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Nordic noir turns dark reality in Iceland as vanished girl found dead in rare crime 23 Jan 2017 - 10:10 pm
This undated handout photo released by the Reykjavik Metropolitan Police shows the 20-year-old missing woman Birna Brjansdottir. The auburn-haired young woman was last seen around 5:00 am on January 14, 2017 after a night of drinking and partying in Reykj
Analysis: Trump promises big change, picks small fights 23 Jan 2017 - 09:31 pm
President Donald Trump leaves the President’s Room of the Senate at the Capitol after he formally signed his cabinet nominations into law, in Washington, USA on January 20, 2017. At far right is Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, with White House counsel Dona
Analysis: Trump speech shows America getting what it ordered 23 Jan 2017 - 09:22 pm
Donald Trump delivers his inaugural address on the West Front of the US Capitol on January 20, 2017 in Washington (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images / AFP)
Analysis: Death of Brazil judge to delay political corruption probe 23 Jan 2017 - 08:47 pm
Brazilian President Michel Temer (C) attends the funeral of Supreme Court Justice Teori Zavascki at the Federal Regional Court of the 4th Region, where the wake is being held in Porto Alegre, southern Brazil, on January 21, 2017. Relatives and allies of Z
Trapped in India's dying tea gardens, workers lose children to traffickers 23 Jan 2017 - 08:45 pm
Rukmani Naik poses with a picture of her 14-year-old daughter who left their home in the Diana Tea Estate in West Bengal, India, to work in another city. January 12, 2017 (Reuters)
Analysis: Trump is now president, but he still sees himself as leading an insurgency 23 Jan 2017 - 08:26 pm
Peninsula
France’s Fillon tells Merkel Russia sanctions are pointless 23 Jan 2017 - 07:59 pm
French politician Francois Fillon (REUTERS / Christphe Archambault)
Dutch govt mulls ban on international child adoption amid trafficking fears 23 Jan 2017 - 07:51 pm
A man touches his newborn baby at the Israeli hospital in Port-au-Prince, January 20, 2010 (REUTERS / Carlos Garcia Rawlins)
Puppies found in Italy avalanche hotel boost hope for survivors 23 Jan 2017 - 07:40 pm
Italian soldiers gather at the rescue operations center in Penne, some 20 km from the site of an avalanche that engulfed the Hotel Rigopiano in heavy snow and earthquake-ravaged central Italy, on January 23, 2017. Italian rescuers pulled nine survivors fr
US top court rebuffs ‘Sister Wives’ challenge to Utah anti-bigamy law 23 Jan 2017 - 07:34 pm
The U.S. Supreme Court (Reuters)
Netanyahu sees 'opportunities' with Trump but calls for restraint 23 Jan 2017 - 07:34 pm
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looks on as he opens the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, April 10, 2016 (REUTERS / Gali Tibbon)
Former President George H.W. Bush health improving, moved out of Houston ICU 23 Jan 2017 - 07:27 pm
Former President George H.W. Bush (L), and former first lady Barbara Bush attend the Texas A&M University commencement ceremony in College Station, Texas, December 12, 2008. REUTERS/Larry Downing
Syria talks begin in Astana amid regime truce breaches 23 Jan 2017 - 06:30 pm
Chief opposition negotiator Mohammad Alloush (C) of the Jaish al-Islam (Army of Islam) rebel group arrives to attend the first session of Syria peace talks at Astana's Rixos President Hotel on January 23, 2017. / AFP / Ilyas Omarov
Congo’s Catholic church warns Kabila deal risks falling apart 23 Jan 2017 - 06:02 pm
FILE PHOTO: Delegates and members of Congolese Episcopal conference arriving to meet United Nations Security Council members in Kinshasa to the Democratic Republic of Congo (AFP / Junior KANNAH)
Iraq builds new airport in Karbala to handle pilgrims 23 Jan 2017 - 05:56 pm
Sheikh Abdul Mahdi al-Karbalai (C), the representative of Iraq's Shiite spiritual leader Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani who is in charge of the Imam Hussein Holy Shrine, and Sami al-Araji (C-R), head of Iraq's National Investment Commission, lay the cornerst
Populist who called to end Nazi guilt can stay: German party 23 Jan 2017 - 05:37 pm
Bjoern Hoecke
Puppies found alive in Italy avalanche hotel boost hope for survivors 23 Jan 2017 - 05:33 pm
A handout picture released on January 23, 2017 by the Corpo Nazionale Soccorso Alpino e Speleologico (CNSAS) shows rescue teams working at the avalanche-hit Hotel Rigopiano, near the village of Farindola, on the eastern lower slopes of the Gran Sasso moun
Turkey arrests more than 1,600 terror suspects in week 23 Jan 2017 - 04:55 pm
Turkish special forces stand guard at the entrance of the courthouse on January 23, 2017 at Silivri district in Istanbul. Trial starts of soldiers accused of trying to block Istanbul's Sabiha Gokcen airport during the failed coup of July 2016. / AFP / YAS