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Chinese warships enter East Indian Ocean amid Maldives tensions 20 Feb 2018 - 11:50 am
Peninsula
Activists: Syria's shelling of Damascus suburb killed 98 20 Feb 2018 - 11:35 am
Smoke rises from buildings following bombardment on the village of Mesraba in the rebel-held besieged Eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of the capital Damascus, on February 19, 2018. / AFP / Hamza Al-Ajweh
Who are Cameroon's English-speaking separatists? 20 Feb 2018 - 11:16 am
(FILES) This file photo taken on January 31, 2018, shows Cameroonian refugees, including women and children gathering for a meeting at Bashu-Okpambe village in Boki district of Cross Rivers State in Nigeria. AFP / PIUS UTOMI EKPEI
Another Marawi possible, Philippine rebel chief warns 20 Feb 2018 - 11:04 am
Murad Ebrahim, chairman of Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), gestures as he speaks during a Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines (FOCAP) forum in Manila on February 20, 2018. AFP / TED ALJIBE
Police name Netanyahu associates in Israeli corruption probe 20 Feb 2018 - 10:53 am
Protesters hold signs calling upon Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to step down during a rally in Tel Aviv, Israel February 16, 2018. REUTERS/Amir Cohen
Iran teams find wreckage of plane in Zagros mountains: spokesman 20 Feb 2018 - 10:20 am
A handout picture released on February 19, 2018 by the Tasnim news agency shows members of a rescue team helicopter searching for the wreckage of Aseman Airlines flight EP3704 in Iran's Zagros mountain range. AFP PHOTO / HO / TASNIM NEWS
Donald Trump Jr. arrives in India to help sell apartments 20 Feb 2018 - 10:16 am
Donald Trump Jr. poses for photographers during a photo opportunity before start of a meeting in New Delhi, India, February 20, 2018. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
Bombs still fall on Syria's Ghouta after heaviest toll in years 20 Feb 2018 - 10:12 am
Smoke rises from buildings following bombardment on the village of Mesraba in the rebel-held besieged Eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of the capital Damascus, on February 19, 2018. AFP / Hamza Al-Ajweh
Fighting gun violence after shooting gives teens purpose 20 Feb 2018 - 10:07 am
Chris Grady a senior at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School hugs Broward County Sheriff officer Brad Griesinger as he guards the front gate of the school on February 18, 2018 in Parkland, Florida. Joe Raedle/Getty Images/AFP
Father of boy smuggled into Spain in suitcase on trial 20 Feb 2018 - 09:46 am
A handout file photo released by the Spanish Guardia Civil shows 8-year-old Ivorian boy Adou Ouattara hidden in a suitcase which was controlled in Ceuta, the Spanish enclave in the north of Morocco, May 08, 2015. AFP PHOTO/ HO/ SPANISH GUARDIA CIVIL
Malaysian court jails, fines artist for clown caricature of PM 20 Feb 2018 - 09:46 am
File photo of Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak.
Fukushima operator told to compensate for suicide of 102-year-old 20 Feb 2018 - 09:40 am
File photo of aerial view of the Fukushima nuclear plant. Reuters
South Korea refuses call to fire judge who freed Samsung heir 20 Feb 2018 - 09:16 am
File photo of the logo of Samsung Electronics is seen at its office building in Seoul, South Korea, July 4, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File Photo
S.Korea to announce joint military drill plan with US before April 20 Feb 2018 - 08:53 am
File photo of South Korean Army K1A1 and US Army M1A2 tanks fire live rounds during a US-South Korea joint live-fire military exercise, at a training field, near the demilitarized zone, separating the two Koreas in Pocheon, South Korea April 21, 2017. REU
Japanese 'baby factory' man wins custody of 13 kids born to Thai surrogates 20 Feb 2018 - 08:36 am
File photo of surrogate babies that Thai police suspect were fathered by a Japanese businessman who has fled from Thailand are shown on a screen during a news conference at the headquarters of the Royal Thai Police in Bangkok August 12, 2014. REUTERS/Athi
Palestinian leader goes to the UN to counter US on Jerusalem 20 Feb 2018 - 08:25 am
File photo of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaking during a news conference following the extraordinary meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Istanbul, Turkey, December 13, 2017. REUTERS/Osman Orsal
Underpaid Venezuelans skipping out on work to make ends meet 20 Feb 2018 - 08:07 am
Peninsula
US Secret Service denies China nuclear football 'skirmish' 20 Feb 2018 - 07:48 am
File photo of US President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping make joint statements at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, November 9, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst