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The first female director of CIA is career spymaster 13 Mar 2018 - 05:02 pm
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Mike Pompeo: Politically canny CIA chief named Trump's top diplomat 13 Mar 2018 - 04:51 pm
FILE PHOTO: CIA Director Mike Pompeo laughs during the FDD National Security Summit in Washington, DC, U.S., October 19, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/File Photo
Trump says top diplomat Tillerson out, names Pompeo successor 13 Mar 2018 - 03:57 pm
This combination of pictures created on March 13, 2018 shows Rex Tillerson (L) on February 15, 2018 and Mike Pompeo, on January 12, 2017.  AFP / Joseph Eid & Jim Watson
'Destroyed' Venezuela needs $15 bln per year: presidential hopeful's aide 13 Mar 2018 - 01:55 pm
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro (C) speaks during an event regarding the CLAP (Local Committees of Supply and Production) program, a Venezuelan government handout of basic food supplies, in Caracas, Venezuela March 12, 2018. Miraflores Palace
Hillary Clinton: US did not 'deserve' Trump presidency 13 Mar 2018 - 01:46 pm
Former US politician Hillary Clinton gestures outside the remains of the Hindola Mahal monument, part of an abandoned royal palace complex, while on a personal trip to the ancient city of Mandu in India's Madhya Pradesh state on March 12, 2018. / AFP
China rejects Canadian accusation of steel dumping 13 Mar 2018 - 01:39 pm
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau receives the 2018 Catalyst for Change Award and delivers remarks at the Equal Voice International Women's Day Lunch in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, March 8, 2018. REUTERS/Chris Donovan
Helicopter crashes in NYC's East River, 5 passengers dead 12 Mar 2018 - 04:24 pm
New York Fire Department boat conducts a search and rescue operation after a helicopter crashed into New York City's East River on Sunday evening that left five people dead, in New York, United States on March 12, 2018. Michael Potash - Anadolu
Cash for killing your wife ends as Brazil shuts down loophole 12 Mar 2018 - 02:56 pm
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NYPD confirms 5 passengers in NYC helicopter crash are dead 12 Mar 2018 - 09:04 am
NYPD officers remove the bodies from the scene of a helicopter crash in the East River on March 11, 2018 in New York City. Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images/AFP
Congressional race on Trump turf is national barometer 12 Mar 2018 - 08:37 am
UMWA President Cecil Roberts (L) and Conor Lamb, Democratic Congressional candidate for Pennsylvania's 18th district, gesture at a campaign rally with United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) at the Greene County Fairgrounds, March 11, 2018 in Waynesburg, Pe
Trump backs off push for raising assault rifle purchase age 12 Mar 2018 - 07:50 am
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump responds to a reporter's question as he departs the White House, Washington, DC, U.S., for a day trip to suburban Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for a Make America Great Again rally supporting Republican candidate Rick S
Cuba holds one-party vote as post-Castro era looms 11 Mar 2018 - 08:29 am
(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 26, 2017 a schoolboy remains standing at a polling station at Nautico neighbourhood in Havana during municipal elections. AFP / YAMIL LAGE
Canada provincial party elects new leader months before polls 11 Mar 2018 - 07:56 am
Progressive Conservatives leadership race candidate winner Doug Ford speaks with his wife Karla in Markham, Ontario, Canada, March 10, 2018. REUTERS/Fred Thornhill
3 workers killed at California veterans center, gunman dead 10 Mar 2018 - 09:19 am
The Veterans Home of California is seen during an active shooter turned hostage situation on March 9, 2018 in Yountville, California.  Stephen Lam/Getty Images/AFP
Love thy neighbor: US sanctuary churches protect Trump-era migrants 10 Mar 2018 - 08:18 am
Business owner Oscar Canales holds his son, George, as he speaks during an interview at the Congregational United Church of Christ where he is living in sanctuary on February 12, 2018, in Greensboro, North Carolina. 
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Sick Venezuelans flee to Colombia in mounting refugee crisis 08 Mar 2018 - 06:52 pm
Federico Urquiola (2nd R), 27, a worker in a construction business who is traveling by bus from Caracas to Peru, exchanges money in Cucuta, Colombia, November 8, 2017. Federico said he struggled to get contracts for his construction business and was often
Brazilian shelters overwhelmed by influx of desperate Venezuelans 08 Mar 2018 - 06:43 pm
A Venezuelan immigrant (C) helps Brazilian neighborhoods to prepare meals for the Venezuelan refugees living at Simon Bolivar Square, in Boa Vista, Roraima, Brazil, on February 25, 2018.  AFP / Mauro Pimentel
Snow storm pounds U.S. Northeast, closing schools, snarling commutes 08 Mar 2018 - 01:33 pm
Coastal areas in New England are bracing for the high tide that is scheduled to be at it's highest as waves crash into homes in Scituate, Massachusetts on March 2, 2018.  AFP / RYAN MCBRIDE