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14 bids emerge for stricken French airline, but none 'feasible' 10 Sep 2019 - 10:54 am
An Airbus A320-214 aircraft, operated by Aigle Azur, lands at Orly Airport near Paris, France, September 6, 2019. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
N. Korea fires 'projectiles' after offering talks with US 10 Sep 2019 - 10:44 am
A woman walks past a television news screen showing file footage of a North Korean missile launch, at a railway station in Seoul on September 10, 2019. AFP / Jung Yeon-je
Taliban vows to fight on after Trump says talks are 'dead' 10 Sep 2019 - 10:40 am
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"A storm is coming": One migrant family's bid to reach Europe 10 Sep 2019 - 10:12 am
Palestinian-Syrian refugee Ahmed, 27, travels by bus to the sea to swim for the first time in the Aegean Sea in Izmir, Turkey, July 13, 2017. REUTERS/Ekaterina Anchevskaya
India's 'Dirty Harry' draws curtains on bloody career 10 Sep 2019 - 10:10 am
In this file photo taken on March 14, 2005 Mumbai police officer Pradeep Sharma watches a screen showing the entrance to his house in Mumbai. India's real-life Dirty Harry who made his name by gunning down gangsters in the streets of Mumbai has resigned a
Former Erdogan ally to form rival party before year-end -paper 10 Sep 2019 - 09:51 am
File photo of Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan speaks during a news conference during the G20 finance ministers and central bank governors meeting in Istanbul February 9, 2015. REUTERS/Murad Sezer/File Photo
Six policemen killed in attack in Burkina Faso 10 Sep 2019 - 09:47 am
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Syria's Raqqa still finding the dead, 2 years after IS fall 10 Sep 2019 - 09:39 am
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1 dead, 19 people injured in German hospital fire 10 Sep 2019 - 09:36 am
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Hong Kong leader tells US not to 'interfere' after fresh protests 10 Sep 2019 - 09:15 am
Hong Kong's Chief Executive Carrie Lam addresses a news conference in Hong Kong, China September 5, 2019. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
Australians flee homes as police investigate suspicious fires 10 Sep 2019 - 08:49 am
Firefighters battle bushfires in Angourie, northern New South Wales, Australia, September 10, 2019. AAP Image/Jason O'Brien/via REUTERS
Japan's Abe, headed for longest premiership, seeks stability in cabinet rejig 10 Sep 2019 - 08:32 am
File photo of Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gives a speech as he takes part in a plenary session of Eastern Economic Forum at far-eastern Russian port of Vladivostok on September 5, 2019. / AFP / TASS Host Photo Agency / Vladimir SMIRNOV
US extracted spy that confirmed Putin role in 2016 US vote: reports 10 Sep 2019 - 08:18 am
Russia's President Vladimir Putin casts his ballot at a polling station during the Moscow city parliament election in Moscow, Russia September 8, 2019. Sputnik/Alexei Nikolsky/Kremlin via REUTERS
Jack Ma ends 20-year reign over Alibaba wealth creation empire 10 Sep 2019 - 07:58 am
(FILES) This file photo taken on November 11, 2016 shows Alibaba chairman Jack Ma speaking on stage during the Tmall 11:11 Global Shopping Festival gala in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen. AFP / STR
End of an era: UK House Speaker John Bercow to step down 09 Sep 2019 - 09:22 pm
John Bercow been in the powerful post since 2009, and had earned the enmity of many Conservative Party kingpins who, in a break with normal practice, were planning to challenge him at the next election, which is expected shortly.
Facebook, Instagram close accounts of Italian neo-fascist groups 09 Sep 2019 - 09:22 pm
Casapound and Forza Nuova, which espouse extreme right-wing ideologies, have boosted their profile in Italy by leading anti-migrant campaigns on their social media sites.
British parliament blocks no-deal but Johnson says Brexit will happen 09 Sep 2019 - 09:22 pm
It was unclear what Johnson's next move in the Brexit crisis would be: while the law will oblige him to seek a delay unless he can strike a new deal, EU leaders have repeatedly said they have received no specific proposals.
Relatives fly to Singapore to bring Mugabe home 09 Sep 2019 - 06:53 pm
A woman walks past a wall with