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Pompeo: US forces in Persian Gulf just a deterrent 18 Jun 2019 - 11:05 pm
In this file photo taken on June 13, 2019 US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivers remarks to the media at the State Department in Washington, DC.  AFP / Eric Baradat
US hospital ship on mission to aid Venezuela refugees 18 Jun 2019 - 11:05 pm
US Vice President Mike Pence greets Naval medical staff with his wife Karen as Navy Admiral Craig Faller, right, commander of the U.S. Souther Command looks on as he toured the US Navy Hospital Ship USNS Comfort on June 18, 2019 in Miami, Florida. Joe Ski
Texas Muslim woman says she was attacked in Starbucks coffee shop for wearing a hijab 18 Jun 2019 - 11:05 pm
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Over 16 tons of cocaine intercepted at Philadelphia port 18 Jun 2019 - 11:05 pm
Anti-narcotics and Military Police officers prepare for the incineration of more than 200 kilos of cocaine seized in El Salvador (AFP)
Canada's Trudeau mending fences with Trump as election fight looms 18 Jun 2019 - 11:05 pm
For Justin Trudeau, Thursday's meeting with Trump still has risks about four months before a Canadian national election. Trump is deeply unpopular in Canada, especially among supporters of Trudeau's Liberal Party, and notoriously unpredictable.
Shanahan's Pentagon rise upended by painful family past 18 Jun 2019 - 11:05 pm
Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan fires a modified painted ball gun that shoots pepper balls during a tour of the US-Mexico border at Santa Teresa Station in Sunland Park, New Mexico, February 23, 2019. Pablo Martinez Monsivais/Pool via Reuters
'Baby' found dead near park turns out to be realistic doll 18 Jun 2019 - 09:09 pm
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I don't believe Morsi's was normal death: Erdogan 18 Jun 2019 - 09:09 pm
Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) makes a speech after attending the funeral prayer in absentia for former President of Egypt Mohamed Morsi, at Fatih Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey on June 18, 2019. (?sa Terli / Anadolu Agency )
Canadian man gets 26 years for role in suicide attack 18 Jun 2019 - 09:09 pm
The sentence came over the objections of several family members of the soldiers, who appeared in Brooklyn federal court and demanded Faruq Khalil Muhammad 'Isa spend the rest of his life behind bars.
Anger in India as lychee-linked brain fever kills 113 children 18 Jun 2019 - 08:05 pm
This photo taken on June 17, 2019, shows an Indian child suffering from Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) at the government-run Sri Krishna Medical College and Hospital in Muzaffarpur district in the eastern state of Bihar. AFP
Brexit campaigner Boris Johnson advances on Britain's top job 18 Jun 2019 - 08:05 pm
Conservative MP 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
Gunmen kill 41 people in central Mali: mayor 18 Jun 2019 - 08:05 pm
A soldier stands near debris from destroyed homes at the site of an ethnic massacre in which gunmen killed dozens of people, in the Dogon village of Sobane Da, Mali June 13, 2019, in this still image taken from video.
Charitable giving by individual Americans drops in 2018 18 Jun 2019 - 06:31 pm
A homeless man asks for money outside a donut shop during white-out blizzard-like conditions in a snow storm in Boston, February 9, 2017. Reuters/Brian Snyder
Strong quake jolts northwest Japan; no major damage reported; Tsunami likely 18 Jun 2019 - 06:31 pm
Japan's Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga speaks during a press conference, after 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit the northwest of Japan, at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on late June 18, 2019.  AFP / Jiji Press
Egyptian ex-president Mursi buried in Cairo 18 Jun 2019 - 06:31 pm
A man holds a picture of the former Egyptian president Mohamed Mursi during a symbolic funeral prayer at the courtyard of Fatih Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey, June 18, 2019. Reuters/Murad Sezer
Sri Lanka policeman defies president to testify at attack probe 18 Jun 2019 - 05:02 pm
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Trump says having 'extended meeting' with Xi at G20 summit 18 Jun 2019 - 04:59 pm
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Hong Kong protesters slam leader's apology, demand she quit 18 Jun 2019 - 04:18 pm
Members of pro-democracy party Demosisto (L-R) Nathan Law, Joshua Wong and Agnes Chow speak to the media after Chief Executive Carrie Lam held a press conference in Hong Kong on June 18, 2019.  AFP / Anthony WALLACE