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US Senate approves stopgap averting shutdown but denying Trump wall funds 20 Dec 2018 - 08:26 am
Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Senator Corry Booker (D-NJ) listen to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) speak on the passage of the First Step Act on December 19, 2018 in Washington, DC. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images/AFP
Tokyo court does not extend Ghosn's detention, may soon release him 20 Dec 2018 - 08:09 am
FILE PHOTO: Carlos Ghosn, chairman and CEO of the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance, attends a press conference on the second press day of the Paris auto show, in Paris, France, October 3, 2018. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau/File Photo
Fatal storm haunts Sydney-Hobart yacht race 20 years on 20 Dec 2018 - 08:00 am
In this file photo taken on December 27, 1998 the injured crew of demasted Australian yacht
Pentagon says it starts process of returning U.S. troops from Syria 19 Dec 2018 - 08:24 pm
FILE PHOTO: In this file photo taken on May 08, 2018 shows vehicles and structures of the US-backed coalition forces in the northern Syrian town of Manbij. AFP / Delil souleiman
US looks to speed up aid to North Korea 19 Dec 2018 - 08:01 pm
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Trump lashes out over foundation shutdown 19 Dec 2018 - 07:43 pm
FILE PHOTO: US President Donald Trump. AFP / Brendan Smialowski
Iraq, Jordan to open new border crossings next year 19 Dec 2018 - 07:01 pm
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Spiegel star reporter 'faked stories' for years 19 Dec 2018 - 06:16 pm
Claas Relotius won the CNN Journalist of the Year in 2014.
Trump says goal of defeating IS in Syria achieved 19 Dec 2018 - 05:53 pm
U.S. President Donald Trump leads a roundtable discussion on school safety and the new Federal Commission on School Safety report, with family members of shooting victims, state and local officials, in the Roosevelt Room on December 18, 2018 in Washington
Lebanon cabinet to be unveiled later this week: Sources 19 Dec 2018 - 05:33 pm
FILE PHOTO: A general view shows Beirut's Corniche, a seaside promenade(R) at sunset in Beirut, Lebanon May 3, 2016. REUTERS/Alia Haju
German cabinet approves immigration laws to ease worker shortage 19 Dec 2018 - 05:30 pm
:FILE PHOTO: German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump during the G20 leaders summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina December 1, 2018. REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez
Lebanon finance, foreign ministers to stay in new cabinet: senior official 19 Dec 2018 - 05:00 pm
Lebanon's Caretaker Finance Minister Ali Hassan Khalil speaks during a meeting in Beirut, Lebanon June 19, 2018. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir/File Photo
U.S. weighs complete withdrawal of troops from Syria - U.S. officials 19 Dec 2018 - 04:41 pm
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Indian journalist jailed after Modi Facebook post 19 Dec 2018 - 03:37 pm
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during a public rally in the village of Andawa on the outskirts of Allahabad in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh on December 16, 2018. (AFP / SANJAY KANOJIA)
U.K. Unveils Plan for Immigrants After Leaving EU: Brexit Update 19 Dec 2018 - 02:44 pm
Britain's Home Secretary Sajid Javid arrives to attend the weekly meeting of the Cabinet at 10 Downing Street in central London on December 18, 2018. AFP / Tolga AKMEN
Elon Musk bores tunnel to revolutionize city driving 19 Dec 2018 - 08:08 am
Elon Musk, co-founder and chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., speaks during an unveiling event for the Boring Company Hawthorne test tunnel in Hawthorne, south of Los Angeles, California on December 18, 2018. / AFP / POOL / Robyn Beck
Facebook takes down more Myanmar accounts over military links 19 Dec 2018 - 08:00 am
This picture taken on December 18, 2018 shows Myanmar youths browsing their Facebook page at an internet shop in Yangon. / AFP / Sai Aung MAIN
Juncker in full health, EU says, after "stumble" photo 18 Dec 2018 - 03:47 pm
EU Commission President Jean Claude Juncker waits for Ukraine Prime Minister prior their meeting at the EU headquarters in Brussels on December 17, 2018. / AFP / JOHN THYS