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Belarus eyes closer integration with Russia, fueling protest 07 Dec 2019 - 04:03 pm
People carry a giant historical Belarusian white-red-white and anti-integration banners as they attend an opposition rally against a Belarusian-Russian integration project in Minsk, on December 7, 2019.   AFP / Sergei GAPON
United States and Iran swap prisoners in rare act of cooperation 07 Dec 2019 - 03:33 pm
FILE PHOTO: People attend a vigil for Xiyue Wang at Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey, U.S. September 15, 2017.
Pro-government protesters denounce Hong Kong 'rioters' 07 Dec 2019 - 03:24 pm
People attend a rally to support Yuli Riswati, an Indonesian domestic worker and journalist who was deported, in the district of Central in Hong Kong, China December 7, 2019. REUTERS/Laurel Chor
Thousands in Myanmar rally behind Suu Kyi ahead of Hague court date 07 Dec 2019 - 03:01 pm
FILE PHOTO: Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi arrives at Parliament buildings on the Stormont estate in Belfast, Northern Ireland October 24, 2013. REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton
Deadly blaze tears through Slovakia high-rise block 07 Dec 2019 - 02:55 pm
An apartment building, damaged by a gas explosion, is seen in Presov, Slovakia, December 7, 2019. Reuters/Stringer
Drone targets Al-Sadr's home in Iraq 07 Dec 2019 - 02:48 pm
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'Laugh at what's hurting you': Lebanon cartoonists stir debate 07 Dec 2019 - 02:20 pm
Lebanese cartoonist Mohamad Alameddine works at his studio in the capital Beirut on December 6, 2019. AFP / Joseph Eid
Belarus eyes closer integration with Russia, fueling protest 07 Dec 2019 - 02:08 pm
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko makes a speech during the joint press conference with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic (not seen) following their meeting in Belgrade, Serbia on December 03, 2019. Milos Miskov - Anadolu
Iran's Zarif says jailed Iranian and Chinese-American will be swapped soon 07 Dec 2019 - 01:55 pm
FILE PHOTO: Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif attends a news conference in Geneva, Switzerland, October 29, 2019. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
Turkmenistan Airlines flies to EU again after ban 07 Dec 2019 - 01:18 pm
FILE PHOTO: The terminal at the newly built Ashgabat International Airport, with a portrait of Turkmen President Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov in the background, at its official opening in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, September 17, 2016. REUTERS/Marat Gurt/File P
Russia braces for four-year Olympic ban over doping scandal 07 Dec 2019 - 12:40 pm
The Russian national flag (R) and the Olympic flag are seen during the closing ceremony for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, Russia, February 23, 2014. REUTERS/Jim Young/File Photo
Iraqi officials raise death toll to 25 protesters killed 07 Dec 2019 - 11:12 am
Iraqi demonstrators wave national flags as they take part in an anti-government demonstration in the capital Baghdad's Tahrir Square, on December 6, 2019. AFP / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE
Boeing hit with $3.9 Million fine for alleged safety lapses 07 Dec 2019 - 10:52 am
Boeing employees work on the tail of a Boeing 737 NG at the Boeing plant in Renton, Washington December 7, 2015. REUTERS/Matt Mills McKnight
US says drone shot down by Russian air defenses near Libyan capital 07 Dec 2019 - 10:15 am
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Giant fire near Sydney may burn for weeks as people struggle to breathe 07 Dec 2019 - 10:13 am
Fire trucks are seen during a bushfire in Werombi, 50 km southwest of Sydney, Australia, December 6, 2019. AAP Image/Mick Tsikas/via REUTERS
Mexico announces its biggest oil discovery in three decades 07 Dec 2019 - 09:45 am
Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (C) supervises the construction of the state-run oil company Pemex refinery at the Gulf coast port of Dos Bocas, in Paraiso, Tabasco state, Mexico December 6, 2019. Mexico's Presidency/Handout via REUTERS
Indian rape victim dies in hospital after being set ablaze 07 Dec 2019 - 09:39 am
A hospital vehicle carries the body of a rape victim to her residence in New Delhi, India, December 7, 2019. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
Bangladesh tears down brick kilns to fight toxic smog 07 Dec 2019 - 08:31 am
Firefighters extinguish the smoking bricks of an illegal brick factory being demolished following the decision of authorities from the Department Environment of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, on the outskirts of Dhaka on December