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Oil-rich Venezuela and Russia come to aid of ally Cuba, but its energy woes persist 06 Oct 2019 - 07:55 pm
Men work in a cane field in Calimete Matanzas province, Cuba on March 16, 2017.
Impeachment games may boost Trump’s chances for re-election 06 Oct 2019 - 07:55 pm
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Chronology of events in the Ukraine scandal 06 Oct 2019 - 07:55 pm
Volodymyr Zelensky
Aide: Perry pushed Trump for Ukraine call, for energy issues 06 Oct 2019 - 06:53 pm
 US Energy Secretary Rick Perry attends a joint news conference with Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto in Budapest, Hungary, November 13, 2018. Reuters/Bernadett Szabo
Police block thousands marching in Pakistani Kashmir 06 Oct 2019 - 06:53 pm
FILE PHOTO: Pakistani Kashmiri Salima Bibi, 24, a victim of landmine wearing an artificial limb before giving an awareness campaign talk to local residents at a village in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir. AFP / Sajjad Qayyum
UK leader Johnson renews vow to leave EU by deadline 06 Oct 2019 - 06:53 pm
Boris Johnson arrives at the BBC studios in London on June 18, 2019 to take part in the Conservative Party leadership BBC television debate. AFP / Isabel Infantes
North Korea: No more talks until US ends 'hostile policy' 06 Oct 2019 - 06:53 pm
Farmers in a field as a section of the Great Wall is seen on the Chinese side of the Yalu River north of the town of Sinuiju in North Korea and Dandong in Chinese Liaoning province, April 2, 2017. Reuters / Damir Sagolj
Germany wants closer cooperation with Turkey: Seehofer 06 Oct 2019 - 04:33 pm
Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu meets with Germany’s Interior Minister Horst Seehofer in Ankara, Turkey, October 4, 2019. Fatih Aktas
Baghdad governor sacked amid protests 06 Oct 2019 - 04:27 pm
Iraqi demonstrators gesture next to a tyre fire during a demonstration against state corruption, failing public services, and unemployment, in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on October 5, 2019. AFP / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE
4 killed, 5 wounded in overnight shooting at Kansas bar 06 Oct 2019 - 04:23 pm
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Yovanovitch is latest casualty of Trump war on career diplomats 06 Oct 2019 - 02:26 pm
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Louise Yovanovitch is seen during a ceremony to mark World AIDS Day in Kiev, Ukraine December 1, 2017. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich/File Photo
Video of mainlander assaulted in Hong Kong sparks outrage in China 06 Oct 2019 - 11:43 am
Protesters are detained by Hong Kong police during clashes the Wanchai district in Hong Kong on October 6, 2019. AFP / Mohd RASFAN
UK urges US to return diplomat spouse involved in fatal accident 06 Oct 2019 - 11:10 am
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Anti-establishment parties battle political elite in Tunisia election 06 Oct 2019 - 10:20 am
A woman has her finger stained with ink at a polling station during parliamentary elections, in Tunis, Tunisia October 6, 2019. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi
Six wild elephants drown after slipping off waterfall in Thai park 06 Oct 2019 - 09:37 am
This photo by Thai News Pix taken on October 5, 2019 shows two elephants (one behind the other) trapped on a small cliff at a waterfall at Khao Yai National Park in central Thailand as rescuers work to save them. AFP / THAI NEWS PIX / PANUPONG CHANGCHAI
Hong Kong reopens part of metro but braces for more protests 06 Oct 2019 - 09:26 am
Anti-government protesters shelter from the rain under their umbrellas at the start of a demonstration in Tsim Sha Tsui district, in Hong Kong, China October 6, 2019. REUTERS/Susana Vera
North Korea decries breakdown of talks US says were 'good' 06 Oct 2019 - 09:26 am
Members of the press wait outside Villa Elfik Strand at Lidingo, outside Stockholm, Sweden, October 5, 2019, where U.S. top negotiator on North Korea, Stephen Biegun is expected to meet North Korea's chief nuclear negotiator, Kim Myong Gil. REUTERS/Anna R
Paris climate activists kick off global Extinction Rebellion protests 06 Oct 2019 - 08:48 am
A yellow vest stands as protestors stay inside the Italie Deux shopping mall in Paris during a demonstration called by the Extinction Rebellion environmental activist movement, on October 5, 2019. AFP / Lucas Barioulet