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21 dead in car bomb attack on Colombian police academy 18 Jan 2019 - 11:15 am
People wait for news outside the site of an explosion on a police cadet training school in Bogota on January 17, 2019. AFP / Juan Barreto
Juan Guaido: the 'kid' taking on Venezuela's Maduro 18 Jan 2019 - 10:53 am
Juan Guaido, President of Venezuela's National Assembly, attends a gathering in Caracas, Venezuela January 16, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins
Pakistan's 'poetic justice' takes oath, pledges reform 18 Jan 2019 - 10:03 am
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California storm moving out after battering state for 3 days 18 Jan 2019 - 04:15 am
Pedestrian crosses a street in the rain in Montebello, California on January 16, 2019 as southern California is hit by another storm, pushed by an atmospheric river, with rainfall expected to get heavier later into the day.  AFP / Frederic J Brown
New caravan crosses Guatemala, first migrants enter Mexico 18 Jan 2019 - 04:15 am
Migrants from Honduras, part of a new caravan from Central America trying to reach the United States, walk along a road in Chiquimula, Guatemala January 16, 2019. Reuters/Jorge Cabrera
Life term for Gurmeet Ram, 3 others in journalist’s murder 18 Jan 2019 - 03:52 am
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Karnataka Congress MLAs meet to be show of strength 18 Jan 2019 - 03:52 am
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Congress points fingers at Doval son, demands details of FDI from Cayman 18 Jan 2019 - 03:52 am
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Freed by court, Pakistani Christian woman still a prisoner 18 Jan 2019 - 03:52 am
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North Korea envoy in US for talks with Pompeo, possibly Trump 18 Jan 2019 - 03:52 am
Senior North Korean official Kim Yong Chol (L) arrives at the international airport as he leaves for Washington from Beijing, China January 17, 2019. Reuters/Jason Lee
Where next for Brexit? staying close or a more severe separation? 18 Jan 2019 - 03:52 am
Pro-Brexit protesters demonstrate outside the Houses of Parliament in London, Britain January 17, 2019. Reuters/Clodagh Kilcoyne
Putin calls for stable Balkans during Serbia visit 18 Jan 2019 - 03:52 am
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin attend a welcoming ceremony prior to their talks in Belgrade on January 17, 2019. AFP / pool / Maxim Shipenkov
Rescue of Spanish boy trapped in well runs into problems 18 Jan 2019 - 03:52 am
Rescue workers continue efforts to find a boy who fell down a well in Totalan in southern Spain on January 17, 2019. AFP / Jorge Guerrero
Public sector strike paralyses Tunisia 18 Jan 2019 - 02:33 am
General Secretary of UGTT Noureddine Taboubi gives a speech at the union headquarters (UGTT) during a general strike in the capital Tunis on January 17, 2019.  AFP / Fethi Belaid
Kenyan police say 11 arrested after deadly hotel attack 18 Jan 2019 - 02:33 am
Kenyan policemen and explosives experts gather evidence from the car suspected to have been used by the attackers outside the scene where explosions and gunshots were heard at The DusitD2 complex, in Nairobi, Kenya January 17, 2019. Reuters/Njeri Mwangi
Hamas unveils Iran-funded homes for former Israel prisoners 18 Jan 2019 - 02:33 am
Palestinians ride a motorcycle past a newly-contsructed building funded by Iran to house Palestinian prisoners formerly held in Israeli jails, in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on January 17, 2019.  AFP / Said Khatib
Two top lieutenants of Indian PM's Modi unwell months before election 18 Jan 2019 - 02:33 am
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (L) waves as Gujarat state Chief Minister Vijaybhai Rupani (3L) and Deputy Chief Minister of Gujarat state Nitinbhai Patel (2L) look on at the Prime Minister's arrival, ahead of the inauguration of Vibrant Gujarat Summi
Isro to launch Microsat, Kalamsat on January 24 18 Jan 2019 - 02:33 am
Indian space scientist and Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) Kailasavadivoo Sivan (L), Minister of State for Department of Atomic Energy and Department of Space Jitendra Singh (2L) and ISRO Deputy Project Director Prakash Rao (2R)