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Zimbabwe president to return home after deadly turmoil 20 Jan 2019 - 09:10 pm
People queue to draw cash outside a bank in Harare, Zimbabwe, January 19, 2019. Reuters/Philimon Bulawayo
Bitter cold sets in as winter storm wreaks havoc on travel 20 Jan 2019 - 09:10 pm
Ice and snow cover Interstate 93 through the city during Winter Storm Harper in Boston, Massachusetts on January 20, 2019. AFP / Joseph Prezioso
After 2016 ruling, battles over juvenile lifer cases persist 20 Jan 2019 - 08:53 pm
Representational image  (AFP/Gianrigo Marletta)
Congo political crisis deepens as top court rejects vote challenge 20 Jan 2019 - 08:45 pm
Supporters of Felix Tshisekedi celebrate along the streets after the judges of the Constitutional Court confirmed Tshisekedi's victory in the presidential election in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo January 20, 2019. Reuters/Olivia Acland
Greek protesters angry over Macedonia deal clash with police 20 Jan 2019 - 08:45 pm
A priest reacts next to police officers during a demonstration against the agreement reached by Greece and Macedonia to resolve a dispute over the former Yugoslav republic's name, in Athens, Greece, January 20, 2019. Reuters/Alkis Konstantinidis
Zimbabwe crackdown a taste of things to come, president's spokesman warns 20 Jan 2019 - 07:26 pm
People queue for gas in Harare, Zimbabwe, January 20, 2019. Reuters/Philimon Bulawayo
Major winter storm in the US wreaks havoc on travel 20 Jan 2019 - 06:35 pm
Waves crash over homes on Lighthouse Road during a winter storm that brought snow, sleet and rain to the area on January 20, 2019 in Scituate, Massachusetts. Icy conditions are predicted for much of Massachusetts. (Scott Eisen/Getty Images/AFP)
Magnitude 6.7 quake strikes Chile, kills two: Report 20 Jan 2019 - 05:29 pm
People outside their houses are seen along a street after an earthquake in Coquimbo, Chile January 19, 2019. Picture taken January 19, 2019. REUTERS/Alejandro Pizarro
Attack on UN base in Mali kills 8 peacekeepers: UN source 20 Jan 2019 - 04:50 pm
This is not the first time that peacekeepers from MINUSMA (United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali) have been targetted (AFP Photo/SEYLLOU)
Minister says UK faces 'political tsunami' if Brexit halted 20 Jan 2019 - 03:32 pm
An anti-Brexit protester is seen outside the Houses of Parliament in London, Britain January 17, 2019. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne/File Photo
Iranian women protest US arrest of state TV journalist 20 Jan 2019 - 03:12 pm
Iranians hold banners bearing messages that call for the release of US-born journalist Marzieh Hashemi, in front of the Swiss embassy in the capital Tehran on January 20, 2019. (AFP / ATTA KENARE)
Lebanon's Aoun urges more efforts to repatriate Syrian refugees 20 Jan 2019 - 02:30 pm
Lebanese President Michel Aoun hosts a regional economic summit in the Lebanese capital Beirut, on Januray 20, 2019. / AFP / JOSEPH EID
Bomb blast in a bus kills 3 civilians in Syria's Afrin: monitor 20 Jan 2019 - 01:22 pm
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Bangladesh 'Tree Man' returns to hospital as condition worsens 20 Jan 2019 - 01:11 pm
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Bon Jovi's restaurant to serve free meals to unpaid US government workers 20 Jan 2019 - 12:48 pm
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Bangladesh arrests Islamist extremist over deadly cafe attack 20 Jan 2019 - 12:21 pm
The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) escort arrested suspected militant Mamunur Rashid (C) in Dhaka on January 20, 2019.  / AFP / STR
World's oldest man, 113, dies at his home in northern Japan 20 Jan 2019 - 12:11 pm
FILE PHOTO: Japanese Masazo Nonaka, who was born 112 years and 259 days ago, receives a Guinness World Records certificate naming him the world's oldest man during a ceremony in Ashoro, on Japan's northern island of Hokkaido, in this photo taken by Kyodo
Northern Irish police report suspected car bomb in Londonderry 20 Jan 2019 - 11:08 am
A handout picture taken and released by the Police Service of Northern Ireland on January 19, 2019, shows a burning car following a suspected car bomb in Londonderry, Northern Ireland . AFP PHOTO /POLICE SERVICE OF NORTHERN IRELAND