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Iraq says it supports Syria's return to Arab League 13 Jan 2019 - 07:45 pm
FILE PHOTO : Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohamed Alhakim .
Pompeo hopes for imminent end to US govt shutdown 13 Jan 2019 - 07:23 pm
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo takes part in the swearing-in ceremony for the first female director Central Intelligence Agency Gina Haspel at Langley, May 21, 2018. Reuters / Kevin Lamarque
3 Killed and another lost due to snowstorms in Austria 13 Jan 2019 - 07:10 pm
Firefighters walk at the valley station of the Hochkar cable car at 1380 m altitude on January 13, 2019 in Hochkar.  / ALEX HALADA / AFP
UN experts urge Pakistan not to execute mentally ill prisoner 13 Jan 2019 - 06:49 pm
The execution of Khizar Hayat, sentenced to death in 2003 for killing a colleague, was suspended by Pakistan's Supreme Court on Saturday, his legal team said, just three days before the 55-year-old was due to be hanged. (Reuters file photo)
Iran says it is taking initial steps to design reactor fuel 13 Jan 2019 - 06:21 pm
Peninsula
Damascus seeks "intensified" talks with Kurds -official 13 Jan 2019 - 04:45 pm
A Syrian soldier flashes the victory gestures as he sits with comrades atop a tank being transported near the northern town of Manbij, on January 12, 2019.  AFP / George OURFALIAN
Protesters in Thailand rally anew against risk of election delay 13 Jan 2019 - 03:47 pm
Peninsula
Trump rejects report that he hid details of Putin meetings 13 Jan 2019 - 03:14 pm
US President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting on border security in the Cabinet Room of the White House January 11, 2019 in Washington, DC. / AFP / Brendan Smialowski
Paris gas blast toll rises to four after body found in rubble 13 Jan 2019 - 03:13 pm
A man lays flowers outside the Paris Fire station in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, in tribute to the two firefighters killed the day before in a powerful gas explosion which tore through a building in central Paris on January 13, 2019.  AFP / Thomas SA
Cesare Battisti, wanted for murder, a life on the run 13 Jan 2019 - 02:48 pm
FILE PHOTO: Italian former leftist guerrilla Cesare Battisti sits in a taxi next to his lawyer Igor Tamasauskas as they leave the headquarters of the Federal Police in Sao Paulo March 13, 2015. REUTERS/Nacho Doce/File photo
Greek defence minister quits over Macedonia name deal, coalition in doubt 13 Jan 2019 - 01:29 pm
Greek Defense Minister and coalition partner Panos Kammenos leaves the Maximos Mansion after a meeting with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in Athens on January 13, 2019. (AFP / ANGELOS )
Iran summons Polish diplomat to protest US summit 13 Jan 2019 - 12:26 pm
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif attends the geopolitical discussion event
Battisti: key dates in saga of Italian ex-militant 13 Jan 2019 - 12:12 pm
In this file photo taken on October 20, 2017 Italian ultra-leftist militant Cesare Battisti gestures during an interview with AFP in Cananeia, Sao Paulo state, Brazil. / AFP / Miguel SCHINCARIOL
Trump says he has 'no idea' if deal can be made with Pelosi 13 Jan 2019 - 11:20 am
US President Donald Trump listens during a meeting on border security in the Cabinet Room of the White House January 11, 2019 in Washington, DC. / AFP / Brendan Smialowski
Past projects show border wall building is complex, costly 12 Jan 2019 - 07:42 pm
Aerial view of the US-Mexico border fence at the Tijuana River seen from Tijuana, Baja California state, on January 11, 2019. / AFP / Guillermo Arias
Syrian army shells areas held by opposition fighters in northwest 12 Jan 2019 - 07:18 pm
Idlib city, Syria
Gun seized from 6-year-old kindergartner walking into school 12 Jan 2019 - 07:12 pm
Peninsula
Alliance in key Indian state threatens Modi's re-election bid 12 Jan 2019 - 06:45 pm
Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav (R) and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader Mayawati take part in a press conference to announce their political alliance in Lucknow on January 12, 2019. (AFP)