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CBP orders medical checks after second child's death 26 Dec 2018 - 10:45 am
Gerald Champion Regional Medical Center in Alamogordo, New Mexico, on December 25, 2018, where Customs and Border Protection reported the death of an eight-year-old migrant from Guatemala which occurred shortly after midnight on Christmas morning.  / AFP
Mexican governor, senator killed in helicopter crash 25 Dec 2018 - 08:25 am
Site of a helicopter accident in which the governor of the Mexican state of Puebla, Martha Erika Alonso, and her husband, senator and former governor of the same region, Rafael Moreno, died when the chopper plummeted to the ground in San Pedro Tlaltenango
US lawmakers home for Christmas, govt workers unpaid on shutdown Day 3 24 Dec 2018 - 10:57 am
A man reads a sign displayed on a government building that is closed because of a US government shutdown in Washington, DC, on December 22, 2018. / AFP / ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS
Trump says Erdogan assures 'will eradicate' any IS left in Syria 24 Dec 2018 - 09:43 am
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Order signed for US military's controversial Syria exit 24 Dec 2018 - 09:10 am
 In this file photo taken on September 13, 2018 US-backed forces are pictured near the village of Susah in the eastern province of Deir Ezzor, near the Syrian border with Iraq. / AFP / STR
What happens in a partial government Shutdown 23 Dec 2018 - 11:10 am
A sign declares the National Archive is closed due to a partial federal government shutdown in Washington, U.S., December 22, 2018. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
US government shutdown enters 2nd day, set to last through Christmas 23 Dec 2018 - 10:27 am
An American flag flies near the Lincoln Memorial on December 22, 2018 in Washington, DC. Olivier Douliery/Getty Images/AFP
US envoy to anti-IS coalition quits over Trump's Syria move 22 Dec 2018 - 07:38 pm
Brett McGurk, U.S. envoy to the coalition against Islamic State, speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Embassy in Amman, Jordan, November 6, 2016. (REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed / file photo)
Detention of Canadians in China a worrying precedent: Canada 22 Dec 2018 - 06:16 pm
Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland. (AFP / John MACDOUGALL/file photo)
Guyana government falls in no-confidence vote 22 Dec 2018 - 05:54 pm
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US govt partially shuts as Congress, Trump fail to reach deal 22 Dec 2018 - 09:10 am
The US Capitol is seen ahead of a possible government shutdown, in Washington, DC, December 21, 2018.  / AFP / SAUL LOEB
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has lung surgery to remove cancerous growths 21 Dec 2018 - 09:55 pm
US Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is seen during a group portrait session for the new full court at the Supreme Court in Washington, November 30, 2018. Reuters/Jim Young
Jim Mattis: the 'Mad Dog' with a big library 21 Dec 2018 - 07:38 pm
Brigadier General James Mattis carries his packs into the Kandahar International Airport, where he was to set up operations after arriving December 14, 2001. Reuters/Dave Martin
Mattis’s exit takes leash off Trump’s ‘America First’ doctrine 21 Dec 2018 - 06:53 pm
FILE PHOTO: General James Mattis testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 27, 2010. Reuters/Yuri Gripas
Mattis exit stirs world of worries from Brussels to Beijing 21 Dec 2018 - 06:53 pm
Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe and US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis review an honor guard at the Bayi Building in Beijing, June 27, 2018/ Mark Schiefelbein/via Reuters
As advisers leave, Trump's guardrails come off 21 Dec 2018 - 06:53 pm
Rex Tillerson in 2017 on Capitol Hill (Alex Wong/Getty Images/AFP
No Christmas miracle expected as US govt shutdown looms 21 Dec 2018 - 06:53 pm
In this file photo taken on December 17, 2018, the US Capitol is seen in Washington, DC. AFP/Saul Loeb
NATO stresses Afghan commitment despite US withdrawal 21 Dec 2018 - 06:53 pm
US army soldiers walk as a NATO helicopter flies overhead at coalition force Forward Operating Base (FOB) Connelly in the Khogyani district in the eastern province of Nangarhar, Afghanistan on August 12, 2015,  AFP / Wakil Kohsar