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US-backed Syria force resumes evacuations from last Islamic State redoubt 25 Feb 2019 - 05:20 pm
Men suspected of being Islamic State (IS) fighters wait to be searched by members of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) after leaving the IS group's last holdout of Baghouz, in Syria's northern Deir Ezzor province on February 22, 2019. / AFP /
Algerian PM to protesters: 'Let ballot box decide' 25 Feb 2019 - 04:57 pm
A protester holds up the Algerian flag during a rally against the Algerian president's bid for a fifth term in office on February 24, 2019 at the Place de la Republique in Paris.  AFP / STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN
Buhari scores first gains as concerns mount over Nigeria vote 25 Feb 2019 - 03:38 pm
Nigeria's Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) chairman Mahmood Yakubu displays vote result sheets on February 25, 2019 in Abuja during the presidential elections announcement. AFP / Kola SULAIMON
Britain to ban Lebanon's Hezbollah as terrorist group 25 Feb 2019 - 03:00 pm
FILE PHOTO: Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah gestures as he addresses his supporters via a screen in Beirut, Lebanon August 14, 2018. REUTERS/Aziz Taher/File Photo
Britain to ban Lebanon's Hezbollah, class it as terrorism organisation 25 Feb 2019 - 02:15 pm
FILE PHOTO. Reuters
Moldova set for hung parliament as opposition threatens protests 25 Feb 2019 - 12:12 pm
Members of a local electoral commission count votes following a parliamentary election in Chisinau, Moldova February 24, 2019. REUTERS/Vladislav Culiomza
Korean War could be declared over at Hanoi summit: Seoul 25 Feb 2019 - 12:02 pm
Pin badges are displayed as conservative anti-North Korea, pro-US activists march through central Seoul on February 23, 2019. / AFP / Ed JONES
Indonesian housewives arrested over election video: police 25 Feb 2019 - 11:35 am
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UK government mulls Brexit options, including possible delay, if deal fails 25 Feb 2019 - 10:54 am
An anti-Brexit protester wearing a European Union flag cap, flies European and Union flags outside the Houses of Parliament in London on February 21, 2019. AFP / Tolga Akmen
Poachers kill elephant in Cambodia wildlife sanctuary 25 Feb 2019 - 10:51 am
This recent undated handout photo released on February 25, 2019 by the Cambodian Ministry of Environment shows the body of a dead elephant in northeastern Mondulkiri province. AFP PHOTO / Cambodian Ministry of Environment
Trump won't rush N.Korea on denuclearisation as long as no weapon tests 25 Feb 2019 - 10:49 am
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo boards a plane at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. Sunday, Feb. 24, 2019, to travel to Hanoi, Vietnam, ahead of a planned second summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Andrew Harnik/Pool via Re
Tanzanian opposition women's leader released: party 25 Feb 2019 - 10:41 am
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Okinawa referendum rejects relocation for US military base 25 Feb 2019 - 10:30 am
The relocation site for U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma where land reclamation work continues is seen in the Henoko coastal district in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo February 23, 2019. Picture taken February 23, 2019.
Bangladesh police say suspected plane hijacker had carried a toy pistol 25 Feb 2019 - 08:38 am
Bangladeshi security personnel stand guard near a Dubai-bound Bangladesh Biman plane on the tarmac of the Shah Amanat International Airport in Chittagong on February 24, 2019, following an emergency landing after a man apparently attempted to hijack the a
Hijacking foiled on Bangladesh flight, suspect killed 25 Feb 2019 - 08:34 am
Security personnel stand guard outside of the hijacked aircraft of the Biman Bangladesh Airlines in the Shah Amanat International Airport in Chattogram, Bangladesh February 24, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer
Texas governor stockpiles cash but not for the usual reason 24 Feb 2019 - 09:10 pm
Greg Abbott  (Reuters file photo)
EU sees first Arab summit as response to Russia, China 24 Feb 2019 - 09:10 pm
Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel talks with Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad Al-Sabah during the first joint European Union and Arab League summit at the International Congress Centre in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, on February 24
Nigeria votes for a 2nd day in places as death toll rises 24 Feb 2019 - 09:10 pm
A road leading to a collation centre is blocked, as Nigerians await the result of the Presidential election, in Abuja, Nigeria February 24, 2019. Reuters/Gbemileke Awodoye