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Paris gas blast toll rises to four after body found in rubble 13 Jan 2019 - 03:13 pm
A man lays flowers outside the Paris Fire station in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, in tribute to the two firefighters killed the day before in a powerful gas explosion which tore through a building in central Paris on January 13, 2019.  AFP / Thomas SA
Cesare Battisti, wanted for murder, a life on the run 13 Jan 2019 - 02:48 pm
FILE PHOTO: Italian former leftist guerrilla Cesare Battisti sits in a taxi next to his lawyer Igor Tamasauskas as they leave the headquarters of the Federal Police in Sao Paulo March 13, 2015. REUTERS/Nacho Doce/File photo
Greek defence minister quits over Macedonia name deal, coalition in doubt 13 Jan 2019 - 01:29 pm
Greek Defense Minister and coalition partner Panos Kammenos leaves the Maximos Mansion after a meeting with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in Athens on January 13, 2019. (AFP / ANGELOS )
Iran summons Polish diplomat to protest US summit 13 Jan 2019 - 12:26 pm
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif attends the geopolitical discussion event
Battisti: key dates in saga of Italian ex-militant 13 Jan 2019 - 12:12 pm
In this file photo taken on October 20, 2017 Italian ultra-leftist militant Cesare Battisti gestures during an interview with AFP in Cananeia, Sao Paulo state, Brazil. / AFP / Miguel SCHINCARIOL
Trump says he has 'no idea' if deal can be made with Pelosi 13 Jan 2019 - 11:20 am
US President Donald Trump listens during a meeting on border security in the Cabinet Room of the White House January 11, 2019 in Washington, DC. / AFP / Brendan Smialowski
Past projects show border wall building is complex, costly 12 Jan 2019 - 07:42 pm
Aerial view of the US-Mexico border fence at the Tijuana River seen from Tijuana, Baja California state, on January 11, 2019. / AFP / Guillermo Arias
Syrian army shells areas held by opposition fighters in northwest 12 Jan 2019 - 07:18 pm
Idlib city, Syria
Gun seized from 6-year-old kindergartner walking into school 12 Jan 2019 - 07:12 pm
Peninsula
Alliance in key Indian state threatens Modi's re-election bid 12 Jan 2019 - 06:45 pm
Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav (R) and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader Mayawati take part in a press conference to announce their political alliance in Lucknow on January 12, 2019. (AFP)
Losing Congo presidential candidate challenges result in court 12 Jan 2019 - 05:11 pm
Martin Fayulu, runner-up in Democratic Republic of Congo's presidential election, delivers his appeal contesting the Congo's National Independent Electoral Commission (CENI) results of the presidential election at the constitutional court in Kinshasa, Dem
Two firefighters killed as gas leak explosion rocks central Paris 12 Jan 2019 - 04:20 pm
A person is evacuated by firefighters from an apartment after the explosion of a bakery on the corner of the streets Saint-Cecile and Rue de Trevise in central Paris on January 12, 2019.   AFP / Thomas SAMSON
US starts withdrawing supplies, but not troops, from Syria 12 Jan 2019 - 04:10 pm
FILE PHOTO: Kurdish fighters from the People's Protection Units (YPG) head a convoy of U.S military vehicles in the town of Darbasiya next to the Turkish border, Syria April 28, 2017. REUTERS/Rodi Said
Thousands march in 9th straight French yellow vest protests 12 Jan 2019 - 03:33 pm
People march in the streets of center Paris, on January 12, 2019 during an anti-government demonstration called by the Yellow Vest
Workers in Alps use break in weather to clear snow 12 Jan 2019 - 02:02 pm
.AFP / JEAN-PIERRE CLATOT
Iran transfers more than 240 convicted Afghans to Kabul 12 Jan 2019 - 01:49 pm
Peninsula
Shutdown becomes longest federal closure in US history 12 Jan 2019 - 12:56 pm
Filephoto: A demonstrator holds a sign, signifying hundreds of thousands of federal employees who won’t be receiving their paychecks as a result of the partial government shutdown, during a
Obama protege Julian Castro set to join 2020 race 12 Jan 2019 - 12:08 pm
(FILES) In this file photo taken on September 02, 2015 US Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Julian Castro arrives to speak at the National Fair Housing Training and Policy Conference at the Housing and Urban Development Department in Washingto