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California wildfire close to becoming 3rd largest ever in state 16 Dec 2017 - 01:16 pm
Firefighters water down burning embers from an overnight fire in Fillmore, California on December 15, 2017, as the Thomas Fire flared up again, growing to 252,500 acres and becoming the fourth largest fire in California's history. / AFP.
US says did everything possible to help Italy cyber investigation 16 Dec 2017 - 01:05 pm
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France 'has no plan' to move embassy to Jerusalem 16 Dec 2017 - 01:01 pm
French foreign affairs minister Jean Yves Le Drian stands at the entrance of the castle of la Celle Saint cloud for a summit from the underfunded G5 Sahel anti-terror coalition on December 13, 2017. / AFP / ludovic MARIN.
China, UK vow to continue, strengthen economic, financial cooperation 16 Dec 2017 - 12:53 pm
Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond and Chinese Vice Premier Ma Kai attend the UK-China Economic Financial Dialogue at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, China December 16, 2017. REUTERS/Fred Dufour/Pool.
S.Africa's Zuma vows free higher education 16 Dec 2017 - 11:50 am
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Chile votes in what could be a close presidential run-off 16 Dec 2017 - 11:12 am
Chilean presidential candidate Sebastian Pinera (C), shown during his final campaign rally on December 14, 2017, won a lower-than-expected percentage of the vote in November's first round/ Pablo VERA, AFP.
Sonia Gandhi: Power behind Congress throne 16 Dec 2017 - 10:51 am
Newly elected President of the Indian National Congress party Rahul Gandhi (C) gestures next her mother and former party President Sonia Gandhi during a ceremony at congress headquarters in New Delhi on December 16, 2017. / AFP.
Peru Congress to debate impeachment of president 16 Dec 2017 - 10:44 am
Dismissal of Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski would require support from 87 of the total 130 members in the single-chamber Congress (AFP Photo/THEO CABIZ).
Russia to resume flights to Egypt in February 16 Dec 2017 - 10:24 am
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US may stop spouses of H-1B visa holders from working 16 Dec 2017 - 10:09 am
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Jordanians march through Amman for Jerusalem, Palestine 16 Dec 2017 - 09:51 am
People attend a protest against U.S. President Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital, in Amman, Jordan on December 15, 2017. ( Shadi Nsoor - Anadolu Agency ).
Canadian police probe 'suspicious' deaths of billionaire couple 16 Dec 2017 - 09:39 am
One of two bodies is removed from the home of billionaire founder of Canadian pharmaceutical firm Apotex Inc., Barry Sherman and his wife Honey, who were found dead under circumstances that police described as
S.Africa's troubled ANC meets to elect new leader 16 Dec 2017 - 09:39 am
President of South Africa and of the African National Congress, Jacob Zuma speaks during a presidential Gala dinner at the NASREC Expo Centre in Johannesburg on December 15, 2017, on the eve of South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) 54th Na
Senegalese renounce European odyssey for the fields 16 Dec 2017 - 09:31 am
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Detained asylum-seekers win right to sue PNG government for compensation 16 Dec 2017 - 09:27 am
A file photo of Asylum-seekers looking through a fence at the Manus Island detention centre in Papua New Guinea. Reuters
Toll rises to two dead after Indonesia quake 16 Dec 2017 - 09:21 am
A man cleans up the wreckage of a house damaged by an earthquake in Sumelap Village, Tasikmalaya City, West Java, Indonesia December 16, 2017 in this photo taken by Antara Foto. / Reuters.
India's Rahul Gandhi takes over as president of Congress party 16 Dec 2017 - 09:13 am
Indian Congress Party President-elect Rahul Gandhi arrives to pay homage during a remembrance ceremony for the 2001 attack on Parliament at Parliament House in New Delhi on December 13, 2017./ AFP.
Putin's ex-minister risks decade in jail over $2 mn 'bribe' 15 Dec 2017 - 12:06 pm
Russian former economy minister Alexei Ulyukayev, who was charged with accepting a bribe, waits for the start of a court hearing in the court building in Moscow, Russia, December 15, 2017. (REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva)