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Iran says US troops in Syria "illogical, source of tension": Report 22 Dec 2018 - 01:05 pm
US Marine Corps tactical vehicles are seen driving along a road near the town of Tal Baydar in the countryside of Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province on December 21, 2018.  AFP / Delil SOULEIMAN
23 dead in Nepal student bus crash 22 Dec 2018 - 12:33 pm
Injured Nepali passengers receive treatment at a hospital in Dang District, some 540 kilometres southwest of Kathmandu, on December 22, 2018, following a bus accident that left 23 people dead.  / AFP /
Driver killed in accident at French 'yellow vest' protest 22 Dec 2018 - 12:26 pm
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Two explosions hit Somali capital city centre - police, Reuters witness 22 Dec 2018 - 11:03 am
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Pakistan plans to relax visa policy in bid to revive tourism 22 Dec 2018 - 10:35 am
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Iran executes trader dubbed 'Sultan of Bitumen' 22 Dec 2018 - 09:54 am
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Versailles closes ahead of 'yellow vest' protest as numbers fall 22 Dec 2018 - 09:26 am
Yellow vest (Gilet jaune) protestors gather and block the A9 highway toll of Le Boulou, southern France on December 21, 2018, during a demonstration against rising oil prices and living costs. / AFP / Raymond ROIG
US govt partially shuts as Congress, Trump fail to reach deal 22 Dec 2018 - 09:10 am
The US Capitol is seen ahead of a possible government shutdown, in Washington, DC, December 21, 2018.  / AFP / SAUL LOEB
Nepal bus crashes in mountainous area, 21 killed and 15 hurt 21 Dec 2018 - 09:55 pm
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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has lung surgery to remove cancerous growths 21 Dec 2018 - 09:55 pm
US Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is seen during a group portrait session for the new full court at the Supreme Court in Washington, November 30, 2018. Reuters/Jim Young
Jim Mattis: the 'Mad Dog' with a big library 21 Dec 2018 - 07:38 pm
Brigadier General James Mattis carries his packs into the Kandahar International Airport, where he was to set up operations after arriving December 14, 2001. Reuters/Dave Martin
Mattis’s exit takes leash off Trump’s ‘America First’ doctrine 21 Dec 2018 - 06:53 pm
FILE PHOTO: General James Mattis testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 27, 2010. Reuters/Yuri Gripas
Mattis exit stirs world of worries from Brussels to Beijing 21 Dec 2018 - 06:53 pm
Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe and US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis review an honor guard at the Bayi Building in Beijing, June 27, 2018/ Mark Schiefelbein/via Reuters
As advisers leave, Trump's guardrails come off 21 Dec 2018 - 06:53 pm
Rex Tillerson in 2017 on Capitol Hill (Alex Wong/Getty Images/AFP
No Christmas miracle expected as US govt shutdown looms 21 Dec 2018 - 06:53 pm
In this file photo taken on December 17, 2018, the US Capitol is seen in Washington, DC. AFP/Saul Loeb
Trump call with Turkish leader led to US pullout from Syria 21 Dec 2018 - 06:53 pm
Donald Trump and Recep Tayyip Erdogan. (AFP / Brendan Smialowski & Gianluigi Guercia)
NATO stresses Afghan commitment despite US withdrawal 21 Dec 2018 - 06:53 pm
US army soldiers walk as a NATO helicopter flies overhead at coalition force Forward Operating Base (FOB) Connelly in the Khogyani district in the eastern province of Nangarhar, Afghanistan on August 12, 2015,  AFP / Wakil Kohsar
Exit of trusted Mattis sparks concern among US allies 21 Dec 2018 - 06:53 pm
James Mattis welcomes British State Secretary for Defense Gavin Williamson to the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, February 1, 2018. Reuters/Yuri Gripas