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Syria's Eastern Ghouta, under siege since 2013 06 Feb 2018 - 08:21 pm
A man is seen running after an air raid in the besieged town of Douma in eastern Ghouta in Damascus, Syria, February 6, 2018. Reuters/ Bassam Khabieh
Men with guns still rule in Libya as return to "ghost town" blocked 06 Feb 2018 - 06:21 pm
Libyan boys displaced from the town of Tawergha ride bicycles at a camp in Tripoli, Libya, February 5, 2018.  Reuters/Ismail Zitouny
Body of 'hero' Russian pilot killed in Syria brought home 06 Feb 2018 - 05:56 pm
Armed with an automatic pistol, the badly wounded pilot opened fire on the rebels closing in on him and then blew himself up with a hand grenade to avoid capture.
A century after winning the vote, feminists must fight on: London mayor 06 Feb 2018 - 05:43 pm
 (L-R) Activist Amika George, The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, historian Lucy Worsley and deputy mayor for culture and creativity Justine Simons pose in Trafalgar square against a backdrop of lifesize pictures of members of the Suffragete movement to mark
Amnesty demands release of jailed Maldives judges 06 Feb 2018 - 05:37 pm
This image received from the Mihaaru newspaper shows security forces standing guard outside the Supreme Court in Male after Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen declared a state of emergency on February 5, 2018. AFP Photo / Mihaaru
Paris attacks suspect declines to reappear at Brussels trial 06 Feb 2018 - 05:31 pm
In this file courtroom sketch made on February 5, 2018 shows prime suspect in the November 2015 Paris attacks Salah Abdeslam (2nd L) prior to the opening of his trial at the
Wikileaks founder Assange loses bid to have UK arrest warrant dropped 06 Feb 2018 - 05:27 pm
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Russia requests Turkish assistance in returning remains of downed fighter jet in Syria 06 Feb 2018 - 05:14 pm
A picture taken on February 3, 2018, shows a Rebel fighter taking a picture of a downed Sukhoi-25 fighter jet in Syria's northwest province of Idlib.   AFP / OMAR HAJ KADOUR
'We will negotiate with no one on our weapons': Iran president 06 Feb 2018 - 05:12 pm
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks during a press conference in Tehran on February 6, 2018, to mark the 39th anniversary of Iran's Islamic revolution. / AFP / ATTA KENARE
Congo tells Belgium to close consulate, cut flights 06 Feb 2018 - 05:07 pm
Peninsula
German chancellor urges compromise in coalition talks 06 Feb 2018 - 04:58 pm
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, leader of the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU), gets off her car as she arrives for further talks to form a new government in Berlin on February 6, 2018. AFP / Gregor Fischer
Somali military court sentences 5 over terrorist attack 06 Feb 2018 - 04:52 pm
Peninsula
Burundi extradites more than 30 rebels to DR Congo 06 Feb 2018 - 04:47 pm
Peninsula
Turkish soldier killed setting up military post in northwest Syria 06 Feb 2018 - 03:56 pm
Turkish soldiers are seen after they took control of an area including PYD/PKK's training camp located in western site of Afrin within the
Mercedes-Benz apologizes to Chinese for quoting Dalai Lama 06 Feb 2018 - 02:05 pm
The Mercedes-Benz star is displayed on the front of a Mercedes-Benz G-model at the annual press conference of German auto giant Daimler AG in Stuttgart, southwestern Germany, on February 1, 2018.  AFP / THOMAS KIENZLE
Regime strikes kill 16 in Syria's Ghouta enclave: monitor 06 Feb 2018 - 01:09 pm
A Syrian man mourns over his destroyed home in the rebel-held besieged town of Arbin, in the eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of the capital Damascus on February 5, 2018, following airstrikes. / AFP / ABDULMONAM EASSA
We are 95 pct of the way to a coalition deal, German SPD says 06 Feb 2018 - 12:38 pm
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, leader of the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU), arrives for further talks to form a new government in Berlin on February 6, 2018. AFP / Adam BERRY
Maldives' top judge arrested as state of emergency declared 06 Feb 2018 - 12:30 pm
(FILES) This file photo taken on September 9, 2013 shows an aerial view of the island of Male, capital of the Maldives. AFP / Roberto SCHMIDT