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Four civil defence volunteers gunned down at school in southern Thailand 10 Jan 2019 - 01:47 pm
Paramedics take away a body after four Thai civil defence volunteers were shot and killed outside of a school in the restive southern province of Pattani on January 10, 2019. AFP / Tuwaedaniya Meringing
Former U.S. marine held in Russia on spy charges seeks bail: news agencies 10 Jan 2019 - 01:45 pm
Peninsula
German airport security staff strike hits more than 600 flights 10 Jan 2019 - 10:42 am
Members of Germany's union Verdi wear yellow vests as they march in front of Gate A of Duesseldorf Airport during a strike by Verdi, which called on security staff at Duesseldorf, Cologne and Stuttgart airports to put pressure on management in wage talks,
Drought-hit Australia has third-warmest year on record in 2018 10 Jan 2019 - 10:29 am
FILE PHOTO: Farmer May McKeown feeds the remaining cattle on her drought-affected property located on the outskirts of the north-western New South Wales town of Walgett in Australia, July 20, 2018. REUTERS/David Gray/File Photo
Mexico finds 20 bodies, 17 of them burned, near US border 10 Jan 2019 - 09:17 am
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Congo opposition leader Tshisekedi clinches surprise win in presidential election 10 Jan 2019 - 08:23 am
(FILES) In this file photo taken on December 29, 2018 presidential candidate Felix Tshisekedi (C) arrives for a meeting between CENI, SADC and other presidential candidates in Kinshasa, one day ahead of the general elections. AFP / Luis TATO
Maduro faces next term in a hobbled, isolated Venezuela 10 Jan 2019 - 08:11 am
File photo of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro gestures while he speaks during a news conference at Miraflores Palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Jan. 9, 2019. REUTERS/Manaure Quintero/File Photo
Attorney general pick Barr expresses confidence in Mueller 10 Jan 2019 - 08:09 am
Former US Attorney General William Barr leaves after meeting with US senators on January 9, 2019, in Washington, DC, ahead of his confirmation hearing. AFP / Nicholas Kamm
Iran supreme leader slams ‘idiots’ in US administration 09 Jan 2019 - 10:30 pm
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
Remains of Bolivian family found in suitcases in Brazil 09 Jan 2019 - 09:35 pm
FILE PHOTO: Media helicopters fly over Paulista Avenue  in Sao Paulo, March 13, 2016. Reuters/Paulo Whitaker Whitaker
Trump AG nominee Barr will let Mueller finish Russia probe -Graham 09 Jan 2019 - 07:39 pm
William Barr
Pompeo in reassurance mission to Iraq over US Syria pullout plans Iraq-US-diplomacy 09 Jan 2019 - 07:06 pm
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo waits to board a helicopter to the U.S. embassy at the terminal at Baghdad International Airport, Iraq, January 9, 2019. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool via |  REUTERS
Storm kills Syrian girl in Lebanon, causes widespread damage 09 Jan 2019 - 06:52 pm
A Syrian refugee walks past makeshift shelters in an unofficial camp for refugees in Iaat in Lebanon's Bekaa valley, a snow storm on January 8, 2019.  / AFP
FIFA demands Bahraini refugee player be allowed back to Australia 09 Jan 2019 - 06:34 pm
FILE PHOTO: Former Bahrain football player Hakeem Al Araibi, who holds a refugee status in Australia, at court in Bangkok, Thailand Dec 11, 2018. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
Ex-Iraqi PM blames predecessor for 2014 US redeployment 09 Jan 2019 - 06:16 pm
Iraq's Prime Minister-designate Haider al-Abadi gestures during a news conference in Baghdad August 25, 2014. REUTERS/Mahmoud Raouf Mahmoud
Fur-midable: Singapore foils cat-in-trousers smuggling bid 09 Jan 2019 - 05:59 pm
This undated handout picture released by Immigration and Checkpoints Authority of Singapore on January 8, 2019 shows a 45-year-old Singaporean man waiting in his car at the Tuas checkpoint in Singapore. AFP / Immigration And Checkpoints Authority Of Singa
The shoe does not fit: Aussie PM tripped up by doctored footwear 09 Jan 2019 - 05:44 pm
A combination of handout photographs supplied by the Australian Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet shows a doctored version of a portrait of Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and his family that was displayed on his website (top), and an unda
Malta PM says deal reached for 49 migrants to disembark 09 Jan 2019 - 02:40 pm
The migrant search and rescue ship Sea-Watch 3, operated by German NGO Sea-Watch, is seen off the coast of Malta, January 8, 2019. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi