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India seeks access to private messages in WhatsApp crackdown 13 Feb 2019 - 08:15 am
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Pompeo warns Eastern Europe on Chinese and Russian meddling 13 Feb 2019 - 12:45 am
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (L) and Slovakia’s Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajcak give a press conference on February 12, 2019, in Bratislava, Slovakia, during Pompeo's week-long tour across Central Europe.  AFP / Joe Klamar
NATO planning for more Russian missiles: Stoltenberg 13 Feb 2019 - 12:45 am
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg holds a press conference ahead of a Defense Ministers meeting, in Brussels, Belgium on February 12, 2019. (Dursun Aydemir/Anadolu Agency)
Catalan separatists' rebellion trial starts in Madrid 13 Feb 2019 - 12:45 am
Former Catalan separatist leaders including (from front row R-L) Oriol Junqueras, Raul Romeva, Joaquim Forn, Jordi Sanchez, Jordi Turull, Josep Rull, Jordi Cuixart, Carme Forcadell, Dolors Bassa, Carles Mundo, Santi Vila and Meritxel Borras attend their t
Scientists in Hungary protest govt takeover of research 13 Feb 2019 - 12:45 am
People hold up books as they protest against the education and scientific research policy of the Hungarian government in front of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in Budapest on February 12, 2019. AFP / Attila Kisbenedek
Trudeau cabinet minister resigns amid controversy 12 Feb 2019 - 10:45 pm
Jody Wilson-Raybould poses for a photo with Justin Trudeau during cabinet shuffle, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, January 14, 2019. Reuters/Patrick Doyle
Brexit: May tells parliament she needs 'more time' 12 Feb 2019 - 10:45 pm
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Police search for tiny monkey stolen from Palm Beach Zoo 12 Feb 2019 - 10:45 pm
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Hawaii mountain gets share of 'extreme winter conditions' 12 Feb 2019 - 10:45 pm
The land is covered with snow in Polipoli Spring State Recreation Area on Maui, Hawaii, U.S., February 10, 2019 in this still image taken from a social media video obtained February 11, 2019. Evan Mazingo via Reuters
Brazil environment minister blasted for calling murdered Amazon defender 'irrelevant' 12 Feb 2019 - 08:45 pm
Chico Mendes and his wife, Ilsamar Mendes, at their home in Xapuri, Acre, Brazil. Photo courtesy: Miranda Smith/ Miranda Productions/CC BY-SA 3.0
Spanish PM set to announce snap election soon after budget vote 12 Feb 2019 - 08:45 pm
Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez delivers a statement on the political crisis in Venezuela at the Moncloa Palace in Madrid, Spain, February 4, 2019. Reuters/Sergio Perez
US ‘deal’ says no Palestine state on ‘67 border: Lavrov 12 Feb 2019 - 08:45 pm
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov contends that all Palestinian organizations have the right to be represented in the country’s state bodies.
Trump: Democratic lawmaker should resign over Israel lobby comments 12 Feb 2019 - 08:45 pm
Ilhan Omar speaks to a group of supporters in Minneapolis on November 6, 2018. AFP/Kerem Yucel
Arrest made in case of woman found dead in suitcase 12 Feb 2019 - 08:45 pm
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Russia moves to ban troops from using smartphones 12 Feb 2019 - 06:59 pm
Police officer stand guard as activists call for the deputies to recognise Russia as an aggressor state during a rally in front of the Ukrainian parliament in Kiev on January 16, 2018. AFP/Sergei Supinsky
May to ask MPs for more time on Brexit talks 12 Feb 2019 - 03:24 pm
A video grab from footage broadcast by the UK Parliament's Parliamentary Recording Unit (PRU) shows Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May making a statement on Brexit in the House of Commons in London on February 12, 2019. AFP PHOTO / PRU
George Clooney says Meghan being harassed just like Diana 12 Feb 2019 - 03:22 pm
FILE PHOTO: Britain's Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, arrive to attend the Endeavour Fund Awards in the Drapers' Hall in London, Britain February 7, 2019. Tolga Akmen/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Give us our 284 APEC summit cars back, PNG police plead 12 Feb 2019 - 02:34 pm
A fleet of Maserati cars are seen during the 2018 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, November 17, 2018. Picture taken November 17, 2018. AAP/Mick Tsikas/via REUTERS