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In Venezuela, special police force wreaks havoc in slums 11 Nov 2019 - 09:09 pm
Venezuelan Ruth Perez, 35, shows a picture of her late brother Jesse in Caracas on Ocober 11, 2019. AFP
As wildfires worsen, Californians harness tech for help 11 Nov 2019 - 09:09 pm
A Buddha statue is seen at a burned home in Spring Valley near Clearlake Oaks, northern California on August 7, 2018. AFP / Josh Edelson
French woman told not French enough for Quebec residency 11 Nov 2019 - 08:01 pm
A family enjoys a campfire at the Huttopia Sutton glamping ground in Quebec, Canada, on August 14, 2019. AFP / Sebastien St-Jean
Russian goat who made unlikely friends with tiger dies 11 Nov 2019 - 08:01 pm
In this photo taken on November 30, 2015 and obtained from the Primorye Safari-Park official website, Amur, a tiger, resting close to a goat named Timur in an enclosure at the Primorye Safari Park. AFP
UK's Farage withdraws Brexit threat to PM Johnson 11 Nov 2019 - 05:08 pm
Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage (R) and Hartlepool parliamentary candidate and Brexit Party Chairman, Richard Tice visit the Headland War memorial in Hartlepool, northeast England on November 11, 2019 during a general election campaign visit. AFP / Paul
Israeli gunfire kills a West Bank Palestinian 11 Nov 2019 - 05:06 pm
People wheel the dead body of Palestinian man Omar al-Badawi at a hospital in Hebron, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank November 11, 2019. Reuters/Mussa Qawasma
3 blasts hit north Syria town inflicting casualties 11 Nov 2019 - 05:06 pm
Syrian soldiers ride in the back of a truck past people sitting in a field with harvested aubergines, as government forces deploy for the first time in the eastern countryside of the city of Qamishli in the northeastern Hasakah province on November 5, 201
Spain criticises role of security forces in Morales's resignation 11 Nov 2019 - 05:06 pm
A man walks along a street after protests in La Paz on November 11, 2019.  AFP / Ronaldo Schemidt
Russia 'alarmed' over situation in Bolivia 11 Nov 2019 - 05:06 pm
A man looks at the remains of buses burned during a protest after Bolivia's President Evo Morales announced on Sunday that he was resigning, in La Paz, Bolivia November 11, 2019. Reuters / Carlos Garcia Rawlins
Macron marks Armistice Day, 101 years after end of WWI 11 Nov 2019 - 05:06 pm
French President Emmanuel Macron waves as he leaves a ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe as part of commemorations marking the 101st anniversary of the 11 November 1918 armistice, ending World War I, in Paris, France November 11, 2019. Ludovic Marin/Pool via
Johannesburg seeks to avert 'ecological disaster' from beetle-infested trees 11 Nov 2019 - 05:06 pm
Some of the millions of trees making up Johannesburg's man-made forest are pictured on October 22, 2018. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Kim Harrisberg
Myanmar faces genocide lawsuit at top UN court 11 Nov 2019 - 05:06 pm
Ethnic Rakhine men attend a police training course as a civilian force will be deployed in the north of the Rakhine state in Sittwe, Myanmar, November 15, 2016. Reuters / Soe Zeya Tun
After push from Perry, backers got huge gas deal in Ukraine 11 Nov 2019 - 05:06 pm
US Energy Secretary Rick Perry attends a joint news conference with Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto in Budapest, Hungary, November 13, 2018. Reuters / Bernadett Szabo
Jordan's king tours enclave along Israel border after end of lease deal 11 Nov 2019 - 05:03 pm
A view from the Israeli side of the border shows Jordanian soldiers praying in front of a national flag during a ceremony at the Jordan Valley site of Naharayim, also known as Baqura, east of the Jordan River on November 11, 2019.  AFP / Menahem Kahana
Zimbabwe prepares massive elephant rescue as drought worsens 11 Nov 2019 - 05:03 pm
A marabou stork stands on an elephant carcass at a watering hole inside Hwange National Park, in Zimbabwe, October 23, 2019. Reuters/Philimon Bulawayo
Bernie Sanders vows to strengthen services for US veterans if elected president 11 Nov 2019 - 05:03 pm
Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez field questions from audience members at the Climate Crisis Summit at Drake University on November 9, 2019 in Des Moines, Iowa. Stephen Maturen/Getty Images/AFP
China's Xi on investment drive in EU member Greece 11 Nov 2019 - 05:03 pm
Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis shake hands after their meeting at the Maximos Mansion in Athens, Greece November 11, 2019. Aris Messinis/Pool via Reuters
Syria puppeteer offers Idlib children breathing space 11 Nov 2019 - 04:06 pm
Syrian puppeteer Walid Abu Rashed performs a puppet act for children amid the rubble of damaged buildings in Syria's northwestern city of Saraqib in the Idlib province on September 29, 2019. AFP / Zein Al Rifai