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Canada looks to reunite Syrian family after fire claims seven kids 21 Feb 2019 - 11:19 pm
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks with members of the Nova Scotia Muslim community while in attendance for a vigil in support of a Syrian refugee family who lost seven children killed in a house fire in the community of Spryfield earlier in th
Pompeo: Diplomat dad means US-born IS woman not citizen 21 Feb 2019 - 11:19 pm
US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo listens during the news conference in Reykjavik, Iceland February 15, 2019. Reuters/Geirix
Hungarian opposition cries hypocrisy over Venezuelan refugees 21 Feb 2019 - 11:19 pm
This picture taken on February 21, 2019 shows a building of the VVSI Sport Hotel in Gardony town, about 60 km west from Hungarian capital Budapest, where Venezuela's refugees are hosted. AFP
Venezuela's Maduro to close borders with Brazil 21 Feb 2019 - 11:19 pm
A group of vehicles supposedly carrying Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido, who many nations have recognised as the country's rightful interim ruler, leave his house in Caracas, Venezuela February 21, 2019. Reuters/Carlos Garcia Rawlins
Democrats prepare resolution against Trump's declaration 21 Feb 2019 - 11:19 pm
Nancy Pelosi attends VH1 Trailblazer Honors at The Wilshire Ebell Theatre on February 20, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. Amy Sussman/Getty Images/AFP
Algeria’s president to visit Switzerland for medical checks 21 Feb 2019 - 08:15 pm
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika on June 15, 2015 in Algiers. AFP/Alain Jocard
Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi drops off UN agenda in Geneva next week 21 Feb 2019 - 08:15 pm
Aung San Suu Kyi addresses the 71st United Nations General Assembly in Manhattan, September 21, 2016. Reuters/Carlo Allegri
Eleven Venezuela diplomats in US defect since last month -opposition 21 Feb 2019 - 08:15 pm
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Oakland teachers go on strike, demand pay raises 21 Feb 2019 - 08:15 pm
Oakland Unified School District students and teachers carry signs as they picket outside of Oakland Technical High School on February 21, 2019 in Oakland, California. Nearly 3,000 teachers in Oakland have gone on strike and are demanding a 12 percent retr
Pope, at crisis conference, vows "concrete" steps against sex abuse by priests 21 Feb 2019 - 08:05 pm
Members of Ending Clergy Abuse (ECA), a global organization of prominent survivors and activists who are in Rome for this week’s papal summit on the sex abuse crisis within the Catholic Church, hold a protest gathering on February 21, 2019 by the Castel S
Estonians kick off online voting for March election 21 Feb 2019 - 08:05 pm
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Snow in Vegas! Desert city gets first white stuff in decade 21 Feb 2019 - 08:05 pm
Visitors take photos at the Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign as it snows during a winter storm on February 20, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Ethan Miller/Getty Images/AFP
Pakistan bans groups linked to Mumbai attack suspects 21 Feb 2019 - 08:05 pm
A man pushes a cart as he sells cooked corn on Clifton beach in Karachi, Pakistan February 20, 2019. Reuters/Akhtar Soomro
Manafort sentencing set for March 8 21 Feb 2019 - 08:05 pm
Paul Manafort arrives for arraignment on a third superseding indictment against him by Special Counsel Robert Mueller at US District Court in Washington, June 15, 2018. Reuters/Jonathan Ernst
Austrians united in complaint -- over a new public holiday 21 Feb 2019 - 06:02 pm
The Austrian government had come up with the plan as a way of conforming to a ruling by the European Court of Justice last month that it was illegal for Good Friday to be a full holiday for members of certain Christian churches only.
No more songs of praise, Tajik president says 21 Feb 2019 - 06:02 pm
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'Greek Cypriots not contributing to Cyprus issue' 21 Feb 2019 - 06:02 pm
Turkish Cypriot girls in traditional dresses pass out gifts to a Greek Cypriot as he drives on November 12, 2018, through the newly-opened Lefka crossing. AFP/Iakovos Hatzistavrou
Kazakhstan president fires govt over low living standards 21 Feb 2019 - 06:02 pm
In this file photo taken on September 14, 2017 Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev gestures during a press conference in Astana.  AFP / Stanislav Filippov