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Zimbabwe crackdown a taste of things to come, president's spokesman warns 20 Jan 2019 - 07:26 pm
People queue for gas in Harare, Zimbabwe, January 20, 2019. Reuters/Philimon Bulawayo
Major winter storm in the US wreaks havoc on travel 20 Jan 2019 - 06:35 pm
Waves crash over homes on Lighthouse Road during a winter storm that brought snow, sleet and rain to the area on January 20, 2019 in Scituate, Massachusetts. Icy conditions are predicted for much of Massachusetts. (Scott Eisen/Getty Images/AFP)
Magnitude 6.7 quake strikes Chile, kills two: Report 20 Jan 2019 - 05:29 pm
People outside their houses are seen along a street after an earthquake in Coquimbo, Chile January 19, 2019. Picture taken January 19, 2019. REUTERS/Alejandro Pizarro
Attack on UN base in Mali kills 8 peacekeepers: UN source 20 Jan 2019 - 04:50 pm
This is not the first time that peacekeepers from MINUSMA (United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali) have been targetted (AFP Photo/SEYLLOU)
Minister says UK faces 'political tsunami' if Brexit halted 20 Jan 2019 - 03:32 pm
An anti-Brexit protester is seen outside the Houses of Parliament in London, Britain January 17, 2019. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne/File Photo
Iranian women protest US arrest of state TV journalist 20 Jan 2019 - 03:12 pm
Iranians hold banners bearing messages that call for the release of US-born journalist Marzieh Hashemi, in front of the Swiss embassy in the capital Tehran on January 20, 2019. (AFP / ATTA KENARE)
Lebanon's Aoun urges more efforts to repatriate Syrian refugees 20 Jan 2019 - 02:30 pm
Lebanese President Michel Aoun hosts a regional economic summit in the Lebanese capital Beirut, on Januray 20, 2019. / AFP / JOSEPH EID
Bomb blast in a bus kills 3 civilians in Syria's Afrin: monitor 20 Jan 2019 - 01:22 pm
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Bangladesh 'Tree Man' returns to hospital as condition worsens 20 Jan 2019 - 01:11 pm
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Bon Jovi's restaurant to serve free meals to unpaid US government workers 20 Jan 2019 - 12:48 pm
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Bangladesh arrests Islamist extremist over deadly cafe attack 20 Jan 2019 - 12:21 pm
The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) escort arrested suspected militant Mamunur Rashid (C) in Dhaka on January 20, 2019.  / AFP / STR
World's oldest man, 113, dies at his home in northern Japan 20 Jan 2019 - 12:11 pm
FILE PHOTO: Japanese Masazo Nonaka, who was born 112 years and 259 days ago, receives a Guinness World Records certificate naming him the world's oldest man during a ceremony in Ashoro, on Japan's northern island of Hokkaido, in this photo taken by Kyodo
Northern Irish police report suspected car bomb in Londonderry 20 Jan 2019 - 11:08 am
A handout picture taken and released by the Police Service of Northern Ireland on January 19, 2019, shows a burning car following a suspected car bomb in Londonderry, Northern Ireland . AFP PHOTO /POLICE SERVICE OF NORTHERN IRELAND
Britain's Prince Philip warned by police over seat belt, two days after crash 20 Jan 2019 - 10:56 am
(FILES) In this file photo taken on June 10, 2011 Britain's Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, attends a reception at Buckingham Palace, in central London, on June 10, 2011. AFP / POOL / John Stillwell
Who's cooking for the Trumps during the shutdown? 20 Jan 2019 - 10:42 am
U.S. Secret Service Uniformed Division officers stand in front of White House as they continue to work without pay due to the government shutdown, in Washington, U.S., January 19, 2019. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas
'Huge explosion' in Damascus causes fatalities: monitor 20 Jan 2019 - 10:07 am
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Tshisekedi declared Congo's president, but runner-up revolts 20 Jan 2019 - 09:03 am
Felix Tshisekedi, leader of the Congolese main opposition party, the Union for Democracy and Social Progress who was announced as the winner of the presidential elections gestures to his supporters at the party headquarters in Kinshasa, Democratic Republi
Australian rallies demand safe streets for women after Israeli student murder 20 Jan 2019 - 08:50 am
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