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Moscow warns EU move on Iran deal risks 'new escalation' 14 Jan 2020 - 09:00 pm
European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borell speaks during a debate at the European Parliament on January 14, 2020 in Strasbourg, eastern France. AFP / Frederick Florin
Big Ben, big bucks: Brexit bell plan hits financial hurdle 14 Jan 2020 - 09:00 pm
But bell-loving Brexit-backers have not given up hope.
Lebanon erupts in protest again as crisis builds and banks fret 14 Jan 2020 - 09:00 pm
A protestor jumps over a burning barricade during a protest over economic hardship and lack of new government in Beirut, Lebanon January 14, 2020. Reuters/Mohamed Azakir
Declassified Cold War papers show UK funded news agency 14 Jan 2020 - 06:41 pm
The Reuters Building at 30 South Colonnade in Canary Wharf, London. (Wikimedia Commons)
Iran announces arrests over downing of plane that killed 176 14 Jan 2020 - 05:28 pm
Iranian students hold pictures of victims during a memorial for the passengers of the Ukraine plane crash, in University of Tehran on January 14, 2020.   AFP / ATTA KENARE
Gunfire heard in Sudanese capital: witness 14 Jan 2020 - 02:17 pm
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Europeans to trigger Iran nuclear deal dispute mechanism 14 Jan 2020 - 12:59 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks in the Stormont Parliament Buildings in Belfast, Northern Ireland, January 13, 2020. Liam McBurney/Pool via Reuters
Iran judiciary says arrests made over airliner downing 14 Jan 2020 - 12:47 pm
File picture of Ukraine plane crash.
Special day "no matter what": Filipino couple weds under volcanic cloud 14 Jan 2020 - 11:53 am
People attend a wedding ceremony as Taal Volcano sends out a column of ash in the background in Alfonso, Cavite, Philippines, January 12, 2020, in this image obtained from social media. Courtesy of Randolf Evan Photography/Social Media via REUTERS
Trump considering visit to India next month 14 Jan 2020 - 11:01 am
US President Donald Trump sings the National Anthem as he attends the College Football Playoff National Championship game at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana, January 13, 2020. / AFP / SAUL LOEB
Iran's president says downing Ukrainian plane an "unforgivable error" 14 Jan 2020 - 10:36 am
A woman sheds a tear during a memorial service at the University of Toronto in Toronto, Ontario on January 12, 2020 for the victims of Ukrainian Airlines flight 752 which was shot down over Iran this past week. AFP / Geoff Robins
US troops describe 'miraculous' escape at Iraqi base attacked by Iran 14 Jan 2020 - 10:02 am
U.S. soldiers are seen at the site where an Iranian missile hit at Ain al-Asad air base in Anbar province, Iraq January 13, 2020. REUTERS/John Davison
Bus falls after road collapses in China, 10 dead or missing 14 Jan 2020 - 09:05 am
This photo taken on January 13, 2020 shows Chinese rescuers watching as a bus is lifted out after a road collapse in Xining in China's northwestern Qinghai province. An enormous sinkhole swallowed passers-by and a public bus in northwest China, reported s
Canada yet to decide if it will pay Harry and Meghan security costs 14 Jan 2020 - 08:53 am
In this file photo taken on July 10, 2018 (L-R) Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, Britain's Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex stand on the balcony of Buckingham Palace in London to watch a military fly-past to mark the centenary of the R
Flood-hit Jakarta residents sue over deadly disaster 14 Jan 2020 - 08:24 am
A fleet of flooded taxis are seen at the operator's submerged parking lot following overnight rain in Jakarta on January 1, 2020. Nine people died after Indonesia's capital was hit by its deadliest flooding in years, authorities said January 1, as torrent
Philippine volcano spews lava, ash for 3rd day, 30,000 flee 14 Jan 2020 - 08:16 am
A general view of houses with roofs covered with ash, spewed by Taal volcano in Tagaytay city, south of Manila on January 14, 2020. AFP / Ted ALJIBE
Musicians 'play Ghosn' by squeezing into instrument cases in web craze 13 Jan 2020 - 06:45 pm
Carlos Ghosn gestures as he addresses a press conference in Paris on September 15, 2017 to present the Renault Nissan group strategy. AFP / Eric Piermont
Britain's cash-on-the-street mystery solved 13 Jan 2020 - 06:45 pm
But County Durham police said Monday that two good Samaritans with an