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British boat rescues migrants trying to cross Channel 18 Feb 2019 - 09:45 pm
British rescuers helping some 20 migrants on a semi-rigid boat trying make their way from France across the English Channel  on February 18, 2019.  AFP/Societe Nationale de Sauvetage en Mer
Ukraine seeks more EU aid for south, east regions as elections near 18 Feb 2019 - 07:35 pm
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin speaks during an annual news conference in Kiev, Ukraine January 18, 2019. Reuters/Valentyn Ogirenko
Iraq's Kurdish regional parliament elects interim speaker amid boycott 18 Feb 2019 - 07:35 pm
Members of the Kurdistan Region Parliament vote during a session in Erbil, Iraq February 18, 2019. Reuters/Azad Lashkari
'Wake up', Macron will tell Europe in major pre-Brexit speech 18 Feb 2019 - 07:35 pm
Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech at the opening session of the Paris Peace Forum as part of the commemoration ceremony for Armistice Day, November 11, 2018. AFP / Gonzalo Fuentes
UK announces new deployment in Arctic region 18 Feb 2019 - 07:35 pm
A fishing boat enters the harbour at the Arctic port of Svolvaer in northern Norway, March 4, 2013. Reuters/Alister Doyle
Spain and Gibraltar offer differing accounts of warship incident 18 Feb 2019 - 07:35 pm
A cloud partially covers the tip of the Rock of the British territory of Gibraltar at sunrise from La Atunara port  in Algeciras bay, La Linea de la Concepcion in southern Spain August 18, 2013. Reuters/Jon Nazca
Many Indians rally behind Modi after Kashmir attack 18 Feb 2019 - 06:47 pm
As emotions run high following the deadliest attack on security forces in decades, Modi, who faces a general election by May, said he had given a free hand to security forces to avenge the killings in Kashmir, the region disputed with arch-foe Pakistan.
Who are the seven UK lawmakers in the Independent Group? 18 Feb 2019 - 06:47 pm
Britain's Labour Party MPs Ann Coffey, Angela Smith, Chris Leslie, Chuka Umunna, Gavin Shuker and Luciana Berger leave a joint news conference after their announcement they are leaving the party, in London, Britain, February 18, 2019. Reuters/Simon Dawson
Americans arrested in Haiti with weapons 18 Feb 2019 - 06:47 pm
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Philippines says 136 people have died in measles outbreak 18 Feb 2019 - 05:37 pm
A child reacts during a Philippine Read Cross Measles Outbreak Vaccination Response in Baseco compound, a slum area in Manila on February 16, 2019.   AFP / Noel CELIS
In Syria's Aleppo, gas shortages add to daily woes 18 Feb 2019 - 05:30 pm
Syrians queue for gas canisters in the Salah al-Din district of the northern city of Aleppo on February 11, 2019. AFP / LOUAI BESHARA
Twin bombing kills 13 in Syria's Idlib: monitor 18 Feb 2019 - 05:20 pm
Syrian men look at the destroyed house of their neighbour in the rebel-held town of Maaret al-Numan in the north of Idlib province on February 18, 2019, following reported shelling by government forces. / AFP / OMAR HAJ KADOUR
Besieged IS militants refuse to surrender, ask for an exit 18 Feb 2019 - 03:32 pm
Veiled women, reportedly wives and members of the Islamic State, walk under the supervision of a female fighter from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) at al-Hol camp at al-Hasakeh governorate at northeastern Syria on February 17, 2019. / AFP / BULENT KIL
Maldives court orders arrest of former president over alleged corruption 18 Feb 2019 - 03:17 pm
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Don't abandon us, Syrian Kurds tell Europe 18 Feb 2019 - 03:01 pm
Bystanders and fighters from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) watch a demonstration in support of Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan, on February 15, 2019, in the northeastern Syrian Kurdish-majority city of Qamishli.  AFP / HECTOR PEREZ
Facebook broke rules, should be regulated - UK lawmakers 18 Feb 2019 - 02:54 pm
FILE PHOTO: A 3D printed Facebook logo is placed on broken glass above a printed EU flag in this illustration taken January 28, 2019. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo
Seven lawmakers quit UK Labour Party citing Brexit "betrayal", anti-Semitism 18 Feb 2019 - 01:36 pm
Former Labour party MPs Chris Leslie (L), Mike Gapes (2L), Luciana Berger (3L), Ann Coffey (4L), Angela Smith (2R) and Chuka Umunna (R) listen as Gavin Shuker speaks during a press conference in London on February 18, 2019, where he and colleagues announc
India says two masterminds of Kashmir bombing killed in clash 18 Feb 2019 - 11:16 am
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