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Acting Pentagon chief Patrick Shanahan arrives in Afghanistan 11 Feb 2019 - 10:01 am
Acting US defense secretary Patrick Shanahan arrives in Kabul, Afghanistan February 11, 2019. REUTERS/Idrees Ali
Acting Pentagon chief makes first Afghanistan trip before next round of peace talks 11 Feb 2019 - 07:39 am
FILE PHOTO: Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani attends a two-day conference on Afghanistan at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, November 27, 2018. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo
3,000 evacuated from New Zealand fire can return home 11 Feb 2019 - 07:37 am
Smoke rises from the Richmond fire near Nelson, South Island, New Zealand, February 8, 2019. Chad Sharman/New Zealand Defence Force/Handout via REUTERS
Aussie PM kicks off re-election bid with security vow 11 Feb 2019 - 07:32 am
Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison briefs media about the flooding situation in Queensland during a press conference in Sydney on February 8, 2019. AFP / Saeed KHAN
Doctors demand humanitarian aid be allowed into Venezuela 10 Feb 2019 - 10:28 pm
A cashier counts Venezuelan bolivar notes in a state-run supermarket in Caracas, January 9, 2015. Reuters/Carlos Garcia Rawlins
Embattled Virginia governor: 'I'm not going anywhere' 10 Feb 2019 - 10:28 pm
Ralph Northam
Thousands join right-wing rally in Madrid, demand PM resign 10 Feb 2019 - 10:28 pm
People gather to stage a protest against the policies of socialist minority government, which is in power for 8 months, on establishing a dialogue with the separatist political parties in Catalonia with the organization of main opposition party People's P
Talks collapse on border deal as US gov't shutdown looms 10 Feb 2019 - 10:28 pm
In this file photo taken on December 17, 2018 the US Capitol is seen in Washington, DC. AFP/Saul Loeb
West China blizzards kill thousands of herd animals 10 Feb 2019 - 10:28 pm
Representative image (Scott Eisen/Getty Images/AFP)
Algeria's Bouteflika confirms run for 5th term 10 Feb 2019 - 08:23 pm
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika on June 15, 2015, in Algiers. (AFP/Alain Jocard)
Hungary's Orban vows defence of 'Christian' Europe 10 Feb 2019 - 08:23 pm
A demonstrator protests after Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban delivered his annual state of the nation address in Budapest, Hungary, February 10, 2019. Reuters/Bernadett Szabo
German migrant rescue ship renamed after tragic toddler 10 Feb 2019 - 07:59 pm
The Sea-Eye rescue ship named after Alan Kurdi during its inauguration in Palma de Mallorca on February 10, 2019.   AFP / JAIME REINA
Nancy Pelosi gets rock star treatment at Clive Davis gala 10 Feb 2019 - 04:46 pm
U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi speaks during her weekly news conference on February 7, 2019 in Washington, DC.  Mark Wilson/AFP
Thousands protest in Madrid against government's Catalonia policy 10 Feb 2019 - 03:36 pm
Spanish People's Party (PP) president Pablo Casado greets protesters during a demonstration in Madrid by right-wing parties on February 10, 2019. AFP / OSCAR DEL POZO
'Heavy clashes' as US-backed forces make final push against IS 10 Feb 2019 - 02:54 pm
A picture taken on February 9, 2019, near Al-Qaim, a few kilometres away from the last scrap of territory held by IS in eastern Syria, shows wheeled 155 mm gun-howitzer CAESAR system  used by French soldiers engaged in the
African leaders unveil statue of Ethiopia's last emperor 10 Feb 2019 - 02:44 pm
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Ukraine detains dozens of far-right activists in Kiev 10 Feb 2019 - 02:21 pm
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Iran FM visits Lebanon, offers support for new government 10 Feb 2019 - 02:12 pm
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