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Gunfire, explosions reported near upscale hotel complex in Kenya's capital, Nairobi 15 Jan 2019 - 04:17 pm
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Al-Qaeda's shadow still hangs over Syria's Idlib: analysts 15 Jan 2019 - 12:37 pm
In this file photo taken on August 14, 2018 Syrian fighters attend a mock battle in anticipation of an attack by the regime on Idlib province and the surrounding countryside, during a graduation of new Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) members at a camp in the c
Hundreds of flights axed as fresh strike hits German airports 15 Jan 2019 - 12:17 pm
Members of Germany's Verdi union hold a banner reading
Taliban suicide bomber kills 4, wounds over 100 in Kabul 15 Jan 2019 - 10:16 am
Afghan security forces gather at the site of a powerful truck bomb attack a day after it detonated near a foreign compound in Kabul on January 15, 2019. AFP / WAKIL KOHSAR
German airport security staff begin one-day strike 15 Jan 2019 - 10:09 am
Stranded passenger get information at a check-in desk of German airline Lufthansa during a strike of security personnel over higher wages at Germany's largest airport in Frankfurt, Germany, January 15, 2019. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
Tokyo court denies request for Nissan Ghosn's release on bail 15 Jan 2019 - 10:07 am
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Trump says solution to shutdown impasse 'so simple' 15 Jan 2019 - 09:56 am
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence speaks after a meeting with President Donald Trump and Congressional Democrats about the U.S. government partial shutdown and the president's demand for a border wall in the Situation Room at the White House in Washington, U
As shutdown bites, Trump foots bill for fast food feast 15 Jan 2019 - 09:46 am
US President Donald Trump speaks in front of fast food provided for the 2018 College Football Playoff National Champion Clemson Tigers due to the partial government shutdown in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., January 14, 2019
Australian state to pump oxygen into rivers as fish die 15 Jan 2019 - 09:39 am
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Decision time as British MPs vote on Brexit deal 15 Jan 2019 - 09:32 am
A video grab from footage broadcast by the UK Parliament's Parliamentary Recording Unit (PRU) shows Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond (R) gesturing as Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May makes a statement to the House of Commons in Lon
New migrant caravan sets out from Honduras for US 15 Jan 2019 - 09:01 am
Honduran migrants, part of the second caravan to the United States, leave San Pedro Sula, 180 km north of Tegucigalpa, on January 14, 2019. AFP / ORLANDO SIERRA
Iran says it's launched a satellite that didn't reach orbit 15 Jan 2019 - 08:41 am
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Death penalty for Canadian escalates China-Canada tensions 15 Jan 2019 - 08:25 am
A still image taken from CCTV video shows Canadian Robert Lloyd Schellenberg in court, where he was sentenced with a death penalty for drug smuggling, in Dalian, Liaoning province, China January 14, 2019. CCTV/Reuters TV via REUTERS
Trudeau reshuffles cabinet ahead of election 14 Jan 2019 - 09:19 pm
Newly appointed Veterans Affairs Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould, president of the Treasury Board Jane Philpott, Indigenous Services Minister Seamus O'Regan, Justice Minister David Lametti, and Rural Economic Development Minister Bernadette Jordan applaud a
China sentences Canadian to death, raises diplomatic tension 14 Jan 2019 - 09:19 pm
A view of the Intermediate People's Court of Dalian, where the trial for Robert Lloyd Schellenberg, a Canadian citizen on drug smuggling charges, will be held, in Liaoning province, China January 14, 2019. Reuters
Indian police charge student leader, 9 others, in sedition case 14 Jan 2019 - 09:19 pm
Kanhaiya Kumar speaks to the media at Hyderabad Central University on March 23, 2016. AFP Noah Seelam
Czech court jails man for train attacks staged to blame Muslims 14 Jan 2019 - 07:17 pm
A pedestrian walks past the statue of a giant rotating head of writer Franz Kafka by Czech artist David Cerny on July 26, 2016 in Prague. AFP/Michal Cizek
Far-left groups in Europe in the 70s and 80s 14 Jan 2019 - 07:17 pm
Italian former communist militant Cesare Battisti (C), wanted in Rome for four murders attributed to a far-left group in the 1970s, is escorted by Italian Police officers after stepping off a plane coming from Bolivia and chartered by Italian authorities,