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Pope acknowledges priests, bishops have abused nuns 05 Feb 2019 - 08:49 pm
Pope Francis
Washington warns new migrant 'caravan' against crossing border 05 Feb 2019 - 06:46 pm
A police officer takes pictures of migrants as they arrive in the back of a truck to a provisional shelter during their journey towards the United States, in Saltillo, Mexico February 3, 2019. Reuters/Daniel Becerril
Man arrested over threats made against UK Labour lawmaker 05 Feb 2019 - 06:27 pm
A 59-year-old was detained in prominent pro-European Labour opposition politician Yvette Cooper's constituency in northern England on Friday over the alleged threats, police said.
Egypt debates motion to extend presidential term limits 05 Feb 2019 - 06:27 pm
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (2nd-L, centre) giving a speech during his swearing in ceremony for a second four-year term in office, at the parliament meeting hall in the capital Cairo on June 2, 2018.  AFP / Egyptian Presidency
Afghan official: Taliban hit army base, kill 26 troops 05 Feb 2019 - 05:10 pm
In this photo taken on February 2, 2019, an Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier fire a D30 122mm Howitzer gun as members of the NATO military forces (unseen) look on during a training session of ANA soldiers at Arena base in the Guzara district of Herat pr
Paris building fire claims 10 lives; arson suspected 05 Feb 2019 - 03:16 pm
Firefighters are at work near a building that caught fire in the 16th arrondissement in Paris, on February 5, 2019. AFP / STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN
Colorado jogger fends off, kills mountain lion on rural trail 05 Feb 2019 - 12:28 pm
File photo of a mountain lion makes its way through fresh snow in the foothills outside of Golden, Colorado April 3, 2014. REUTERS/Rick Wilking/File Photo
Two bodies found after floods in Australia's Queensland 05 Feb 2019 - 11:17 am
An aerial view shows flood waters in the suburb of Hyde Park, Townsville, North Queensland, Australia, February 4, 2019. AAP Image/Dave Acree/via REUTERS
Germany's Merkel says 'still time' to find Brexit solution 05 Feb 2019 - 10:55 am
German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivers a speech at the German-Japanese Dialogue Forum in Tokyo, Japan February 5, 2019. REUTERS/Issei Kato
Third of Himalayan glaciers can no longer be saved: study 05 Feb 2019 - 09:32 am
(FILES) This aerial file photo taken on November 22, 2018 shows a glacier in the Everest region of Nepal, in the Solukhumbu district some 140km northeast of Kathmandu. AFP / Prakash MATHEMA
Japan finance minister Aso sorry for criticizing childless 05 Feb 2019 - 08:34 am
Peninsula
Fresh flood warning issued in Australia as PM visits 05 Feb 2019 - 07:54 am
This handout from the Queensland Fire and Emergency Services (QFES) taken and received on February 4, 2019, shows flooding in Townsville. AFP PHOTO / QUEENSLAND FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES
Merkel says more security needed on Chinese firms 05 Feb 2019 - 07:43 am
Students raise their hands to ask a question to German Chancellor Angela Merkel during her talk with students at Keio University in Tokyo, Japan, February 5, 2019. REUTERS/Issei Kato
US president invites bullied boy named Trump to annual speech 05 Feb 2019 - 07:37 am
The U.S. Capitol is seen at sunrise in Washington, U.S., February 4, 2019. REUTERS/Jim Young
Seven dead in Paris building blaze: fire service 05 Feb 2019 - 07:33 am
Firefighters are seen near a building that caught fire in the 16th arrondissement in Paris, on February 5, 2019. AFP / Geoffroy VAN DER HASSELT
Candidate of Palestine origin wins Salvador presidency 04 Feb 2019 - 09:14 pm
Nayib Bukele (2-R) of the Great National Alliance, his wife Gabriela Rodriguez (R) and Vice President Felix Ulloa (2-L) after winning presidential elections in Plaza Morazan, San Salvador on February 3, 2019. (Alfredo Zuniga/Anadolu Agency )
First wave of new Ethiopian immigrants arrives in Israel 04 Feb 2019 - 09:14 pm
FILE PHOTO: Israeli protesters, Jews of Ethiopian origin, participate in a protest on what they say was police violence against their community in Jerusalem April 30, 2015. Reuters/Ronen Zvulun
The rise and fall of 'El Chapo,' Mexico's most wanted kingpin 04 Feb 2019 - 08:50 pm
Recaptured drug lord Joaquin