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Wall Street Journal: White House asked for options to strike Iran 13 Jan 2019 - 08:33 pm
The Pentagon complied with the request, but it is not known whether the options for an Iran strike were also provided to the White House or if President Donald Trump knew about it.
Reluctant reformer Tsipras keen to make Balkans history with Macedonia deal 13 Jan 2019 - 08:33 pm
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras during the European Union summit to discuss the ongoing refugee in Brussels on March 17, 2016. AFP/ John Thys
Man who killed officer said he was hit by ultrasonic waves 13 Jan 2019 - 07:57 pm
REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE: A police car behind police tape blocking a street leading to the Jacksonville Landing area in downtown Jacksonville, Florida, August 26, 2018, where 2 killed and 11 others wounded. (AFP/ Gianrigo Marletta)
Iraq says it supports Syria's return to Arab League 13 Jan 2019 - 07:45 pm
FILE PHOTO : Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohamed Alhakim .
Pompeo hopes for imminent end to US govt shutdown 13 Jan 2019 - 07:23 pm
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo takes part in the swearing-in ceremony for the first female director Central Intelligence Agency Gina Haspel at Langley, May 21, 2018. Reuters / Kevin Lamarque
3 Killed and another lost due to snowstorms in Austria 13 Jan 2019 - 07:10 pm
Firefighters walk at the valley station of the Hochkar cable car at 1380 m altitude on January 13, 2019 in Hochkar.  / ALEX HALADA / AFP
UN experts urge Pakistan not to execute mentally ill prisoner 13 Jan 2019 - 06:49 pm
The execution of Khizar Hayat, sentenced to death in 2003 for killing a colleague, was suspended by Pakistan's Supreme Court on Saturday, his legal team said, just three days before the 55-year-old was due to be hanged. (Reuters file photo)
Iran says it is taking initial steps to design reactor fuel 13 Jan 2019 - 06:21 pm
Peninsula
Damascus seeks "intensified" talks with Kurds -official 13 Jan 2019 - 04:45 pm
A Syrian soldier flashes the victory gestures as he sits with comrades atop a tank being transported near the northern town of Manbij, on January 12, 2019.  AFP / George OURFALIAN
Protesters in Thailand rally anew against risk of election delay 13 Jan 2019 - 03:47 pm
Peninsula
Trump rejects report that he hid details of Putin meetings 13 Jan 2019 - 03:14 pm
US President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting on border security in the Cabinet Room of the White House January 11, 2019 in Washington, DC. / AFP / Brendan Smialowski
Paris gas blast toll rises to four after body found in rubble 13 Jan 2019 - 03:13 pm
A man lays flowers outside the Paris Fire station in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, in tribute to the two firefighters killed the day before in a powerful gas explosion which tore through a building in central Paris on January 13, 2019.  AFP / Thomas SA
Cesare Battisti, wanted for murder, a life on the run 13 Jan 2019 - 02:48 pm
FILE PHOTO: Italian former leftist guerrilla Cesare Battisti sits in a taxi next to his lawyer Igor Tamasauskas as they leave the headquarters of the Federal Police in Sao Paulo March 13, 2015. REUTERS/Nacho Doce/File photo
Greek defence minister quits over Macedonia name deal, coalition in doubt 13 Jan 2019 - 01:29 pm
Greek Defense Minister and coalition partner Panos Kammenos leaves the Maximos Mansion after a meeting with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in Athens on January 13, 2019. (AFP / ANGELOS )
Iran summons Polish diplomat to protest US summit 13 Jan 2019 - 12:26 pm
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif attends the geopolitical discussion event
Battisti: key dates in saga of Italian ex-militant 13 Jan 2019 - 12:12 pm
In this file photo taken on October 20, 2017 Italian ultra-leftist militant Cesare Battisti gestures during an interview with AFP in Cananeia, Sao Paulo state, Brazil. / AFP / Miguel SCHINCARIOL
Trump says he has 'no idea' if deal can be made with Pelosi 13 Jan 2019 - 11:20 am
US President Donald Trump listens during a meeting on border security in the Cabinet Room of the White House January 11, 2019 in Washington, DC. / AFP / Brendan Smialowski
Past projects show border wall building is complex, costly 12 Jan 2019 - 07:42 pm
Aerial view of the US-Mexico border fence at the Tijuana River seen from Tijuana, Baja California state, on January 11, 2019. / AFP / Guillermo Arias