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Two jailed Catalan separatist leaders start hunger strike 01 Dec 2018 - 03:45 pm
FILE PHOTO: Banners with the photos of jailed Catalan pro-independence leaders Jordi Sanchez and Jordi Cuixart are displayed at a protest rally in Barcelona, Spain March 28, 2018. REUTERS/Susana Vera
Ukraine stops 100 Russians from entering amid entry ban 01 Dec 2018 - 03:41 pm
A member of the Ukrainian State Border Guard Service accompanies women who were denied entry to the country at the Goptovka crossing point on the border between Russia and Ukraine in Kharkiv Region, Ukraine November 30, 2018. REUTERS/Vyacheslav Madiyevsky
May faces more Brexit woes after UK minister quits 01 Dec 2018 - 03:33 pm
A video grab from footage broadcast by the UK Parliament's Parliamentary Recording Unit (PRU) shows Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May answer questions about her Brexit agenda by British MP's at a Parliamentary liaison committee meeting on November 29,
231 civilians killed in Syria last month: NGO 01 Dec 2018 - 03:31 pm
FILE PHOTO: A boy carries his belongings at a site hit by what activists said was a barrel bomb dropped by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo's al-Fardous district, Syria April 2, 2015. REUTERS/Rami Zayat
Another UK govt minister quits over Brexit deal 01 Dec 2018 - 01:47 pm
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"Yellow vest" protesters clash with police in Paris, 24 arrested 01 Dec 2018 - 01:03 pm
Demonstrators stand in the smoke of police grenades during a protest of Yellow Vests (Gilets jaunes) against rising oil prices and living costs on the Champs Elysees in Paris, on December 1, 2018. AFP / Alain Jocard
China allows UBS to control local securities business 01 Dec 2018 - 11:17 am
File photo f the logo of Swiss bank UBS is seen at a branch office in Basel, Switzerland March 29, 2017. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/File Photo
Madagascar president concedes defeat in polls - statement 01 Dec 2018 - 10:20 am
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Caravan migrants in Mexico fill new border shelter after rains force exodus 01 Dec 2018 - 10:10 am
Migrants, part of a caravan of thousands from Central America trying to reach the United States, rest after moving to a new temporary shelter in Tijuana, Mexico, November 30, 2018. REUTERS/Hannah McKay
Grand jury: Dallas officer's shooting of neighbor was murder 01 Dec 2018 - 09:59 am
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Charlottesville victims recount life-altering injuries at trial 01 Dec 2018 - 09:51 am
In this file photo taken on August 12, 2017, the Dodge Charger allegedly driven by James Alex Fields Jr. passes near the Market Street Parking Garage moments after driving into a crowd of counter-protesters on Water Street in Charlottesville, Virginia. /
Measles cases soar in Brazil, Venezuela: UN agency 01 Dec 2018 - 09:46 am
(FILES) In this file photo taken on September 19, 2018 a medical worker injects a baby with a measles-rubella (MR) vaccine at a health station in Banda Aceh in Aceh province. AFP / CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN
Powerful quake rattles Anchorage, hitting roads, bridges hardest 01 Dec 2018 - 09:31 am
A stranded vehicle lies on a collapsed roadway near the airport after an earthquake in Anchorage, Alaska, U.S. November 30, 2018. REUTERS/Nathaniel Wilder
India checking report IL&FS employees held hostage by staff in Ethiopia 01 Dec 2018 - 09:11 am
File picture of the IL&FS office in India. Reuters
Former US president George H.W. Bush dead at 94 01 Dec 2018 - 08:08 am
File photo of former U.S. President George H.W. Bush salutes as he departs the East Front of the U.S. Capitol Building after Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th president of the United States in Washington January 20, 2009. REUTERS/Tannen Maury/Pool/Fil
Brazil's Bolsonaro names seventh military man to cabinet 01 Dec 2018 - 02:58 am
Brazil's President-elect Jair Bolsonaro waves as he attends the graduation of officers of the School of Aeronautical Specialists in Guaratingueta, Brazil November 30, 2018. Reuters/Paulo Whitaker
PUK to play role in Iraq's Kurdish Regional Government 01 Dec 2018 - 02:36 am
A participant gestures as she competes during the Arbil international bike marathon, in the northern Iraqi city of Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region, on November 30, 2018. AFP / Safin Hamed
China looking to boost agricultural exports to India, President Xi tells PM Modi 01 Dec 2018 - 02:10 am
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (L) is welcomed by Argentina's President Mauricio Macri at Costa Salguero in Buenos Aires during the G20 Leaders' Summit, on November 30, 2018.  AFP / Alexander Nemenov