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Bombardment continues in Syria's Ghouta after ceasefire talk 27 Jan 2018 - 10:36 am
A Syrian child plays with a cardboard gun in the rebel-held town of Harasta, in the Eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of Damascus on January 25, 2018. / AFP / ABDULMONAM EASSA
Trump seeing the light on free trade? Perhaps 27 Jan 2018 - 10:34 am
United States President Donald J. Trump gestures after answering a reporter's question as he returns to the White House in Washington, DC, USA, 26 January 2018, after attending the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. EPA/RON SACHS / POOL
Deadly mudflows threaten residents near erupting Philippine volcano 27 Jan 2018 - 10:28 am
Filipino villagers traverse a river following a flash flood at the slope of the rumbling Mayon Volcano in the town of Daraga, Albay province, Philippines, 27 January 2018. EPA/FRANCIS R. MALASIG
French prison guards end nationwide strike 27 Jan 2018 - 10:17 am
Lawyers gather on the stairs of Paris court house on January 26, 2018 during a demonstration to draw attention on the deterioration of living conditions in jail due to the strike of prison guards. / AFP / JACQUES DEMARTHON
One of world's oldest gorillas dies at San Diego Zoo 27 Jan 2018 - 10:15 am
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Kushner Firm sued by tenants ordered to reveal who partners are 27 Jan 2018 - 10:02 am
Senior Advisor to the US President Donald Trump jared kushner attends the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland January 25, 2018 REUTERS/Carlos Barria
Leading Hong Kong democracy activist banned from vote 27 Jan 2018 - 09:52 am
A file photo of pro-democracy Demosisto party member Agnes chow speaking to passing pedestrians in Hong Kong ahead of a candlelight vigil to mark the 28th anniversary of the June 4 Tiananmen crackdown in Beijing in 1989, June 4, 2017. / AFP / Anthony WALL
Czechs to Pick President as Vote Shows Split on Russia, EU Ties 27 Jan 2018 - 09:42 am
Czech President Milos Zeman (C) is accompanied by his wife Ivana (R) as he casts his ballot at a polling station in Prague on January 26, 2018, during the second round of presidential elections in the Czech Republic. / AFP / Michal Cizek
Pakistan police killing of a Pashtun youth fuels anger over "encounters" 27 Jan 2018 - 09:33 am
File photo of people chanting slogans and holding signs as they condemn the death of Naqibullah Mehsud, during a protest in Karachi, Pakistan January 21, 2018. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro
One killed, two injured in Amsterdam shooting 27 Jan 2018 - 09:14 am
Policemen stand guard at a closed off lane following a shooting at the Grote Wittenburgstraat in Amsterdam on January 26, 2018.  AFP / ANP / Evert Elzinga
South Korea's Moon visits hospital fire scene, agonises over series of disasters 27 Jan 2018 - 08:49 am
South Korean President Moon Jae-In (C) visits a joint memorial altar for the victims of a hospital fire at a gymnasium in Miryang on January 27, 2018. AFP / Jung Yeon-Je
Twitter says Russian-linked bots retweeted Trump 470,000 Times 27 Jan 2018 - 08:42 am
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Parisians brace for flooding risks as seine creeps higher 27 Jan 2018 - 08:30 am
A picture taken on January 26, 2018, shows the flooded banks of the river Seine and the Beaugrenelle area and Eiffel Tower in the backround in Paris. AFP / Ludovic Marin
Canada pharma tycoon and wife's deaths 'targeted' murders: police 26 Jan 2018 - 10:10 pm
Honey and Barry Sherman, Chairman and CEO of Apotex Inc., are shown at the annual United Jewish Appeal (UJA) fundraiser in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, August 24, 2010. The Globe and Mail/Janice Pinto via Reuters
Trump woos Davos with pacific trade deal shift 26 Jan 2018 - 09:11 pm
U.S. President Donald Trump walks towards Marine One as he leaves after his visit to the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, January 26, 2018. Reuters/Arnd Wiegmann
Jordan ends bread subsidy, doubling some prices, to help state finances 26 Jan 2018 - 09:00 pm
A Syrian refugee makes bread to sell at the Zaatari refugee camp in Mafraq, Jordan, January  8, 2015. Reuters/Muhammad Hamed
Dozens of bodies found in Iraq mass grave 26 Jan 2018 - 07:02 pm
FILE PHOTO: Iraqi forces pull a body out from a mass grave they discovered in the Hamam al-Alil area on November 7, 2016. (AFP / Ahmad Al-Rubaye)
Fire at hospital kills 37 in South Korea 26 Jan 2018 - 11:31 am
A hospital is seen after a fire in Miryang, South Korea January 26, 2018. Kim Hong-ji/REUTERS