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Multiple rockets fall in Green Zone, Baghdad, air base: Iraqi military 04 Jan 2020 - 09:01 pm
A handout picture received from the US embassy in Iraq on December 31, 2019, shows American soldiers taking position around the embassy in the capital Baghdad. AFP / US EMBASSY IN IRAQ
Thousands in shelters as Indonesia flood death toll hits 60 04 Jan 2020 - 06:05 pm
Men collecting damaged items ride on the back of a car through the mud, at a residential area affected by floods in Bekasi, West Java province, Indonesia, January 3, 2020. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan
Tens of thousands march in southern India to protest citizenship law 04 Jan 2020 - 03:45 pm
Demonstrators hold placards and flags as they attend a protest rally against a new citizenship law, in Hyderabad, India, January 4, 2020. REUTERS/Vinod Babu
Britain's queen in new photo portrait with 3 heirs to throne 04 Jan 2020 - 03:33 pm
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Iran will punish Americans wherever they are within its reach: Guards commander 04 Jan 2020 - 02:33 pm
Hamas policemen in Gaza City stand guard during a mourning ceremony organised in honour of slain Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani (portrait) killed in the Iraqi capital Baghdad in a US air strike a day earlier, on January 4, 2020. / AFP / MAHMUD
Ghosn lawyer feels betrayal, sympathy over tycoon's Japan escape 04 Jan 2020 - 02:04 pm
FILE PHOTO: Former Nissan Motor Chariman Carlos Ghosn leaves the Tokyo Detention House in Tokyo, Japan April 25, 2019. REUTERS/Issei Kato
China replaces top envoy to Hong Kong: state media 04 Jan 2020 - 02:03 pm
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China removes Hong Kong liaison office head Wang Zhimin 04 Jan 2020 - 02:00 pm
Teachers and pro-democracy supporters hold placards as they take part in a rally to support teachers at Edinburgh Place in the Central district of Hong Kong on January 3, 2020. AFP / Philip Fong
Hong Kong steps up response to mystery disease from China 04 Jan 2020 - 01:59 pm
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Coalition scales back Iraq operations for security reasons: US 04 Jan 2020 - 01:27 pm
A handout picture received from the US embassy in Iraq on December 31, 2019, shows American soldiers taking position around the embassy in the capital Baghdad, after supporters and members of the Hashed al-Shaabi military network breached the outer wall o
Sanchez prepares to take power in Spain with Catalans’ backing 04 Jan 2020 - 01:00 pm
Spanish caretaker prime minister, socialist Pedro Sanchez, delivers a speech during the first day of a parliamentary investiture debate to vote for a premier at the Spanish Congress (Las Cortes) in Madrid on January 4, 2020. / AFP / PIERRE-PHILIPPE MARCOU
Volcano briefly erupts on Alaska island, sends up ash cloud 04 Jan 2020 - 12:33 pm
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China Plans to Increase High-Speed Railway Network by 2,000 Kilometers 04 Jan 2020 - 11:52 am
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London advises Brits to avoid travel to Iraq, Iran 04 Jan 2020 - 11:25 am
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Thousands of Iraqis join Baghdad funeral for slain commanders 04 Jan 2020 - 10:41 am
People gather at the funeral of the Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani, top commander of the elite Quds Force of the Revolutionary Guards, and the Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, who were killed in an air strike at Baghdad airport, in B
Hundreds of Thousands Flee as Flooding in Jakarta Kills 53 04 Jan 2020 - 10:11 am
Indonesians clean their homes and cutlery along the river in Jakarta on January 3, 2020, after flooding triggered by heavy rain which started on New Year's Eve hit the area. / AFP / BAY ISMOYO
Search in Cambodia resumes after building collapse kills 5 04 Jan 2020 - 10:01 am
Rescue personnel work at the site where an under-construction building on January 3 collapsed, trapping and killing workers, in southern Cambodia's coastal Kep province on January 4, 2020. Hundreds of soldiers and rescuers frantically picked through the r
Australian PM calls up reservists as fire threats escalate 04 Jan 2020 - 09:51 am
A handout photo taken and received on December 31, 2019 from the State Government of Victoria shows a helicopter fighting a bushfire near Bairnsdale in Victoria's East Gippsland region.