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Indian women lawmakers face abuse as global online violence rises 23 Jan 2020 - 09:36 pm
A worker displays T-shirts with images of Mamata Banerjee, Narendra Modi, Rahul Gandhi and logo of CPI-M for sale inside a shop in Kolkata, India, March 26, 2019. Reuters / Rupak De Chowdhuri
Dozens of trafficking victims rescued in Interpol crackdown in the Balkans 23 Jan 2020 - 09:36 pm
Albanian policemen are reflected in the helmet of a riot policeman in Tirana, Albania, May 19, 2011. Reuters/Arben Celi
Mexico human trafficking cases rise by a third but many states found lagging 23 Jan 2020 - 09:36 pm
Empty bunk beds in a shelter for victims of human trafficking in Tapachula, Mexico, March 26, 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation / Christine Murray
Afghan drought forces shepherds into desperate measures 23 Jan 2020 - 08:47 pm
In this photograph taken on November 28, 2019, shepherds lead a flock of sheep as they graze at field on the outskirts of Mazar-i-Sharif. AFP / Farshad Usyan
Highest UN court can tell states what to do, but not enforce 23 Jan 2020 - 08:47 pm
Tun Khin of the Burmese Rohingya Organization speaks to the press after the ruling of the International Court of Justice in The Hague, on January 23, 2020 in the lawsuit filed by The Gambia against Myanmar in which Myanmar is accused of genocide against R
Trump will have hard time blocking potential Bolton trial testimony 23 Jan 2020 - 08:47 pm
John Bolton adjusts his glasses as Donald Trump speaks while meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in the Oval Office, April 2, 2019. Reuters / Joshua Roberts
Manhattan’s luxury housing slowdown has hit co-ops the hardest 23 Jan 2020 - 08:47 pm
Lower Manhattan including the financial district is pictured from the Manhattan borough of New York, June 1, 2016. Reuters / Carlo Allegri
US imposes visa rules for pregnant women on 'birth tourism' 23 Jan 2020 - 06:39 pm
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Royal runaways' media war follows them to Canada 23 Jan 2020 - 06:39 pm
Meghan and Prince Harry visit the Andalusian Gardens in Rabat, Morocco, February 25, 2019. Facundo Arrizabalaga / Pool via Reuters
In Spain, toll rises to 10 dead as Storm Gloria ebbs 23 Jan 2020 - 06:39 pm
People looks at a flooded street from a balcony in Sarria de Ter on January 23, 2020, as storm Gloria batters Spanish eastern coast. AFP / Josep Lago
Bernie Sanders taunts Jamie Dimon again after CEO jabs socialism 23 Jan 2020 - 06:39 pm
Senator Bernie Sanders in Washington on December 13, 2018. (AFP / Mandel Ngan)
Merkel says Europe must be smart in US-China balancing act 23 Jan 2020 - 06:39 pm
Chancellor Angela Merkel receives German carnival societies at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, January 22, 2020. Reuters/Annegret Hilse
World Court orders Myanmar to take steps to protect Rohingya 23 Jan 2020 - 01:30 pm
Minister for the Office of the State Counsellor of Myanmar, Kyaw Tint Swe, attends the ruling in a case filed by Gambia against Myanmar alleging genocide against the minority Muslim Rohingya population, at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The H
Turkey delivery man risks 18 years for spitting on pizza 23 Jan 2020 - 12:59 pm
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Iraq protester gunned down in second night of violence 23 Jan 2020 - 12:53 pm
A demonstrator carries an Iraqi flag during ongoing anti-government protests in Nassiriya, Iraq January 22, 2020. REUTERS/Ahmed Dhahi
Italian PM Conte pulls out of Davos trip amid political turmoil 23 Jan 2020 - 12:23 pm
 FILE PHOTO: Prime Minister of Italy Giuseppe Conte arrives to attend the European Union leaders summit, in Brussels, Belgium December 13, 2019. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann/Pool/File Photo
What we know so far about the new China virus 23 Jan 2020 - 11:50 am
Medical personnel at Rome's Fiumicino airport prepare to check passengers arriving from China's Wuhan for signs of coronavirus in Rome, Italy, January 23, 2020. Aeroporti di Roma (AdR)/Handout via REUTERS
Coronavirus spotlights Japan contagion risks as Olympics loom 23 Jan 2020 - 11:20 am
Passengers who arrived on one of the last flights from the Chinese city of Wuhan walk through a health screening station at Narita airport in Chiba prefecture, outside Tokyo, on January 23, 2020, as countries screen for anyone showing symptoms of a SARS-l