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US ally in Syria says pullout will aid IS, cause instability 20 Dec 2018 - 01:17 pm
A Coalition convoy of U.S. led international coalition against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) stops to test fire their M2 machine guns and MK19 grenade launcher in the Middle Euphrates River Valley in the Deir ez-Zor province, Syria, Nove
British ministers split over next Brexit steps if PM's deal fails 20 Dec 2018 - 01:13 pm
 A video grab from footage broadcast by the UK Parliament's Parliamentary Recording Unit (PRU) shows Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May as she tells makes a joke about the opposition Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn's failure to demand a no-confidence
Both candidates in Madagascar presidential run-off claim victory 20 Dec 2018 - 12:39 pm
A Malagasy Independent Electoral Commission officers starts the counting operation during the presidential election on December 19, 2018 in Antananarivo, Madagascar. AFP / GIANLUIGI GUERCIA
Fugitive spy jailed again in Vietnam 20 Dec 2018 - 12:31 pm
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North Korea says it won't denuclearize unless US removes threat 20 Dec 2018 - 12:20 pm
(FILES) In this file photo taken on June 12, 2018, US President Donald Trump (R) and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un shake hands following a signing ceremony during their historic US-North Korea summit, at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa island in Singapore
France says to stay in Syria after US troops ordered home 20 Dec 2018 - 12:12 pm
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Flights suspended at Britain's Gatwick airport after reports of drones 20 Dec 2018 - 11:14 am
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Astronauts land from ISS stint marred by air leak, rocket failure 20 Dec 2018 - 10:46 am
The International Space Station (ISS) crew members Serena Aunon-Chancellor of the U.S., Alexander Gerst of Germany and Sergey Prokopyev of Russia rest after the landing of the Soyuz MS-09 capsule in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, formerly know
Donations flood in for Taiwan driver who smashed into three Ferraris 20 Dec 2018 - 10:28 am
Lin Chin-hsiang, the young man who damaged three Ferraris in a single crash, works at his family’s shop selling incense and gold paper money in Taipei on December 20, 2018. AFP
In presidential election, Congo seeks first democratic transfer of power 20 Dec 2018 - 10:08 am
A man practices using an electronic voting machine inside Congo's electoral commission's (CENI) head offices in Gombe Municipality of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, March 1, 2018. Picture taken March 1, 2018. REUTERS/Robert Carrubba/File Photo
Angry South Korean taxi drivers rally against carpooling service 20 Dec 2018 - 09:56 am
FILE PHOTO: A taxi driver takes part in a protest against a carpool service application that will be launched by Kakao Corp later this year, in central Seoul, South Korea, October 18, 2018. The banners read,
US Senate approves stopgap averting shutdown but denying Trump wall funds 20 Dec 2018 - 08:26 am
Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Senator Corry Booker (D-NJ) listen to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) speak on the passage of the First Step Act on December 19, 2018 in Washington, DC. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images/AFP
Tokyo court does not extend Ghosn's detention, may soon release him 20 Dec 2018 - 08:09 am
FILE PHOTO: Carlos Ghosn, chairman and CEO of the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance, attends a press conference on the second press day of the Paris auto show, in Paris, France, October 3, 2018. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau/File Photo
Fatal storm haunts Sydney-Hobart yacht race 20 years on 20 Dec 2018 - 08:00 am
In this file photo taken on December 27, 1998 the injured crew of demasted Australian yacht
Pentagon says it starts process of returning U.S. troops from Syria 19 Dec 2018 - 08:24 pm
FILE PHOTO: In this file photo taken on May 08, 2018 shows vehicles and structures of the US-backed coalition forces in the northern Syrian town of Manbij. AFP / Delil souleiman
US looks to speed up aid to North Korea 19 Dec 2018 - 08:01 pm
FILE PHOTO.  AFP / SAUL LOEB
Trump lashes out over foundation shutdown 19 Dec 2018 - 07:43 pm
FILE PHOTO: US President Donald Trump. AFP / Brendan Smialowski
Iraq, Jordan to open new border crossings next year 19 Dec 2018 - 07:01 pm
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