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More bombs fall on Syria's eastern Ghouta ahead of UN vote 23 Feb 2018 - 12:44 pm
Smoke billows following Syrian government bombardments on Kafr Batna, in the besieged Eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of the capital Damascus on February 22, 2018. / AFP / AMER ALMOHIBANY
Global watchdog puts Pakistan back on terrorist financing watchlist - media 23 Feb 2018 - 12:12 pm
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Maldives warns India against interfering as ties fray 23 Feb 2018 - 11:43 am
New Delhi said it was
Modi hugs Trudeau amid Indo-Canada invitation embarrassment 23 Feb 2018 - 11:25 am
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (L) and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi shake hands before a meeting at Hyderabad house in New Delhi on February 23, 2018.  / AFP / MONEY SHARMA
British lecturers go on strike over pension changes 23 Feb 2018 - 10:32 am
A banner supporting lecturer strikes is displayed outside the University College of London, Britain February 22, 2018. Reuters/Peter Summers
PML nominees to run in Senate election independently 23 Feb 2018 - 10:22 am
Supporters of ousted Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif shout slogans against the Supreme Court verdict outside an accountability court where Sharif arrived to face corruption charges in Islamabad on February 22, 2018. AFP / Aamir Qureshi
Hillside crashes onto Indonesian farmers; 5 dead, 18 missing 23 Feb 2018 - 10:14 am
Residents walk along a street covered in mud after an avalanche of mud and rocks struck Pasirpanjang in Brebes district, Central Java, on February 22, 2018.  AFP
Hundreds of African migrants protest Israel detentions 23 Feb 2018 - 10:03 am
African migrants protest outside the Saharonim Prison, an Israeli detention facility for African asylum seekers near Holot, where at least nine others have been incarcerated as part of Israel's new policy of prison or deportation for migrants, in Israel's
Five-day assault on Syria enclave kills more than 400 23 Feb 2018 - 09:55 am
Syrian rescuers work at site of Syrian government bombardments in Douma, in the besieged Eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of the capital Damascus on February 22, 2018.  AFP / Hamza Al-Ajweh
Air strikes hammer Syria's Ghouta for fifth day, UN mulling ceasefire resolution 22 Feb 2018 - 09:20 pm
Syrians prepare to bury a body in Kafr Batna, in the besieged Eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of the capital Damascus on February 22, 2018. AFP / Amer Almohibany
US educators lash out at idea of arming teachers 22 Feb 2018 - 09:08 pm
Customers look over the last two AR-15 style rifles for sale inside the Bullet Hole gun shop in Sarasota, Florida (Reuters)
Gun free' schools are magnets for 'bad people': Trump 22 Feb 2018 - 04:18 pm
U.S. President Donald Trump departs after a listening session with Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting survivors and students at the White House in Washington, U.S., February 21, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
India seizes billionaire jeweller's Rolls-Royce, Porsche in bank fraud probe 22 Feb 2018 - 03:54 pm
The logo of Punjab National Bank is seen on the facade of its office in Mumbai, India, February 21, 2018. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui
Duterte bans reporter from presidential palace compound 22 Feb 2018 - 03:36 pm
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Drug overdose at private school hospitalizes Australian boys 22 Feb 2018 - 11:24 am
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UN envoy sees difficult talks on Syria ceasefire deal 22 Feb 2018 - 11:19 am
Staffan de Mistura, the United Nations' special envoy for the Syria crisis, attends a panel discussion during the Munich Security Conference on February 18, 2018, in Munich, southern Germany. AFP / Thomas Kienzle
Fresh rocket fire on Syria enclave kills 13: monitor 22 Feb 2018 - 11:17 am
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French police clear nuclear waste protest site in pre-dawn swoop 22 Feb 2018 - 11:07 am
This handout photo released by the French Gendarmerie Nationale shows an operation by French gendarmes to evacuate opponents of a nuclear waste burial site in the Lejuc woods in Bure early on February 22, 2018. AFP PHOTO / GENDARMERIE NATIONALE