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Philippine troops kill 15 militants in air and ground assaults 11 Jun 2018 - 12:47 am
People cross a road during heavy rain caused by Typhoon Maliksi in Manila on June 10, 2018. AFP / Noel Celis
Baghdad warehouse fire: PM calls ‘plot’, interior minister says ballots safe, speaker for poll rerun 11 Jun 2018 - 12:31 am
Security forces carry ballot boxes as smoke rises from a storage site in Baghdad, housing the boxes from Iraq's May parliamentary election, Iraq June 10, 2018. Reuters
Migrant aid ship awaits OK to dock after Italy, Malta say no 10 Jun 2018 - 11:31 pm
Migrants disembark from the MV Aquarius, a search and rescue ship run in partnership between SOS Mediterranee and Medecins Sans Frontieres, after it arrived in Augusta on the island of Sicily, Italy, January 30, 2018. Reuters/Antonio Parrinello
Unorthodox Trump faces toughest test yet in North Korea summit 10 Jun 2018 - 11:18 pm
Trump's engagement with Kim fulfills the North Korean ruling family's long-unrequited yearning for international legitimacy, itself a substantial concession after more than a generation of U.S. efforts to isolate the country on the global stage.
Trump, Kim converge on Singapore ahead of high-stakes summit 10 Jun 2018 - 09:26 pm
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong gestures towards the media as he meets with North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un at the Istana in Singapore June 10, 2018. Reuters/Edgar Su
Prosecutor: No evidence of any foul play in Bourdain death 10 Jun 2018 - 09:15 pm
General view of the Le Chambard Hotel in Kaysersberg-Vignoble, France, June 8, 2018. U.S. celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain, host of CNN's food-and-travel-focused
Fire hits Iraq's biggest ballot warehouse before recount: security official 10 Jun 2018 - 04:26 pm
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Syria strikes kill 11 civilians after jihadist attack: monitor 10 Jun 2018 - 04:01 pm
Syrians gather amidst destruction in Zardana, in the mostly rebel-held northern Syrian Idlib province, in the aftermath of following air strikes in the area late on June 8, 2018.   AFP / OMAR HAJ KADOUR
Assad says West is fueling Syria war, hoping to topple him 10 Jun 2018 - 03:49 pm
(FILE PHOTO) A picture of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad is seen in Ramouseh, a government-controlled area of Aleppo, Syria December 8, 2016. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki
Trump arrives in Singapore for historic N. Korea summit 10 Jun 2018 - 03:39 pm
U.S. President Donald Trump disembarks Air Force One as he arrives in Singapore June 10, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Pot of gold found in abandoned French house 10 Jun 2018 - 12:47 pm
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Deadly clashes as jihadists attack besieged Syria regime villages 10 Jun 2018 - 11:56 am
Syrians gather amidst destruction in Zardana, in the mostly rebel-held northern Syrian Idlib province, in the aftermath of following air strikes in the area late on June 8, 2018. AFP / OMAR HAJ KADOUR
Putin says willing to meet Trump whenever US is ready 10 Jun 2018 - 10:33 am
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a news conference on the results of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Qingdao, China June 10, 2018. Sputnik/Mikhael Klimentyev/Kremlin via REUTERS
N.Korea leader Kim arrives in Singapore - Singapore Foreign Minister 10 Jun 2018 - 10:29 am
A motorcade believed to be carrying North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un travels past in Singapore June 10, 2018. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
China's Xi calls out 'selfish, short-sighted' trade policies 10 Jun 2018 - 10:19 am
China's President Xi Jinping attends a signing ceremony during Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China June 10, 2018. REUTERS/Aly Song
Trump trade fury torpedoes Canada's G7 summit 10 Jun 2018 - 09:58 am
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and G7 leaders France's President Emmanuel Macron, Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel, Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May and U.S. President Donald Trump hold a meeting with staff on the first day of the G7 meeting
Iran, spurned by US, angrily watches Trump-North Korea talks 10 Jun 2018 - 09:38 am
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Trump and Kim head for historic Singapore summit 10 Jun 2018 - 09:30 am
Policemen patrol outside the St. Regis hotel premises ahead of the US-North Korea summit in Singapore on June 10, 2018. AFP / ADEK BERRY