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U.S. forecaster sees 65 pct chance of El Niño in spring 10 Jan 2019 - 05:23 pm
FILE PHOTO : A farmer works on a drought-hit paddy field on the outskirts of Chongqing municipality
President Maduro to start new term as Venezuela isolation grows 10 Jan 2019 - 04:56 pm
FILE PHOTO: Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro shows a map while he speaks during a news conference at Miraflores Palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Jan. 9, 2019. REUTERS/Manaure Quintero
Davos authorizes youth protest against Trump at Davos forum 10 Jan 2019 - 04:33 pm
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Pompeo: US troop withdrawal from Syria will happen 10 Jan 2019 - 03:54 pm
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrives at the Cairo International Airport in the Egyptian capital on January 9, 2019.  AFP / POOL / ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS
Migrants land on Italy beach despite 'closed ports' 10 Jan 2019 - 03:51 pm
Migrants, part of a group of 49, wave towards the media as they disembark from one of Malta's AFM Protector-class coastal patrol boats on January 9, 2019 after being transfered from the Dutch-flagged rescue Vessel
Four civil defence volunteers gunned down at school in southern Thailand 10 Jan 2019 - 01:47 pm
Paramedics take away a body after four Thai civil defence volunteers were shot and killed outside of a school in the restive southern province of Pattani on January 10, 2019. AFP / Tuwaedaniya Meringing
Former U.S. marine held in Russia on spy charges seeks bail: news agencies 10 Jan 2019 - 01:45 pm
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German airport security staff strike hits more than 600 flights 10 Jan 2019 - 10:42 am
Members of Germany's union Verdi wear yellow vests as they march in front of Gate A of Duesseldorf Airport during a strike by Verdi, which called on security staff at Duesseldorf, Cologne and Stuttgart airports to put pressure on management in wage talks,
Drought-hit Australia has third-warmest year on record in 2018 10 Jan 2019 - 10:29 am
FILE PHOTO: Farmer May McKeown feeds the remaining cattle on her drought-affected property located on the outskirts of the north-western New South Wales town of Walgett in Australia, July 20, 2018. REUTERS/David Gray/File Photo
Mexico finds 20 bodies, 17 of them burned, near US border 10 Jan 2019 - 09:17 am
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Congo opposition leader Tshisekedi clinches surprise win in presidential election 10 Jan 2019 - 08:23 am
(FILES) In this file photo taken on December 29, 2018 presidential candidate Felix Tshisekedi (C) arrives for a meeting between CENI, SADC and other presidential candidates in Kinshasa, one day ahead of the general elections. AFP / Luis TATO
Maduro faces next term in a hobbled, isolated Venezuela 10 Jan 2019 - 08:11 am
File photo of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro gestures while he speaks during a news conference at Miraflores Palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Jan. 9, 2019. REUTERS/Manaure Quintero/File Photo
Attorney general pick Barr expresses confidence in Mueller 10 Jan 2019 - 08:09 am
Former US Attorney General William Barr leaves after meeting with US senators on January 9, 2019, in Washington, DC, ahead of his confirmation hearing. AFP / Nicholas Kamm
Iran supreme leader slams ‘idiots’ in US administration 09 Jan 2019 - 10:30 pm
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
Remains of Bolivian family found in suitcases in Brazil 09 Jan 2019 - 09:35 pm
FILE PHOTO: Media helicopters fly over Paulista Avenue  in Sao Paulo, March 13, 2016. Reuters/Paulo Whitaker Whitaker
Trump AG nominee Barr will let Mueller finish Russia probe -Graham 09 Jan 2019 - 07:39 pm
William Barr
Pompeo in reassurance mission to Iraq over US Syria pullout plans Iraq-US-diplomacy 09 Jan 2019 - 07:06 pm
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo waits to board a helicopter to the U.S. embassy at the terminal at Baghdad International Airport, Iraq, January 9, 2019. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool via |  REUTERS
Storm kills Syrian girl in Lebanon, causes widespread damage 09 Jan 2019 - 06:52 pm
A Syrian refugee walks past makeshift shelters in an unofficial camp for refugees in Iaat in Lebanon's Bekaa valley, a snow storm on January 8, 2019.  / AFP