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Indonesia sends military to help fight health crisis in Papua 17 Jan 2018 - 10:04 am
File picture of Indonesia army soldiers walking near a Hercules C-130 in Pangkalan Bun district, December 31, 2014. Indonesia has suspended military cooperation with Australia after offensive training materials were found at an Australian army centre. Reu
Bannon says under White House orders not to answer House committee 17 Jan 2018 - 09:50 am
Steve Bannon, the former advisor to President Trump, arrives at a House Intelligence Committee closed-door meeting, on January 16, 2018, in Washington, DC. Mark Wilson/Getty Images/AFP
Thai court drops royal insult case over ancient king 17 Jan 2018 - 09:23 am
Sulak Sivaraksa leaves a court hearing in Bangkok, Thailand January 17, 2018. REUTERS/Jorge Silva
Greece, Macedonia in new UN bid to solve name dispute 17 Jan 2018 - 09:17 am
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Macedonia: the decades-long quarrel over its name 17 Jan 2018 - 09:00 am
Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, since his election in June 2017, has promised a new push to end the dispute and relaunch the drive for EU and NATO membership.
Myanmar police shoot dead seven protesters in troubled Rakhine 17 Jan 2018 - 08:50 am
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Central America fears for US remittances as deportations loom 17 Jan 2018 - 08:42 am
File photo: Deportees wait to be processed at an immigration facility after a flight carrying illegal immigrants from the US arrived in San Salvador, El Salvador, January 11, 2018. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas/File Photo
Palestinians see Gaza peace dividend pass them by 16 Jan 2018 - 11:05 pm
A Palestinian boy looks out of his family's house in Al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza City January 15, 2018. Picture taken January 15, 2018. Reuters/Mohammed Salem
UN rapporteur on Myanmar to meet refugees in Bangladesh 16 Jan 2018 - 11:05 pm
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee addresses a news conference after her report to the Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, March 13, 2017. Reuters/Denis Balibouse
US withholds $65 mn from UN agency for Palestinians 16 Jan 2018 - 10:47 pm
Boxes containing aid from the U.N. Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) are seen ahead of their transfer to the Gaza Strip, inside the Kerem Shalom border crossing terminal between Israel and Gaza Strip January 16, 2018. Reuters/Amir Cohen
Israel neglecting severely burned prisoner's needs 16 Jan 2018 - 10:47 pm
Israa Jaabis, sentenced to 11 years, suffers from burns all over her body and is not being treated adequately inside an Israeli prison [Wadi Hilweh Information Center]
Pope in Chile seeks forgiveness for sex abuse scandals 16 Jan 2018 - 08:28 pm
Pope Francis leads a mass at the O'Higgins Park in Santiago, Chile, January 16, 2018. Osservatore Romano/Handout via Reuters
Venezuela says rebel pilot Oscar Perez killed in police operation 16 Jan 2018 - 07:57 pm
This file photo taken on July 13, 2017 shows Venezuelan police officer Oscar Perez participating in an anti-government protest in Caracas on July 13, 2017.  AFP / Inaki Zugasti
Missing Briton's belongings found in Israel desert: police 16 Jan 2018 - 07:43 pm
 Oliver McAfee, 29, disappeared on 21 November while riding solo along the Israel National Trail near the small town of Mitzpe Ramon in the Negev. Facebook / Missing: Ollie McAfee in Israel
Uber limits driver hours in Britain to 10 16 Jan 2018 - 07:33 pm
A photo illustration shows the Uber app on a mobile telephone, as it is held up for a posed photograph in central London, Britain, September 22, 2017 (Reuters / Toby Melville)
Nearly two million lose mobile access in war-torn east Ukraine 16 Jan 2018 - 07:27 pm
Police officer stand guard as activists call for the deputies to recognise Russia as an aggressor state during a rally in front of the Ukrainian parliament in Kiev, on January 16, 2018.  AFP / Sergei Supinsky
Nobel peace laureate group urges Japan to join nuclear arms ban treaty 16 Jan 2018 - 07:21 pm
Beatrice Fihn, executive director of Nobel Peace Prize-winning International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), attends a news conference in Tokyo, Japan January 16, 2018. Reuters/Kim Kyung-Hoon
Morocco sentences man to death over MP killing 16 Jan 2018 - 07:05 pm
Abdellatif Merdas (Photo courtesy: huffpostmaghreb.com)