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Trump's 'madman' rhetoric may have scared N. Korea to talks: analysts 11 Jan 2018 - 09:06 am
(FILES) This combo shows a file photo (L) taken on November 30, 2017 of US President Donald Trump; and a file picture (R) released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) showing North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un.AFP PHOTO/KCNA VIA KNS/
Europe, Iran to back nuclear deal as Trump decision looms 11 Jan 2018 - 08:35 am
Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif gestures as he attends a meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Moscow, Russia January 10, 2018. REUTERSAlexander Zemlianichenko/Pool
Boris Nemtsov plaza to face Russian embassy in Washington 11 Jan 2018 - 08:04 am
(FILES): This file photo taken on December 29, 2016 shows the Russian Embassy in Washington, DC. AFP / Brendan Smialowski
Putin promises minimum wage hike ahead of election 10 Jan 2018 - 07:38 pm
Russian President Vladimir Putin visits his election campaign office in Moscow on January 10, 2018. Russia's presidential election is scheduled for March 18, 2018. / AFP / SPUTNIK / Alexey DRUZHININ
EU to Poland: comply with rules or you could lose cash 10 Jan 2018 - 07:06 pm
President of European Commission Jean Claude Juncker and Prime Minister of Poland Mateusz Morawiecki hold a joint press conference after their meeting in Brussels on January 9, 2018. ( Dursun Aydemir - Anadolu Agency )
NGO sounds alarm at spike in persecuted Christian deaths 10 Jan 2018 - 06:11 pm
Egyptians gather at Mary Church during the funeral ceremony of the Mar Mina Church attacks victims in Helwan City, south of Cairo, Egypt on December 29, 2017 (Anadolu Agency)
British PM faces pressure over healthcare crisis 10 Jan 2018 - 05:17 pm
Theresa May
Myanmar security forces took part in killing 10 Rohingya: army 10 Jan 2018 - 04:46 pm
Myanmar Chief of General Staff Lieutenant General Mya Tun Oo during a news conference in  at the Chief of Defense office in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. Reuters
Migrants must visit Nazi concentration camps, Germany’s Jewish council says 10 Jan 2018 - 04:46 pm
Josef Schuster, President of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, attends a press conference following his election in Frankfurt am Main, central Germany, on November 30, 2014. (AFP/Daniel Roland)
Pope treats Rome’s homeless, poor, migrants to a day at the circus 10 Jan 2018 - 04:17 pm
Pope Francis poses for a selfie as he leads the general audience in Paul VI hall at the Vatican January 10, 2018. Reuters/Max Rossi
Unauthorised gold mining in Cameroon reaps deathly toll 10 Jan 2018 - 03:52 pm
Representative image (AFP)
200 arrested, dozens hurt in fresh Tunisia unrest 10 Jan 2018 - 03:24 pm
Tunisians shout slogans during a demonstration against the government and price hikes on January 9, 2018 in Tunis. AFP / Fethi Belaid
Denied land, Indian women stake claims in collectives 10 Jan 2018 - 03:15 pm
A group of Dalit women of a farming collective walking on the land that they took over for cultivation in Pallur India. December 26, 2017. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Rina Chandran
Explosion on Iranian oil tanker forces rescue team to retreat 10 Jan 2018 - 03:01 pm
Smoke and flames coming from the burning oil tanker
Israeli forces in manhunt for attackers who killed settler 10 Jan 2018 - 02:54 pm
Israeli mourners attend the funeral of 35-year-old rabbi Raziel Shevah in the West Bank wildcat settlement of Havat Gilad near Nablus on January 10, 2018.  AFP / Menahem Kahana
Soldiers loot arms, burn military base in Ivory Coast’s second city 10 Jan 2018 - 02:50 pm
A gendarme stands in front of the wreckage of a burnt car, on January 10, 2018 in front of the CCDO elite military unit centre, a day after gunshots and heavy weapons fire erupted between rival factions within Ivory Coast army.  AFP
Indonesian minister urged to stop destroying illegal fishing boats 10 Jan 2018 - 01:31 pm
Daily paid workers sort dried fish during the drying process at Muara Baru district in Jakarta, Indonesia, January 8, 2018. Reuters/Beawiharta
Macron urges European unity to face rising China 10 Jan 2018 - 01:19 pm
French President Emmanuel Macron (R) and his wife Brigitte Macron (L) visit the Ullens Chinese Contemporary Art Centre in Beijing January 9, 2018. Picture taken January 9, 2018. Reuters/Ludovic Marin