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N.Korean Olympics ferry tacks past sanctions with karaoke, ice cream on board 06 Feb 2018 - 08:15 am
File photo of the North Korean ferry Mangyongbong No. 92, carrying 368 North Korean team supporters, is anchored at the Dadaepo port in Busan, South Korea, September 28, 2002. REUTERS/Ahn Young-joon/Pool/File photo
Beijing holds successful missile defense test 06 Feb 2018 - 08:09 am
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Fate of South Africa's Zuma hangs on Wednesday ANC meeting 05 Feb 2018 - 11:02 pm
ANC (African National Congress) members attack a woman they suspect of being a member of the BLF (Black Land First) movement, outside the ANC headquarters in Johannesburg on February 5, 2018. AFP / Wikus De Wet
Abdulla Yameen tightens grip on power in Maldives 05 Feb 2018 - 10:43 pm
Yameen
Germany to compensate Algeria Jews under Vichy rule 05 Feb 2018 - 10:15 pm
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Maldives police arrest former president Gayoom 05 Feb 2018 - 10:01 pm
Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, who is Yameen's half-brother and ruled the country for 30 years until 2008, was arrested at his residence, along with his son-in-law.
'Rohingya crisis could spark regional conflict' 05 Feb 2018 - 09:57 pm
On a visit to Indonesia, Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, the UN high commissioner for human rights, said that acts of genocide and ethnic cleansing may have occurred during Myanmar’s crackdown on the Rohingya minority.
Myanmar: Mystery shrouds Muslim lawyer's assassination 05 Feb 2018 - 09:43 pm
Ko Ni
Sweden condemns China's 'brutal' snatching of Swedish bookseller 05 Feb 2018 - 08:51 pm
Gui Minhai
Heavy snow disrupts flights, classes in Spain 05 Feb 2018 - 08:31 pm
People cross a street during a heavy snowfall in Madrid, Spain, February 5, 2018. Reuters/Paul Hanna
Denmark's biggest party wants to cap 'non-Western' asylum seekers 05 Feb 2018 - 08:20 pm
Mette Frederiksen (Photo courtesy: mette-frederiksen.dk)
EU's chief negotiator tells Britain: Time has come to make a Brexit choice 05 Feb 2018 - 08:12 pm
Britain's Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union David Davis and the European Union's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier speak inside 10 Downing Street, London February 5, 2018. Reuters/Stefan Rousseau
Surviving suspect in 2015 Paris attacks refuses to answer Belgian court 05 Feb 2018 - 08:05 pm
A court artist drawing shows Salah Abdeslam, one of the suspects in the 2015 Islamic State attacks in Paris, in court during his trial in Brussels, Belgium, February 5, 2018. Reuters/Yves Capelle
Ethiopia ethnic fighting displaces one million: UN 05 Feb 2018 - 07:41 pm
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Maldives declares state of emergency for 15 days 05 Feb 2018 - 07:35 pm
Opposition supporters protest against the government's delay in releasing their jailed leaders, including former president Mohamed Nasheed, despite a Supreme Court order, in Male, Maldives, February 4, 2018. Reuters
Turkey was targeted by 94 rockets: Turkish PM 05 Feb 2018 - 07:12 pm
Prime Minister of Turkey, Binali Yildirim (2 L) inspects the Calik Mosque after a rocket fired by PYD/PKK terrorists from Syria hit the three centuries old Mosque in the Turkish border province of Kilis, Turkey on February 04, 2018 in Kilis, Turkey.  Haka
Turkish family of 4 found dead in Germany 05 Feb 2018 - 06:34 pm
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Armed man shot trying to enter Iran presidency: reports 05 Feb 2018 - 06:20 pm
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