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US astronaut thanks Russian rescuers for their quick work 12 Oct 2018 - 07:45 pm
Head of Russian space agency Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin (C) poses with astronauts Alexey Ovchinin of Russia and Nick Hague of the U.S., who survived the mid-air failure of a Russian rocket, on onboard a plane during a flight to Chkalovsky airport near Star
Nikki Haley became a popular UN diplomat despite Trump policies 12 Oct 2018 - 07:40 pm
Nikki Haley speaks during a UN Security Council meeting that discussed chemical weapons in Syria at the United Nations headquarters in New York on January 23, 2018. (Mohammed Elshamy / Anadolu Agency)
Dina Powell tells Trump she doesn't want UN job 12 Oct 2018 - 06:34 pm
White House senior adviser Ivanka Trump watches her father, U.S. President Donald Trump, arrive for the Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons annual meeting at the White House in Washington, U.S., October 11, 2018. Reuters/Jo
Crowds gather for second big UK royal wedding of the year 12 Oct 2018 - 11:45 am
Britain's Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank leave Windsor Castle a day ahead of their wedding in Windsor, Britain, October 11, 2018. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez
Ministers in revolt over May's Brexit concessions: media 12 Oct 2018 - 11:15 am
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Japan PM Abe to make rare China visit 12 Oct 2018 - 11:02 am
 Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivers a speech during a joint press announcement for the 10th Mekong-Japan Summit at the Akasaka Palace state guest house in Tokyo on October 9, 2018. / AFP / POOL / FRANCK ROBICHON
Landslide kills 31 in eastern Uganda 12 Oct 2018 - 10:04 am
A handout photo released by Uganda Red Cross on October 11, 2018, reportedly shows the damage after a river burst its banks in the eastern town of Bukalasi, in Uganda's Bududa district.
North, South Korea to hold high-level talks on Oct. 15 12 Oct 2018 - 10:02 am
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UK 'worried' about British student held in UAE: minister 11 Oct 2018 - 06:35 pm
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Trump touts black support in Kanye West lunch 11 Oct 2018 - 06:22 pm
:FILE PHOTO: U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and musician Kanye West at Trump Tower in New York City on Dec 13, 2016. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
Brazil's Bolsonaro plans hydro, nuclear plants to tackle power shortfall 11 Oct 2018 - 06:12 pm
FILE PHOTO: Jair Bolsonaro, far-right lawmaker and presidential candidate of the Social Liberal Party (PSL), casts his vote in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil October 7, 2018. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes/
Lebanon newspaper goes blank to protest political crisis 11 Oct 2018 - 02:57 pm
Blank copies of Lebanon's leading newspaper An-Nahar are displayed on a newspaper stand outside a bookstore in the coastal Lebanese port city of Byblos, north of Beirut, on October 11, 2018. AFP / JOSEPH EID
Tony Blair says there is a 50-50 chance of another Brexit referendum 11 Oct 2018 - 01:42 pm
Britain's former Prime Minister Tony Blair attends an event at Thomson Reuters in London, Britain, October 11, 2018. REUTERS/Simon Dawson
On the scent: India mulls Calvin Klein to lure man-eating tigress 11 Oct 2018 - 11:50 am
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Death toll rose to 55 in overnight bus crash in western Kenya 10 Oct 2018 - 11:21 pm
A picture shows the wreckage of a bus at the site of an accident in Kericho, western Kenya, on October 10, 2018.  AFP / Brian Ongoro
Myanmar newspaper journalists held after handing themselves in to police 10 Oct 2018 - 11:21 pm
Kyaw Zaw Linn, the editor in charge at Eleven Media arrives after being detained at Tamwe court in Yangon, Myanmar, October 10, 2018. Reuters/Ann Wang
Frustration, despair grow in Indonesia quake city over planned new homes 10 Oct 2018 - 11:21 pm
Passengers boarding a commercial flight walk past packages of aid at the Mutiara Sis Al Jufri airport in Palu on October 10, 2018, days after the airport reopened following the September 28 earthquake and tsunami.  AFP / Adek Berry
Bosnia oil refinery blast kills 1, injures 10 10 Oct 2018 - 02:50 pm
Smoke is seen following an explosion at the oil refinery in Brod, Bosnia and Herzegovina early October 10, 2018. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic