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Syrian state media says Israel artillery strikes Quneitra province 11 Feb 2019 - 09:50 pm
An Israeli flag flutters above the wreckage of an Israeli tank sitting on a hill in the Israeli-occupied sector of the Golan Heights on October 18, 2017. AFP/Jalaa Marey
Uighur scientists, intellectuals remain unaccounted for 11 Feb 2019 - 09:50 pm
People protest at a Uyghur rally on February 5, 2019 in front of the US Mission to the United Nations, to encourage the State Department to fight for the freedom of the majority-Muslim Uighur population unjustly imprisoned in Chinese concentration camps.
California to pull troops from US-Mexico border in rebuke to Trump 11 Feb 2019 - 09:49 pm
US Border Patrol agents walk over a canal of water flowing into Mexico at the US Mexico border fence on November 17, 2016 in San Luis, Arizona John Moore / Getty Images / AFP
India's tourist magnet starts to clean child labour 'blot' 11 Feb 2019 - 07:02 pm
Born into poverty, thousands of children from the northern Indian state of Bihar have for years been trafficked to tourist-magnet Jaipur to work as slaves making bangles, embroidering or sewing buttons. Reuters file photo /Krishnendu Halder
Pompeo warns Hungary not to let Russia divide West 11 Feb 2019 - 07:02 pm
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. AFP / Johannes Eisele & Attila Kisbenedek
Malaysian ex-PM Najib combative ahead of 1MDB graft trial 11 Feb 2019 - 06:03 pm
Najib Razak (Reuters file photo / Olivia Harris)
Colombia's Cano Limon pipeline bombed for 6th time this year: Ecopetrol 11 Feb 2019 - 04:49 pm
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Mammoth crowds mark 40th anniversary of Iran revolution 11 Feb 2019 - 03:03 pm
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani speaks during a ceremony to mark the 40th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in Tehran, Iran, February 11, 2019.
Macedonia prepares for name change by removing signs 11 Feb 2019 - 02:15 pm
A general view shows Skopje's main square, Macedonia, on February 6, 2019.  AFP / Robert ATANASOVSKI
Fierce fighting for last IS foothold in eastern Syria 11 Feb 2019 - 01:20 pm
A fighter from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) walks past shops with their fronts painted with the Arabic phrases
Strong storm brings damage - and snow - to Hawaii 11 Feb 2019 - 01:11 pm
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As Indian election looms, Facebook steps up fact-checks 11 Feb 2019 - 01:00 pm
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New Zealand's Ardern says China flight's return not a red flag for ties 11 Feb 2019 - 12:36 pm
File photo of New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.
US team in Beijing for trade talks after IMF 'storm' warning 11 Feb 2019 - 11:19 am
US Deputy Trade Representative Jeffrey Gerrish (C) and members of his negotiation team leave a hotel ahead of a meeting with Chinese officials in Beijing on February 11, 2019. / AFP / NICOLAS ASFOURI
At least 99 dead after consuming toxic alcohol in India 11 Feb 2019 - 11:00 am
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Crowds mass in Tehran to mark 40 years since Iran revolution 11 Feb 2019 - 10:37 am
A Muslim Shiite cleric walks past the house of the late founder of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, in the holy city of Qom, 130 kilometres south of Tehran on January 15, 2019.  / AFP / ATTA KENARE
Thai junta chief decries coup conjecture as 'fake news' 11 Feb 2019 - 10:11 am
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Acting Pentagon chief Patrick Shanahan arrives in Afghanistan 11 Feb 2019 - 10:01 am
Acting US defense secretary Patrick Shanahan arrives in Kabul, Afghanistan February 11, 2019. REUTERS/Idrees Ali