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Iran says US jailing of consultant part of "psychological warfare" 05 Feb 2018 - 12:47 pm
File photo of Ahmad Sheikhzadeh. Reuters
Japan army helicopter crashes in residential area: local official 05 Feb 2018 - 12:36 pm
Japan's Defence Minister Itsunori Onodera (2nd R) arrives at parliament to attend a session of the House of Representatives Budget Committee in Tokyo on February 5, 2018. / AFP / Kazuhiro NOGI
China advises its tourists to avoid Maldives till politics stabilise 05 Feb 2018 - 12:21 pm
Opposition supporters protest against the government's delay in releasing their jailed leaders, including former president Mohamed Nasheed, despite a Supreme Court order, in Male, Maldives, February 4, 2018. Pictures taken February 4, 2018. REUTERS/String
Turkish president meets pope, expected to discuss Jerusalem 05 Feb 2018 - 12:12 pm
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan is welcomed by archbishop Georg Ganswein as he arrives to attend a private audience with Pope Francis at the Vatican February 5, 2018. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi
Man shot and arrested in Iran after trying to break into president's office - Fars 05 Feb 2018 - 12:04 pm
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Paris attacks suspect refuses to answer questions at Belgian trial 05 Feb 2018 - 11:40 am
Salah Abdeslam, one of the suspects in the 2015 Islamic State attacks in Paris, appears in court during his trial in Brussels, Belgium February 5, 2018. REUTERS/Emmanuel Dunand/Pool
Lebanese soldier, militant die in army raid - statement 05 Feb 2018 - 11:26 am
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Russia says it has measures it can take against the USA - Izvestia 05 Feb 2018 - 10:39 am
File photo of the National flags of Russia and the US fly at Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow, Russia April 11, 2017. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
South Korea appeals court frees Samsung heir 05 Feb 2018 - 10:16 am
Samsung heir Lee Jae-Yong (R) walks out from a court in Seoul on February 5, 2018, after an appellate court handed him a suspended sentence. / AFP / Dong-A Ilbo /
'Kidnapped' Vietnam exec gets second life sentence for graft 05 Feb 2018 - 09:59 am
File photo of PVC's former chairman Trinh Xuan Thanh is escorted by police officers from a court to prison after verdict session in Hanoi, Vietnam January 22, 2018. VNA/Doan Tan via REUTERS
Kim taps elder North Korea Statesman to lead Olympic Delegation 05 Feb 2018 - 08:32 am
File photo of Kim Yong Nam, President of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea (L), attends the 17th Non-Aligned Summit in Porlamar, Venezuela September 17, 2016. REUTERS/Marco Bello/File photo
Paris attacks suspect tried in Belgium over shootout 05 Feb 2018 - 08:20 am
French police officers escort a convoy understood to be transporting Salah Abdeslam, the prime suspect in the November 2015 Paris attacks, from Fleury-Merogis prison in the southern suburbs of Paris, to the
New victims make S. Korean fire worst for 15 years 05 Feb 2018 - 07:53 am
File photo of the hospital after fire. Reuters
China in talks over military base in remote Afghanistan: officials 04 Feb 2018 - 11:07 pm
This photograph taken on October 7, 2017 shows Afghan Wakhi nomad families travelling on yaks in the Wakhan Corridor in Badakhshan province of Afghanistan.  AFP / Gohar Abbas
Afghan president signs retirement of 164 generals 04 Feb 2018 - 11:06 pm
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani speaks during a news conference in Kabul in this December 7, 2015 file photo (Reuters / Mohammad Ismail)
Turkish president heads to Italy to discuss Jerusalem with pope 04 Feb 2018 - 10:41 pm
President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his wife Emine Erdogan wave ahead of their departure for Italy at the Ataturk International Airport in Istanbul, Turkey on February 04, 2018. (Berk Özkan - Anadolu Agency)
At odds on health and labour, German parties to continue coalition talks Monday 04 Feb 2018 - 10:41 pm
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (3rdL) arrives at the Social Democrats Party (SPD) headquarters as the Chairman of the Bavarian Christian Social Union (CSU) Horst Seehofer (R) takes the elevator on February 4, 2018 in Berlin.  AFP / Tobias Schwarz
Cyprus president Anastasiades wins run-off to land second term 04 Feb 2018 - 10:41 pm
Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades (C) delivers a speech after casting his ballot at a polling station in the coastal city of Limassol on February 4, 2018 during the second round of the Cyprus presidential elections. AFP / Amir Makar