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US embassy urges citizens to depart Iraq immediately: Statement 03 Jan 2020 - 11:45 am
A picture shows the entrance leading to the US embassy in the capital Baghdad on January 2, 2020, which was damaged the day before by Hashed supporters. (AFP / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE)
US Congress divided over Soleimani killing 03 Jan 2020 - 11:42 am
Qasem Soleimani, Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General and commander of the Quds Force, wearing his trademark ring during an interview with members of the Iranian leader's bureau in Tehran. (file pic/ AFP PHOTO / HO / KHAMENEI.IR)
Pentagon says killing of Soleimani was at directions of Trump 03 Jan 2020 - 11:12 am
Iraqis walk at Baghdad's Tahrir Square on January 3, 2020. (AFP)
Democrats call US killing of Iranian general 'reckless' 03 Jan 2020 - 10:04 am
A picture published by the media office of the Iraqi military's joint operations forces on their official Facebook page shows a destroyed vehicle on fire following a US strike on January 3, 2020 on Baghdad international airport road in which top Iranian c
Strong fundraising for Sanders, Yang suggests long primary 02 Jan 2020 - 07:54 pm
Bernie Sanders leaves the stage after speaking at a New Year's Eve campaign event on December 31, 2019 in Des Moines, Iowa.  Stephen Maturen/Getty Images/AFP
Netanyahu trial could be watershed in Israeli politics 02 Jan 2020 - 07:53 pm
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu climbs out after a visit inside the Rahav the fifth submarine in the fleet after it arrived in the Haifa port, January 12, 2016. Reuters / Baz Ratner
Zimbabwe's parched Bulawayo rations to save dwindling water 02 Jan 2020 - 07:16 pm
A woman and her children carrying water cans fetched from a tank installed at a church in Luveve on the outskirts of Bulawayo on November 24, 2016 AFP / Zinyange Auntony
Faster rockets, more warheads: What North Korea could gain from new weapons development 02 Jan 2020 - 07:16 pm
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends a wreath-laying ceremony at a WWII memorial in the far-eastern Russian port of Vladivostok on April 26, 2019. AFP / Kirill Kudryavtsev
A town torn apart: Mexico's indigenous communities fight for autonomy 02 Jan 2020 - 07:15 pm
Indigenous activists hold a protest outside the ministry of well-being in the city of Morelia, Michoacan, November 26, 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Alan Ortega
Lebanon receives Interpol arrest warrant for Ghosn 02 Jan 2020 - 06:27 pm
Journalists gather outside the house believed to belong to former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn in Beirut, Lebanon January 2, 2020. Reuters/Mohamed Azakir
3 killed as gunmen attack bus near Kenya's border with Somalia 02 Jan 2020 - 06:14 pm
 In this file photo taken on January 15, 2019 Special forces protect people at the scene of an explosion at a hotel complex in Nairobi's Westlands suburb.  AFP / Luis Tato
Hillary Clinton gets role at Queen's University in Belfast 02 Jan 2020 - 06:14 pm
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Iraqi protester shot dead as anti-regime rallies continue 02 Jan 2020 - 06:13 pm
A picture shows the entrance leading to the US embassy in the capital Baghdad on January 2, 2020, which was damaged the day before by Hashed supporters. AFP / Ahmad Al-Rubaye
On Day 29, French rail strike makes history 02 Jan 2020 - 05:47 pm
The logo of French national railway operator SNCF is seen as buses arrive outside Gare Montparnasse train station in Paris on January 2, 2020 on the 29th day of a nationwide multi-sector strike against the government's pensions overhaul. AFP / Stephane De
Democrat Julián Castro drops out of 2020 presidential race 02 Jan 2020 - 05:47 pm
Democratic presidential candidate Julian Castro speaks to the media the morning after participating in the first US 2020 presidential debate in Miami, June 27, 2019. Reuters / Mike Segar
Conservatives seek immediate purge of voters in Wisconsin 02 Jan 2020 - 05:47 pm
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Australian bushfire smoke turns New Zealand glaciers brown 02 Jan 2020 - 01:19 pm
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Taiwan's military chief among eight dead in helicopter crash 02 Jan 2020 - 01:13 pm
This handout picture released by the Yilan County Fire Department on January 2, 2020, shows rescuers searching for survivors after a military Black Hawk helicopter smashed into mountains in Yilan county near Taipei. AFP / Yilan County Fire Department