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Rights group criticises Thai PM's cardboard cutout gesture 09 Jan 2018 - 11:03 am
Children pose next to a cardboard cut-out of Thailand's Prime Minster Prayuth Chan-ocha at the government house in Bangkok, Thailand January 8, 2018. Picture taken January 8, 2018. Dailynews via REUTERS
Thousands in California flee homes ahead of possible mudslides 09 Jan 2018 - 10:54 am
File picture of the December wildfire used for representation. Reuters
US spy satellite believed destroyed after failing to reach orbit: Officials 09 Jan 2018 - 10:43 am
This still image from video courtesy of SpaceX shows the launch of SpaceX's secretive US government payload known as Zuma, January 7, 2018 at Cape Canaveral, Florida. AFP PHOTO / SPACEX
Pro-democracy leaders in court in Hong Kong 09 Jan 2018 - 10:42 am
(L-R) Pro-democracy activists Raphael Wong, Lee Wing-tat, Cheung Sau-yin, Chu Yiu-ming, Benny Tai, Chan Kin-man, Shiu Ka-chun, Chung Yiu-wa and Tanya Chan pose outside a court after a pre-trial hearing in Hong Kong, China January 9, 2018. REUTERS/Bobby Yi
Macron urges China, EU to avoid pitfalls of protectionism 09 Jan 2018 - 10:12 am
French President Emmanuel Macron speaks at a France-Chinese forum on the applications of artificial intelligence at SOHO 3Q in Beijing, China January 9, 2018. Reuters/Jason Lee
S.Korea to consider temporary lifting of N.Korea sanctions for Winter Olympics 09 Jan 2018 - 10:01 am
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Syrian army says Israel fired at Syria with jets, missiles 09 Jan 2018 - 09:54 am
File photo of soldier on Israel-Syria border. Reuters
Some 200 arrested in anti-mafia operation in Italy, Germany: Police 09 Jan 2018 - 09:45 am
File photo of German Police used for representation only. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer
Apple urged to study iPhone addiction in children 09 Jan 2018 - 09:17 am
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Iranian oil tanker burns for third day after collision off China coast 09 Jan 2018 - 08:49 am
This handout photo from the Transport Ministry of China taken and released on January 9, 2018 shows smoke and flames coming from the burning oil tanker 'Sanchi' at sea off the coast of eastern China. AFP PHOTO / TRANSPORT MINISTRY OF CHINA
Singapore holds 17 men, seizes tanker over alleged Shell oil theft 09 Jan 2018 - 08:32 am
File photo of storm clouds gathering over Shell's Pulau Bukom oil refinery in Singapore January 30, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su/File Photo
China races to prevent environmental disaster from stricken tanker 09 Jan 2018 - 07:57 am
Smoke is seen from Panama-registered tanker SANCHI carrying Iranian oil after it collided with a Chinese freight ship in the East China Sea, in this still image taken from a January 7, 2018 video. China Central Television (CCTV) via REUTERS TV.
Who’s in, who’s out? UK PM May reshuffles her ministerial team 08 Jan 2018 - 09:53 pm
Prime Minister Theresa May poses with Brandon Lewis, James Cleverly and others at 10 Downing street as she reshuffles her cabinet in London, United Kingdom on January 8, 2018. Today's Cabinet reshuffle is Theresa May's third since becoming Prime Minister
Hoping for a new start, Britain’s May appoints new Conservative Party head 08 Jan 2018 - 09:46 pm
Britain's Minister of State for Immigration Brandon Lewis arrives at 10 Downing street as Prime Minister Theresa May reshuffles her cabinet in London, United Kingdom on January 8, 2018. (Kate Green - Anadolu Agency)
Half of British voters say May is incapable of getting the right Brexit deal: ORB poll 08 Jan 2018 - 09:37 pm
British Prime Minister Theresa May leaves 10 Downing Street in London, November 1, 2017.  (Reuters / Toby Melville)
Britain arrests French suspect in Sarkozy financing probe 08 Jan 2018 - 09:25 pm
This file photo taken on April 23, 2014 shows France's former Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin (C) and businessman Alexandre Djouhri (L) attending the French L1 football match between Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) and Evian-Thonon (ETG) at the Parc des Pr
Oprah for president? Speech sparks fevered speculation 08 Jan 2018 - 07:59 pm
Oprah Winfrey speaks during the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington and Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.'s
Kuwait to host Iraq reconstruction summit 08 Jan 2018 - 06:34 pm
Two Iraqi children walking with a bicycle at the scene of a blast by a massive car bomb which killed dozens in a used car market in southern Baghdad on February 16, 2017 (AFP)