded the 2019 Guinness World Record for the longest hair in the teenager category, 190 cm, poses for a picture at Modasa town, some 110 Kms from Ahmedabad on January 19, 2020. AFP / SAM PANTHAKY
Iran says it will quit global nuclear treaty if case goes to U.N. 20 Jan 2020 - 03:10 pm
An Iranian flag flutters in front of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) headquarters in Vienna, Austria September 9, 2019. (REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger)
Iraqi officials: At least 13 wounded in violence in Baghdad 20 Jan 2020 - 02:13 pm
 A view of clashes between Iraqi security forces (unseen) and anti-government protesters (foreground) as tuktuks (motorised rickshaws) are present on the scene to transport the injured, at Tayaran Square, east of Tahrir Square in the centre of the capital
BBC director-general Tony Hall to step down from role in summer 20 Jan 2020 - 02:11 pm
FILE PHOTO: BBC Director-General Tony Hall makes a statement after the publication of the Janet Smith Report in London, Britain February 25, 2016. REUTERS/Adrian Dennis/Pool/File Photo
Prince Harry seeks "more peaceful life" as reluctantly ends royal role 20 Jan 2020 - 01:21 pm
FILE PHOTO: Britain's Prince Harry attends a rugby event at the Buckingham Palace gardens in London, Britain January 16, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo
US envoy say it's his mustache; South Koreans say otherwise 20 Jan 2020 - 12:45 pm
US Ambassador to South Korea Harry Harris poses for a photo after a group interview at the ambassador's residence in Seoul on January 16, 2020. AFP / Sebastien Berger
South Africa misses deadline to bail out its national carrier 20 Jan 2020 - 12:37 pm
South African Airways (SAA) Airbus A320-200 aircraft is pictured after landing at Cape Town International Airport in Cape Town, South Africa December 9, 2019. REUTERS/Sumaya Hisham/
Quake causes damage, injuries in China's Xinjiang region 20 Jan 2020 - 12:31 pm
Rescuers search in the aftermath of an earthquake in Kashgar in China's northwestern Xinjiang region on January 20, 2020./ AFP / STR
Iran says Zarif skips Davos over programme change 20 Jan 2020 - 12:24 pm
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif looks on during a gathering at the All India Association of Industries (AIAI) in Mumbai on January 17, 2020. Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is on a three-day visit to India. / AFP / Punit PARANJPE
Gunman kills two Hawaii police officers, dies in house fire -local media 20 Jan 2020 - 10:40 am
Smoke billowing from a fire at Kapi'Olani park where an ongoing shooting incident occurred in Honolulu, Hawaii in this still image obtained from a January 19, 2020 social media video. Twitter @HelloHiMattHere via REUTERS
After fire, dust and hail play havoc on Australian summer 20 Jan 2020 - 09:14 am
A view of golfball-sized hail after a hail storm at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, January 20, 2020. AAP Image/Mick Tsikas/via REUTERS