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Death toll from Uganda boat cruise accident jumps to 29 25 Nov 2018 - 12:44 pm
Rescue and recovery missions search for the bodies of dead passengers after a cruise boat capsized in Lake Victoria off Mukono district, Uganda November 25, 2018. REUTERS/James Akena
EU leaders urge Britons to back May's Brexit deal 25 Nov 2018 - 12:28 pm
President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker (L) chats with Austria's Chancellor Sebastian Kurtz before a special meeting of the European Council to endorse the draft Brexit withdrawal agreement and to approve the draft political declaration o
Hong Kong democrats hope to regain veto powers in crucial by-election 25 Nov 2018 - 11:38 am
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Police face-off with tribe in missionary killing 25 Nov 2018 - 10:50 am
In this handout photo provided by the Indian Coast Guard and Survival International and taken on December 28, 2004, a man with the Sentinelese tribe aims his bow and arrow at an Indian Coast Guard helicopter as it flies over North Sentinel Island in the A
22 dead, scores feared drowned after Uganda boat sinks 25 Nov 2018 - 10:40 am
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12 dead in suspected Mozambique Islamist attack: police source 25 Nov 2018 - 10:27 am
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French protesters angry over fuel taxes clash with police 24 Nov 2018 - 10:01 pm
A yellow vest (Gilets Jaune) protestor looks on as a firefighter walks amongst extinguished burning material near The Arc de Triomphe on the Champs Elysees in Paris, on November 24, 2018, during a rally by yellow vest protestors against rising oil prices
Spain to back Brexit deal after UK agrees to Gibraltar terms 24 Nov 2018 - 09:24 pm
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez gives a press conference on November 24, 2018 at the Moncloa Palace in Madrid to announce that his government will back a Brexit deal with Britain after reaching an agreement on Gibraltar.   / AFP / STRINGER
British PM meets Juncker on eve of Brexit summit 24 Nov 2018 - 08:46 pm
British Prime Minister Theresa May (C) is welcomed by European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker (R) and Brexit Chief negotiator Michel Barnier (2L) at the European Commission in Brussels on November 24, 2018.   AFP / Emmanuel DUNAND
Two killed, dozens wounded in China factory blast 24 Nov 2018 - 08:45 pm
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In southern Syria, Roman theatre survives civil war intact 24 Nov 2018 - 07:14 pm
Syrian scouts tour the Roman Theatre at Bosra, a World Heritage Site, south of Sweida, in the Daraa province on November 23, 2018. / AFP / Maher AL MOUNES
Italy, on trail of Mafia boss, seizes villas, yacht and more 24 Nov 2018 - 06:23 pm
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Boko Haram abduct dozen girls in southern Niger 24 Nov 2018 - 05:53 pm
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Zimbabwe small plane crash kills 5, including 3 Finns 24 Nov 2018 - 03:42 pm
In this photograph taken with a mobile phone, Zimbabwe Rescue Services members look and search through the debris of a crashed light aircraft at Ngundu in Masvingo on November 23, 2018.   AFP / Bekithemba Dube
US soldier, 2 Afghan troops killed in Afghanistan 24 Nov 2018 - 03:38 pm
Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers stand guard at the gate of an army base after a suicide blast in Khost province, Afghanistan November 23, 2018. REUTERS/Stringer
Turkey protests US observation posts in north Syria 24 Nov 2018 - 02:53 pm
Turkey-backed Syrian fighters stand guard on November 19, 2018, in the northwestern Syrian city of Afrin.  AFP / Bakr ALKASEM
UK transport policeman stabbed in London 24 Nov 2018 - 02:48 pm
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Government climate report warns of worsening US disasters 24 Nov 2018 - 02:32 pm
(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 9, 2018, a firefighter is silhouetted by a burning home along Pacific Coast Highway (Highway 1) during the Woolsey Fire in Malibu, California. AFP / Robyn Beck