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Cyclone batters southwestern India coast killing 14, many missing 02 Dec 2017 - 09:50 am
Indian officials carry a stranded fisherman, rescued by naval and air force helicopters from the Ockhi cyclone, at Thiruvananthpuram airport on December 1, 2017. / AFP / Rakesh Nair
Clashes as Hondurans wait on poll result 02 Dec 2017 - 09:44 am
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Pope visits Bangladesh orphans on last day of trip headlined by Rohingya crisis 02 Dec 2017 - 09:41 am
Pope Francis meets with sick people and staff of the Mother Teresa House in the Dhaka's Tejgaon neighborhood, Bangladesh, December 2, 2017. REUTERS/Andrew Medichini/Pool
Fear in London as acid attacks soar 02 Dec 2017 - 09:34 am
Delivery riders protest in London as the number of acid attacks continues to increase AFP/NIKLAS HALLE'N.
North Korea holds mass celebrations for latest missile test 02 Dec 2017 - 09:29 am
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North Korea holds mass celebrations for latest missile test 02 Dec 2017 - 08:50 am
This December 1, 2017 picture released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on December 2, 2017 shows North Korean soldiers and Pyongyang residents holding a rally to celebrate the North's declaration on November 29 it had achieved
Ex-Trump aide Flynn pleads guilty to lying about Russia links 02 Dec 2017 - 08:28 am
WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 01: (EDITORS NOTE: Image has been converted to black and white.) Michael Flynn, former national security advisor to President Donald Trump, leaves following his plea hearing at the Prettyman Federal Courthouse December 1, 2017 in
Honduras declares state of emergency over post-vote violence 02 Dec 2017 - 08:25 am
A supporter of presidential candidate Salvador Nasralla walks on a street during a protest caused by the delayed vote count for the presidential election at Villanueva neighborhood in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, December 1, 2017. Reuters/Edgard Garrido
Former Trump aide Flynn pleads guilty to lying about Russia links 01 Dec 2017 - 09:19 pm
Former U.S. National Security Adviser Michael Flynn departs U.S. District Court. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
'Laughable': Tillerson dismisses reports he'll be ousted 01 Dec 2017 - 07:23 pm
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson speaks with reporters after meeting with Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj in Washington, U.S., December 1, 2017. (REUTERS/James Lawler Duggan)
Traffic-weary Chinese man fined for repainting road lines 01 Dec 2017 - 12:24 pm
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Gunmen attack agriculture institute in Pakistan, killing 9 01 Dec 2017 - 11:42 am
Rescue workers assist an injured student from the shooting at Directorate of Agriculture Institute in Peshawar, Pakistan December 1, 2017. Reuters/Fayaz Aziz
Strong quake hits southeast Iran, no fatalities 01 Dec 2017 - 10:45 am
FILE PHOTO: An inside view of a building is seen at Sarpol-e Zahab province of Kermanshah, Iran on November 13, 2017 following an earthquake that hit the Iraq and Iran (Fatemeh Bahrami / Anadolu Agency)
Kim Jong-Nam was carrying VX 'antidote': lawyer 01 Dec 2017 - 10:45 am
Kim Jong-Nam had 12 tablets of Atropine in his backpack when he was attacked, said defence lawyer Gooi Soon Seng, citing testimony from the ongoing trial of the two women accused of killing him.
Five arrested over elephant killing in Sri Lanka 01 Dec 2017 - 10:08 am
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Trump tweets strain US-Britain 'special relationship' 01 Dec 2017 - 10:07 am
Britain's Queen Elizabeth visits the Canine Partners charity in Midhurst, Britain, November 30, 2017. Reuters/Richard Pohle
US battles for global approach on N.Korea amid Russia, China doubts 01 Dec 2017 - 10:07 am
From L: Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, Kyrgyz President Sooronbai Jeenbekov, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Tajik President Emomali Rakhmon pose for a family photo d
Supporters, critics of Philippines' Duterte protest 01 Dec 2017 - 09:38 am
Activists scuffle with policemen during an anti-Duterte protest in Manila on November 30, 2017, denouncing the government's crackdown of activists and what they call US-backed Duterte dictartorship.  AFP / Noel Celis