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66,000 displaced in recent north Syria fighting: UN 05 Mar 2017 - 11:25 am
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Body of beheaded German hostage found: Philippines 05 Mar 2017 - 11:19 am
Philippine marines aboard an Amored Personnel Carrier and a truck guard a highway in Indanan town on the southern island of Mindanao on Feb 27, 2017, after reports of the beheading of German national Jurgen Kantner by the Abu Sayyaf group. (Photo: AFP/Nic
China rules out Taiwan, Hong Kong independence 05 Mar 2017 - 11:13 am
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang delivers his report during the opening session of the National People’s Congress, China’s legislature, in Beijing’s Great Hall of the People on March 5, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / WANG ZHAO.
US-backed Iraqi forces launch fresh push toward Mosul old city center 05 Mar 2017 - 11:04 am
An Iraqi family walks from Islamic State controlled part of Mosul towards Iraqi special forces soldiers during a battle in Mosul, Iraq, March 4, 2017. Picture taken March 4, 2017. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
Three killed during 15-hour firefight in Indian Kashmir 05 Mar 2017 - 10:35 am
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Syrian pilot whose plane crashed in Turkey found by rescue team-agency 05 Mar 2017 - 10:24 am
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In day of pro-Trump rallies, California march turns violent 05 Mar 2017 - 10:10 am
A demonstrator in support of U.S. President Donald Trump (L) scuffles with a counter-protester during a
Media struggles for balance in covering hostile Trump 05 Mar 2017 - 09:45 am
The motorcade of US President Donald Trump stops near supporters standing close to his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, on March 4, 2017. AFP / NICHOLAS KAMM
Pakistan's financial capital Karachi turned 'into rubbish bin' 05 Mar 2017 - 09:37 am
In this photograph taken on January 24, 2017, Pakistani youths search for their ball as they walk amongst dumped garbage at a residential area of Karachi. AFP / Rizwan Tabassum
Malaysia expels North Korea ambassador over Kim murder 05 Mar 2017 - 09:33 am
The North Korean flag is seen past a barbed-wire fenced wall of the North Korean embassy in Kuala Lumpur on March 5, 2017. AFP / Lillian Suwanrumpha
66,000 displaced in recent north Syria fighting: UN 05 Mar 2017 - 09:30 am
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Powerful aftershock hits quake-stricken Philippine city 05 Mar 2017 - 09:24 am
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Trump says Obama wiretapped him during campaign; gives no evidence 04 Mar 2017 - 07:06 pm
FILE PHOTO: Barack Obama meets with President-elect Donald Trump to discuss transition plans in the White House Oval Office in Washington November 10, 2016 (REUTERS / Kevin Lamarque)
UN report shows North Korea using Africa to slip sanctions 04 Mar 2017 - 06:26 pm
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visited Mangyongdae Revolutionary School and planted trees with its students on Thursday, the Tree-planting Day, in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang March 3, 2017.
Kim Jong-nam suspect accuses Malaysia of conspiracy 04 Mar 2017 - 05:40 pm
This combination of file handout pictures released by the Royal Malaysian Police in Kuala Lumpur on February 22, 2017 shows North Korean airline employee Kim Uk Il (L) and Hyon Kwang Song, second secretary at the North Korean embassy in Kuala Lumpur. Mala
Catalan legal body rules against regional government over referendum 04 Mar 2017 - 05:40 pm
 Francesc Homs, the spokesman for the Catalan separatist party PDeCAT in the Spanish national parliament (2nd L) and former President of the Catalan Government and leader of Partit Democrata Europeu Catala (Catalan European Democratic Party) PDECAT Artur
Malaysia says expels North Korea ambassador 04 Mar 2017 - 05:28 pm
A Malaysian policeman wipes his face as he holds the gate of the forensics wing of the Hospital Kuala Lumpur where the body of Kim Jong-Nam, the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, is being kept in the Malaysian capital on March 4, 2017. / AF
Northern Ireland talks to begin after transformative election 04 Mar 2017 - 05:21 pm
Arlene Foster (2L) stands with Party Chairman Maurice Morrow, Baron Morrow (3L), who lost his seat in the Northern Ireland Assembly elections, at the count centre in Omagh, Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland, on March 3, 2017. AFP / Paul Faith