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Violent protests rage in India for fourth day over citizenship law 14 Dec 2019 - 03:11 pm
:FILE PHOTO: Protesters run for cover amid tear gas fired by police during a protest against the Citizenship Amendment Bill, a bill that seeks to give citizenship to religious minorities persecuted in neighbouring Muslim countries, outside the Jamia Milli
UN climate talks unraveling, face failure 14 Dec 2019 - 02:21 pm
Carolina Schmidt, Chile's Minister of Environment and President of the 2019 U.N. Climate Change Conference (COP25) attends a meeting with delegates during COP25 in Madrid, Spain, December 14, 2019. REUTERS/Nacho Doce
Iraq's top Shiite cleric condemns gruesome hanging of teen 14 Dec 2019 - 02:10 pm
 Iraqi security forces observe protesters from their checkpoint at al-Sinek bridge in the capital Baghdad amid ongoing anti-government demonstrations on December 12, 2019. / AFP / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE
Boris Johnson heads north to celebrate crushing election win 14 Dec 2019 - 01:58 pm
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson makes a speech outside No 10 Downing Street following a meeting with Queen Elizabeth II to form a government, in London, United Kingdom on December 13, 2019. Kate Green - Anadolu
Nine Afghan forces killed in Taliban insider attack: official 14 Dec 2019 - 01:43 pm
FILE PHOTO: Nineteen-year-old Taliban deserter hides his face in Kunduz province, Afghanistan December 4, 2019. Picture taken on December 4, 2019. REUTERS
US sanctions on Iran violate international law: Mahathir 14 Dec 2019 - 10:23 am
File picture of Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.
Johnson claims Brexit mandate with new conservative majority 14 Dec 2019 - 08:25 am
An arrangement of London Evening Standard newspapers photographed as an illustration in London on December 14, 2019, shows the front page reporting on the election victory of Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party in the general election. AFP /
Dry man of Europe, Poland strives to save water 14 Dec 2019 - 02:29 am
A water level indicator is seen on Vistula riverbank in Warsaw, Poland August 19, 2015. Reuters/Kacper Pempel
Iraq's top Shiite cleric condemns gruesome hanging of teen 14 Dec 2019 - 02:26 am
Protesters stage a protest with symbolic blooded clothes to draw attention to the human rights violations suffered by Iraqi people as they continue their anti-government demonstrations in Baghdad, Iraq on December 15, 2019. (Murtadha Sudani/Anadolu Agency
Indigenous groups rally to protect Latin America's threatened forests 14 Dec 2019 - 02:23 am
A view of the Moskitia forest area in Central America. Handout: Braden Gunem
Michelle Obama tells girls to fight man's 'presumption' to power 14 Dec 2019 - 02:23 am
Former US President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama attend a community service project in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, December 12, 2019. Reuters/Lim Huey Teng
Morocco ex-diplomat to UN accused of visa fraud over workers 14 Dec 2019 - 02:22 am
Earlier this year, the U.S. government suspended new visas for domestic employees of Malawian officials after one of its diplomats failed to pay $1.1 million in damages to a woman she trafficked in the United States.
European Rohingya Council slams Suu Kyi for 'genocide' 14 Dec 2019 - 02:07 am
Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, leaves the Peace Palace in The Hague, Netherlands, on December 12, 2019. AFP / ANP / Koen Van Weel
Chile police response to protests 'repressive': UN 13 Dec 2019 - 11:07 pm
A demonstrator reacts as she is detained by riot policemen during a protest against Chile government in Santiago, Chile, November 30, 2019. Reuters / Pablo Sanhueza
'Forgotten crisis' as drought displaces hundreds of thousands of Ethiopians 13 Dec 2019 - 10:25 pm
Ethiopia is struggling from its worst drought for 30 years (AFP / Joel Robine)
Britain elects record number of female lawmakers in 2019 election 13 Dec 2019 - 10:25 pm
Liberal Democrats candidate Jo Swinson (R) speaks after losing her seat in East Dunbartonshire constituency to Scottish National Party's Amy Callaghan (2nd L), at a counting centre for Britain's general election in Bishopbriggs, Britain December 13, 2019.
Removable solar panels boost storm readiness in Dominica 13 Dec 2019 - 10:25 pm
A view of rooftop solar panels installed by volunteer group Electriciens sans Frontieres in the Caribbean island of Dominica in 2018 after Hurricane Maria in 2017. Credit: UN Climate Change
Remote island off East Timor turns sunlight, air into drinking water 13 Dec 2019 - 10:25 pm
Zero Mass Water's hydropanels on Atauro island, near East Timor, in the summer of 2019. Credit: Zero Mass Water