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Boris Johnson to EU: I won't pay unless deal improved 09 Jun 2019 - 03:13 pm
Conservative MP Boris Johnson leaves a house in London on June 7, 2019.  AFP / Daniel LEAL-OLIVAS
UK foreign minister says EU willing to renegotiate Brexit deal 09 Jun 2019 - 02:50 pm
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Germany's SPD looks left for alternatives to Merkel coalition 09 Jun 2019 - 02:44 pm
FILE PHOTO: German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends the cabinet meeting in Berlin, Germany, June 6, 2019. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
Sudan's protesters launch general strike after crackdown 09 Jun 2019 - 02:21 pm
Sudanese soldiers stand guard a street in Khartoum on June 9, 2019. Sudanese police fired tear gas Sunday at protesters taking part in the first day of a civil disobedience campaign, called in the wake of a deadly crackdown on demonstrators. AFP
Iran considers request for release of Lebanese prisoner 09 Jun 2019 - 02:02 pm
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Oman to impose new excise tax this month to boost revenues 09 Jun 2019 - 10:26 am
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Sri Lanka MPs clash with president over Easter attacks probe 09 Jun 2019 - 09:41 am
Sri Lanka's President Maithripala Sirisena arrives at a commissioning handover ceremony of the P 626 ship by the US at the main port in Colombo, Sri Lanka June 6, 2019. Reuters/Dinuka Liyanawatte
G20 finance chiefs to say trade row has 'intensified' but delete call for resolution 09 Jun 2019 - 09:34 am
Japan's Finance Minister Taro Aso poses next to IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde and Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda for a family photo during the G20 finance ministers and central bank governors meeting, in Fukuoka, Japan, June 8, 2019. Fra
Iran urges Europe to normalise economic ties with it or face consequences 09 Jun 2019 - 09:19 am
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Thousands begin gathering in Hong Kong for huge rally against extradition laws 09 Jun 2019 - 09:14 am
Protesters attend a rally against a controversial extradition law proposal in Hong Kong on June 9, 2019. AFP / DALE DE LA REY
Kazakhs hold vote for first new leader in decades 09 Jun 2019 - 09:10 am
Officers, who are members of a local election committee, open a ballot box after polls closed due to all servicemen having voted, at the unit of Kazakhstan's Republican Guards during presidential election in Almaty, Kazakhstan, June 9, 2019. REUTERS/Pavel
4 dead in shootout between rival Indian political parties 09 Jun 2019 - 08:29 am
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Sudan protest group calls nationwide 'civil disobedience' 08 Jun 2019 - 07:44 pm
Sudanese protesters burn tyres and set up barricades on roads to army headquarters after the intervention of Sudanese army, during a demonstration in Khartoum, Sudan on June 3, 2019. Mahmoud Hjaj - Anadolu
Angelina Jolie urges international support for Venezuelan children 08 Jun 2019 - 06:59 pm
Special envoy for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Angelina Jolie speaks to people in Riohacha, Colombia June 7, 2019. Courtesy of UNHCR/Andrew McConnell
India spends big on Maldives security 08 Jun 2019 - 06:01 pm
FILE PHOTO: India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks to the media after his meeting with President Ram Nath Kovind, to stake claim to form the new government at the Presidential Palace in New Delhi, India May 25, 2019. REUTERS/File Photo
Star footballer turned rebel icon dies in Syria fighting 08 Jun 2019 - 05:47 pm
The late Syrian rebel fighter Abdel-Basset al-Sarout (L) singing during a rally to commemorate the beginning of the Syrian revoltion, in the town of Maaret al-Numan in the jihadist-held Idlib province. AFP / OMAR HAJ KADOUR
India reports problems in retrieving climbers' bodies 08 Jun 2019 - 05:29 pm
Martin Moran was climbing Nanda Devi, India's second highest mountain.
New sanctions show Trump's call for talks is empty: Iran 08 Jun 2019 - 04:56 pm
FILE PHOTO: US President Donald Trump speaks before boarding Air Force One at Shannon Airport in Shannon, Ireland, and fly to Normandy, France, to attend the 75th D-Day Anniversary.  AFP / MANDEL NGAN