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Macron ex-aide Benalla charged over diplomatic passports 18 Jan 2019 - 10:28 pm
In this file photo taken on September 19, 2018 Former Elysee senior security officer Alexandre Benalla raises his hand as he takes the oath before a Senate committee in Paris.  AFP / Alain Jocard
Zimbabwe blocks social media as crackdown intensifies 18 Jan 2019 - 10:28 pm
A man checks his mobile phone in Harare, Zimbabwe, January 18, 2019. Reuters/Philimon Bulawayo
Congo rejects African Union demand to delay final election result 18 Jan 2019 - 10:09 pm
Men remove an electoral campaign banner of Emmanuel Ramazani Shadary, former Congolese interior minister and presidential candidate, in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, January 2, 2019. Reuters/Baz Ratner
Officer who killed teen used racial slurs, excessive force 18 Jan 2019 - 10:06 pm
Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke looks as the murder trial of 17-year old Laquan McDonald going on in Chicago, October 5, 2018/ Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune/Reuters
Trump, North Korean envoy discuss 2nd Trump-Kim summit 18 Jan 2019 - 10:06 pm
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo welcomes North Korean Vice-Chairman Kim Yong Chol prior to a meeting in Washington, DC, January 18, 2019. AFP / Saul Loeb
Tens of thousands honor stabbed Polish mayor on burial eve 18 Jan 2019 - 10:06 pm
Gdansk's Mayor Pawel Adamowicz speaks during an election campaign meeting in Gdansk, Poland October 27, 2018.  Agencja Gazeta/Bartosz Banka via Reuters
Marxist terrorists blamed for worst Bogota bloodbath in 16 years 18 Jan 2019 - 08:31 pm
Security forces work at the site of an apparent car bomb attack on a police cadet training school in Bogota, that left at least four people dead and 10 injured on January 17, 2019.  AFP / Juan Barreto
Slain Ghanaian journalist hailed as 'national hero' at funeral 18 Jan 2019 - 08:30 pm
Men pray over the grave of Ahmed Hussein-Suale, an investigative journalist who was killed by gunmen on Wednesday, inside a cemetery at Madina in Accra, Ghana January 18, 2019. Reuters/Francis Kokoroko
Trump grounds Democratic speaker's foreign travel 18 Jan 2019 - 07:19 pm
Nancy Pelosi speaks during a press conference in Washington DC on November 7, 2018. AFP / Nicholas Kamm
UK Queen Elizabeth's husband Philip, 97, recovers after car crash 18 Jan 2019 - 01:14 pm
Debris is shown at the scene where Britain's Prince Philip was involved in a traffic accident, near the Sandringham estate in eastern England, Britain, January 18, 2019. REUTERS/Chris Radburn
Swedish lawmakers elect PM Lofven to second term 18 Jan 2019 - 12:39 pm
File photo of Sweden's Prime Minister Stefan Lofven arrives at a European Union leaders summit in Brussels, Belgium December 13, 2018. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir/File Photo
India court orders security for women who entered flashpoint temple 18 Jan 2019 - 12:13 pm
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Zimbabwe's biggest mobile operator Econet says ordered to shut down internet 18 Jan 2019 - 11:36 am
Zimbabwe Police officers are seen driving along the streets of Harare, Zimbabwe, January 17, 2019. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo
21 dead in car bomb attack on Colombian police academy 18 Jan 2019 - 11:15 am
People wait for news outside the site of an explosion on a police cadet training school in Bogota on January 17, 2019. AFP / Juan Barreto
Juan Guaido: the 'kid' taking on Venezuela's Maduro 18 Jan 2019 - 10:53 am
Juan Guaido, President of Venezuela's National Assembly, attends a gathering in Caracas, Venezuela January 16, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins
Pakistan's 'poetic justice' takes oath, pledges reform 18 Jan 2019 - 10:03 am
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California storm moving out after battering state for 3 days 18 Jan 2019 - 04:15 am
Pedestrian crosses a street in the rain in Montebello, California on January 16, 2019 as southern California is hit by another storm, pushed by an atmospheric river, with rainfall expected to get heavier later into the day.  AFP / Frederic J Brown
New caravan crosses Guatemala, first migrants enter Mexico 18 Jan 2019 - 04:15 am
Migrants from Honduras, part of a new caravan from Central America trying to reach the United States, walk along a road in Chiquimula, Guatemala January 16, 2019. Reuters/Jorge Cabrera