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Lebanon army says 16 held after night of unrest 27 Nov 2019 - 07:12 pm
Supporters of Lebanon's President Michel Aoun take part in a demonstration in Hazmiyeh, Lebanon November 26, 2019. REUTERS/Andres Martinez Casares
Hong Kong police to enter university as hunt for protesters turns up empty 27 Nov 2019 - 02:06 pm
A 'Statue of Democracy' is seen in a hallway of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in the Hung Hom district of Hong Kong on November 26, 2019, over a week after police surrounded the building while protesters were still barricaded inside. AFP / Anthony
Powerful quake rattles Greek island of Crete 27 Nov 2019 - 02:00 pm
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Large explosion rocks Texas chemical plant 27 Nov 2019 - 01:57 pm
An explosion and fire are pictured at a chemical plant in Port Neches, Texas, U.S., in this picture grab obtained from social media video, November 27, 2019. Casey Porter via REUTERS
At least 2 protesters shot dead in Baghdad: medics, security 27 Nov 2019 - 11:37 am
Iraqis walk past burning tyres at a roadblock in the central holy shrine city of Najaf on November 27, 2019, amid ongoing anti-government demonstrations.  AFP / Haidar HAMDANI
With tears and white roses, Vietnam receives first bodies found in British truck 27 Nov 2019 - 10:16 am
Ambulances carrying the bodies of John Hoang Van Tiep and John Nguyen Van Hung, victims who were found dead in the back of a British truck last month, are surrounded by relatives and villagers in front of a church at homeland in Nghe An province, Vietnam
Bangladesh sentences seven to death for 2016 cafe attack 27 Nov 2019 - 10:03 am
Police escort detainees (C) accused of allegedly plotting the Holey Artisan Bakery cafe attack, carried out by Islamist militants, to a courtroom for their trial in Dhaka on November 27, 2019. AFP / Munir UZ ZAMAN
Black boxes from crashed helicopters found in Mali: French army 27 Nov 2019 - 09:47 am
French soldiers stand on November 26 2019 at the entrance to the base of the 5th RHC (Fighter Helicopter Regiment) in Uzein, southwestern France, where were affected seven of the 13 soldiers killed in the helicopter crash in Mali. AFP / GAIZKA IROZ
4 dead, 8 missing in Southwest China tunnel collapse 27 Nov 2019 - 09:14 am
Peninsula
'Serious' rights violations during Chile protests: Human Rights Watch 27 Nov 2019 - 09:05 am
A demonstrator is sprayed by a water cannon during a protest against Chile's government in Santiago, Chile, November 26, 2019. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado
Namibians vote in tight contest clouded by economic crisis 27 Nov 2019 - 08:53 am
Namibia incumbent President and Namibia ruling party South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) presidential candidate Hage Geingob (C) goes through voting procedures on November 27, 2019 in Windhoek, Namibia. / AFP / GIANLUIGI GUERCIA
Taiwanese-Canadian model Godfrey Gao dies while filming in China 27 Nov 2019 - 08:41 am
(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 20, 2017 Canadian actor Godfrey Gao a.k.a. Godfrey Tsao poses on the
US teen's TikTok video on Xinjiang goes viral 27 Nov 2019 - 08:12 am
Peninsula
Mexico commits to ‘zero tolerance’ of violence against women amid rise in killings 26 Nov 2019 - 11:32 pm
A member caravan of migrants from Central America shows a scar on her abdomen left after an operation on a bullet wound  in Tijuana, Mexico, May 1, 2018. Reuters / Edgard Garrido
Concern over US climate action grows among Republican voters 26 Nov 2019 - 11:32 pm
A man drives a pickup covered in billboards through downtown in the first day of the Republican National Convention on July 18, 2016, in Cleveland, Ohio. AFP / Getty Images
Pope defends raid on financial unit despite criticism 26 Nov 2019 - 07:46 pm
Pope Francis speaks to reporters during a news conference onboard the papal plane on his flight back from a week-long trip to Thailand and Japan, on November 26, 2019. AFP / Remo Casilli
Probe of police shooting could revive scrutiny of Buttigieg 26 Nov 2019 - 07:46 pm
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Epstein guards say they are victims of broken US system 26 Nov 2019 - 07:45 pm
Michael Thomas and Tova Noel appear on charges they falsely certified to having conducted inmate counts during the final hours of Jeffrey Epstein at the Federal Court in New York, November 25, 2019 in this courtroom sketch. Reuters/Jane Rosenberg