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Earthquake hits Northeastern Iran 02 Jan 2020 - 09:55 am
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Taiwan's top military official missing after helicopter makes emergency landing 02 Jan 2020 - 09:33 am
A rescue team searches for missing military officers, after a Black Hawk helicopter made a forced landing at a mountainous area near Taipei, Taiwan January 2, 2020. Yilan County Fire Bureau/Handout via REUTERS
Flood death toll rises to 21 in Indonesian capital 02 Jan 2020 - 08:51 am
A fleet of flooded taxis are seen at the operator's submerged parking lot following overnight rain in Jakarta on January 1, 2020. Nine people died after Indonesia's capital was hit by its deadliest flooding in years, authorities said January 1, as torrent
Battery factory collapses in fire in New Delhi, injuring 14 02 Jan 2020 - 08:40 am
Smoke rises over the debris of a building that collapsed, as rescue workers (L) gather nearby, in New Delhi on January 2, 2020. / AFP / Atish PATEL
Massive Hong Kong pro-democracy rally ends in police clashes 01 Jan 2020 - 08:59 pm
A plain-cloth police officer holds a weapon to disperse anti-government protesters during a demonstration on New Year's Day to call for better governance and democratic reforms in Hong Kong, China, January 1, 2020. Reuters/Tyrone Siu
Australia sending aid to wildfire towns as death toll rises 01 Jan 2020 - 08:59 pm
This picture taken on December 31, 2019 shows a firefighter hosing down trees and flying embers in an effort to secure nearby houses from bushfires near the town of Nowra in the Australian state of New South Wales. AFP / Saeed Khan
Pro-Iran protesters leave US embassy in Baghdad 01 Jan 2020 - 08:39 pm
An Apache military helicopter flies over the US embassy as supporters of Iraq's Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitary force protest to condemn the US air strikes that killed Hashed fighters over the weekend, in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on January 1, 2020. AFP /
Pompeo postpones Ukraine trip after attack on US embassy in Iraq 01 Jan 2020 - 08:38 pm
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Dozens of monkeys die in German zoo fire 01 Jan 2020 - 08:33 pm
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Mexico president says El Chapo had same power as president 01 Jan 2020 - 08:33 pm
Recaptured drug lord Joaquin El Chapo Guzman is escorted by soldiers at the hangar belonging to the office of the Attorney General in Mexico City, January 8, 2016. Reuters / Henry Romero
Kim promises ‘shocking’ action and says he has new weapon 01 Jan 2020 - 07:07 pm
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attending a session of the 5th Plenary Meeting of the 7th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea in Pyongyang in a picture taken sometime between December 28-31, 2019 and released by KCNA on January 1, 2020
Hamas allows rival Fatah to mark anniversary in Gaza rally 01 Jan 2020 - 07:07 pm
A Palestinian woman gestures as others hold pictures of president Mahmoud Abbas and late leader Yasser Arafat during a rally marking the 55th anniversary of Fatah's founding, in Gaza City, January 1, 2020. Reuters/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
Displaced Syrians start new year in abandoned prison 01 Jan 2020 - 07:07 pm
Syrian children displaced from Maaret Al-Numan play in the yard of a former jail turned into a makeshift refugee shelter in the northwestern city of Idlib on December 31, 2019, during activities organised by a local aid association. AFP / Omar Haj Kadour
Iraqi militias start withdrawing from US embassy 01 Jan 2020 - 06:03 pm
Iraqi security forces and protesters stand outside the U.S. embassy in Baghdad, Iraq January 1, 2020. DoD/Lt. Col. Adrian Weale/Handout via Reuters
More than 20 dead, many displaced after violence in Sudan's West Darfur 01 Jan 2020 - 06:03 pm
File photo: Sudanese men ride camels as they gather to attend a speech by then Sudanese president during his visit to El Daein in Eastern Darfur on April 5, 2016. AFP / Ashraf Shazly
Japan to seek talks with Lebanon over fugitive Ghosn 01 Jan 2020 - 06:03 pm
Former Nissan Motor Chariman Carlos Ghosn leaves the Tokyo Detention House in Tokyo, Japan April 25, 2019. Reuters/Issei Kato
Surveillance in a leafy enclave, Ghosn's Tokyo life was under strict monitoring 01 Jan 2020 - 06:03 pm
A Lebanese internal security forces vehicle parked outside a house identified by court documents as belonging to former Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn in a wealthy neighbourhood of the Lebanese capital Beirut on December 31, 2019. AFP / Anwar Amro
Japan media blasts 'cowardly' Ghosn after escape 01 Jan 2020 - 06:03 pm
Members of the media surround Japanese lawyer for former auto tycoon Carlos Ghosn, Junichiro Hironaka (centre R), as he walks to his office in Tokyo on December 31, 2019. AFP / Kazuhiro Nogi
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