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Central African Republic: Alleged militia leaders face trial 11 Dec 2019 - 06:42 pm
In this file photo taken on October 29, 2018 members of the armed forces arrest Central African MP Alfred Yekatom aka
Europe launches 'Green Deal' as Thunberg denounces climate inaction 11 Dec 2019 - 06:42 pm
European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen arrives for a session of the European Parliament during which she unveiled Green New Deal plan to fight climate change in Brussels on December 11, 2019.  AFP / Aris Oikonomou
Italy urges donor conference for quake-struck Albania 11 Dec 2019 - 06:42 pm
Emergency personnel put an Albanian flag on top of rubble on the occasion of the Albanian Independence Day during a search for earthquake survivors, November 28, 2019. Reuters / Florion Goga
US aviation chief says Boeing 737 MAX won't be recertified until 2020 11 Dec 2019 - 06:26 pm
A number of Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 MAX aircraft are parked at Southern California Logistics Airport .NORTH AMERICA . March 26, 2019  / AFP / MARIO TAMA
Pompeo condemns deadly Taliban attack on U.S. military base 11 Dec 2019 - 05:26 pm
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo makes a statement to the press at the State Department in Washington, U.S., December 11, 2019. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas
Climate activist Greta Thunberg is Time' 2019 person of the year 11 Dec 2019 - 04:12 pm
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French workers need to work until age 64 to get full pension 11 Dec 2019 - 03:06 pm
French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe looks on before unveiling the details of a pensions reform plan before the CESE (Economic, Social and Environmental Council) in Paris, France December 11, 2019. Thomas Samson/Pool via Reuters
Polls tighten on eve of Britain's Brexit election 11 Dec 2019 - 02:31 pm
Britain's Prime Minister and Conservative leader Boris Johnson walks past a Union flag-themed JCB, with the words
Pakistani militant accused of Mumbai attacks faces terror financing charges 11 Dec 2019 - 01:04 pm
FILE PHOTO: Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, chief of the banned Islamic charity Jamat-ud-Dawa, looks over the crowed as they end a
Chemical plant fire in Spain forces authorities to evacuate area 11 Dec 2019 - 01:01 pm
Smoke rises from a fire in a chemical plant outside of Barcelona, Spain December 11, 2019. REUTERS/Albert Gea
Multiple people killed in New Jersey shooting, including cop 11 Dec 2019 - 10:50 am
JERSEY CITY, NJ - DECEMBER 10: Emergency personnel are shown on the scene of a shooting that left multiple people dead on December 10, 2019 in Jersey City, New Jersey. In a raging gun battle that by some accounts lasted in excess of an hour, six people -
Scaled back power cuts set to continue in South Africa 11 Dec 2019 - 10:20 am
File photo of the logo of state power utility Eskom, March 20, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings/File Photo
New Zealand's Ardern says new Finnish PM "needs no advice" 11 Dec 2019 - 09:36 am
New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks during an interview with Reuters in Wellington, New Zealand, December 11, 2019. REUTERS/Yiming Woo
Tremors worsen on NZ volcano island, prevent recovery of bodies 11 Dec 2019 - 09:28 am
Steam rises from the White Island volcano following the December 9 volcanic eruption, in Whakatane on December 11, 2019. AFP / Marty Melville
Trump on impeachment brink, but far from falling 11 Dec 2019 - 09:22 am
US President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally on December 10, 2019 at Giant Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States. ( Lev Radin - Anadolu Agency )
World Bank says Indonesia forest fires cost $5.2 bln in economic losses 11 Dec 2019 - 09:17 am
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Somali security forces kill 5 al Shabaab fighters to end hotel siege 11 Dec 2019 - 08:51 am
An ambulance carrying an injured person from an attack by Al Shabaab gunmen on a hotel near the presidential residence arrives to the Shaafi hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia December 10, 2019. Reuters/Feisal Omar
Eight in 10 girls in western Nepal forced to sleep outside during periods 10 Dec 2019 - 11:24 pm
In this 2014 archive photo a 14-year old girl sits inside a Chaupadi shed in the hills of Legudsen village in Achham District in western Nepal. Reuters / Navesh Chitrakar