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Deadly church shoot-out after 5 S.African police killed 24 Feb 2018 - 11:20 am
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2 sailors die after yacht capsizes in Western Australia 24 Feb 2018 - 11:18 am
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Trump talks new gun measures, gun owners talk 'betrayal' 24 Feb 2018 - 10:38 am
Hundreds of high school and middle school students from the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia staged walkouts and gather in front of the White House in support of gun control in the wake of the Florida shooting February 21, 2018 in Washington, D
White House locked down after vehicle strikes barrier 24 Feb 2018 - 09:41 am
A uniformed US Secret Service officer stands guard after a passenger vehicle struck a security barrier near the White House in Washington, US, February 23, 2018. REUTERS/Jim Bourg
As deadly shells fall, fear spreads anew in Syrian capital 24 Feb 2018 - 09:17 am
Citizens and fire fighters arrive to extinguish fire after Assad regime forces carried out an airstrike over the de-escalation zone in Douma town of Eastern Ghouta in Damascus, Syria on February 24, 2018. Mouneb Abu Taim / Anadolu Agency
Three bombs hit capital of Myanmar's Rakhine state 24 Feb 2018 - 09:09 am
Bomb debris are seen after explosion outside building in Sittwe, Myanmar February 24, 2018 in this picture obtained from social media. Courtesy of Ministry of Information Webportal Handout/via REUTERS
Official: Suicide bomber kills 1 in diplomatic area in Kabul 24 Feb 2018 - 08:59 am
Afghan security personnel stand guard near the site of a suicide bombing at Shash Darak in kabul on February 24, 2018. AFP / WAKIL KOHSAR
India-bound gas pipeline breaks ground on Afghan section 24 Feb 2018 - 12:26 am
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani (C) with Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov President of Turkmenistan (2L), Pakistani Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi (R) and India's External Affairs Minister Shri M. J. Akbar (L) look on during the (TAPI) gas pipeline project i
Suspect in Filipina's Kuwait freezer death arrested 24 Feb 2018 - 12:26 am
Funeral workers carry a crate containing the body of Joanna Demafelis, a Filipina domestic helper who was killed and found inside a freezer in Kuwait, in her hometown in Iloilo province in the Philippines February 17, 2018. Reuters/Erik De Castro
Indonesia president says toxic river should be clean enough to drink within 7 yrs 24 Feb 2018 - 12:13 am
Indonesian President Joko Widodo (L) greeted by Secretary General PDI-P party Hasto Kristiyanto (R) at the opening of party meeting in Sanur, Bali, Indonesia, February 23, 2018. Antara Foto/Nyoman Budhiana/ via Reuters
Ivanka Trump to push for 'maximum pressure' on North Korea 24 Feb 2018 - 12:10 am
South Korean President Moon Jae-In (R) shakes hands with Ivanka Trump during their dinner meeting at the Presidential Blue House in Seoul on February 23, 2018. AFP  / Kim Min-Hee
Two shot dead in downtown Zurich: police 23 Feb 2018 - 11:30 pm
Police officials gather at the scene of a shooting outside a branch of UBS bank in Zurich on February 23, 2018. Two people were shot dead in central Zurich, police said, as media reported numerous shots had been fired in what appeared to have been a priva
France and Germany ask Putin to stop Syria attacks, hope for ceasefire 23 Feb 2018 - 10:50 pm
French President Emmanuel Macron talks with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker during a European Union leaders informal summit in Brussels, Belgium, February 23, 2018. Reuters/Yves Herman
After shooting, return to school brings teachers to tears 23 Feb 2018 - 09:50 pm
Kay Blake (L) hugs school bus driver Pearlie Corker as they visit in front of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School as teachers and staff are allowed to return to the school for the first time since the mass shooting on campus on February 23, 2018 in Parkl
Two car bombs explode in Somali capital and kill 18 people 23 Feb 2018 - 09:40 pm
FILE PHOTO: Residents help a man wounded during an attack in the center of Mogadishu on February 26, 2016. (AFP / Mohamed Abdiwahab)
US to open Jerusalem embassy in May, marking Israel's 70th anniversary 23 Feb 2018 - 09:28 pm
Palestinians carry a wounded man during a protest against US President Donald Trump’s announcement to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, in Shuja'iyya neighborhood of Gaza City, Gaza on February 23, 2018. (Ali Jadallah /Anadolu Agency)
Turkey condemns Israel’s approval of new settler units 23 Feb 2018 - 09:22 pm
A crane lowers a caravan to the ground in Amichai, a new settlement which will house some 300 Jewish settlers evicted in February 2017 from the illegal West Bank settlement of Amona, in the Israeli occupied West Bank, February 22, 2018. Reuters/Ammar Awad
US imposes more North Korea sanctions; targets ships, firms 23 Feb 2018 - 09:14 pm
US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin briefs on North Korea at the White House in Washington, February 23, 2018. Reuters/Jonathan Ernst