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US border arrests of families hit another record, amid Mexico tariff threat 05 Jun 2019 - 08:56 pm
A US Border Patrol officer stands near prototypes of border wall proposed by US President Donald Trump on November 1, 2017 in San Diego, California. AFP/Frederic J Brown
US House panel steps up contempt threat against Barr, Ross over Census documents 05 Jun 2019 - 08:56 pm
Wilbur Ross
Warren criticizes Trump's 'dart throwing' Mexico tariff decision 05 Jun 2019 - 08:56 pm
Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren speaks on stage during the 2019 California Democratic Party State Convention at Moscone Center in San Francisco on June 1, 2019. / AFP / Josh Edelson
China conducts first sea-based space rocket launch 05 Jun 2019 - 01:57 pm
A Long March-11 rocket takes off from an offshore platform in the Yellow Sea off the Shandong province, China June 5, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer
Italy's Salvini warns of crisis after PM threat to quit 04 Jun 2019 - 06:17 pm
Peninsula
World's biggest Nutella factory blocked by French workers 04 Jun 2019 - 06:04 pm
FILE PHOTO: The Ferrero plant in Villers-Ecalles, northwestern France.  AFP / CHARLY TRIBALLEAU
Brazil's Bolsonaro formally recognizes Venezuelan opposition envoy 04 Jun 2019 - 05:47 pm
Ambassador Maria Teresa Belandria
U.S. judge rejects 'El Chapo' request for better jail conditions 04 Jun 2019 - 05:42 pm
FILE PHOTO: Drug kingpin Joaquin
Planned Lebanon demolitions put 15,000 Syrian children at risk of homelessness - NGOs 04 Jun 2019 - 05:23 pm
Peninsula
Iran to free Lebanese jailed for US spying: Beirut 04 Jun 2019 - 05:15 pm
Nizar Zakka
There is no choice but to spend more on defence, Trump tells NATO allies 04 Jun 2019 - 04:58 pm
 AFP / Daniel LEAL-OLIVAS
Trump says everything on the table in UK trade talks 04 Jun 2019 - 04:54 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May and U.S. President Donald Trump walk through the Quadrangle of the Foreign Office for a joint news conference in central London, Britain June 4, 2019. Frank Augstein/Pool via REUTERS
Indonesian cities empty out as millions leave to mark end of Ramadan 03 Jun 2019 - 07:51 pm
A street vendor uses an umbrella as he waits for customers at a traditional market in Jakarta, Indonesia, June 3, 2019. Reuters/Willy KurniawanAnd a pinch of background.
Baghdad Green Zone set to open around the clock 03 Jun 2019 - 07:51 pm
An Iraqi worker checks a chimney stack outlets at the brick factory in the town of Nahrawan in Baghdad, Iraq June 3, 2019. Reuters/Thaier al-Sudani
'Calm before the storm' on Tripoli's front lines 03 Jun 2019 - 07:51 pm
A fighter loyal to the Libyan internationally-recognised Government of National Accord (GNA) prepares the Iftar meal for fellow fighters before breaking their fast at the front lines on MAY 31, 2019, in the suburb of Al-Swani, 25 kilometres south of Tripo
Sudan troops move to crush pro-democracy camp, killing 30 03 Jun 2019 - 07:51 pm
Sudanese protesters erect a barricade on a street and demanding that the country's Transitional Military Council hand over power to civilians in Khartoum, Sudan June 3, 2019. Reuters
Hundreds quit crowded camp in northeast Syria 03 Jun 2019 - 07:51 pm
Fightres from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) check the identities of displaced people before allowing them to board a bus waiting outside the Al-Hol camp in Al-Hasakeh governorate in northeastern Syria, on June 3, 2019, as Kurdish authorities started
'Turkey continues to be hope for all mankind' 03 Jun 2019 - 07:51 pm
President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan greets people as he attends a program on the occasion of Laylat al-Qadr in Esenler district of Istanbul, Turkey on May 31, 2019 Turkish Presidency / Kayhan Ozer