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Trump says Erdogan assures 'will eradicate' any IS left in Syria 24 Dec 2018 - 09:43 am
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Order signed for US military's controversial Syria exit 24 Dec 2018 - 09:10 am
 In this file photo taken on September 13, 2018 US-backed forces are pictured near the village of Susah in the eastern province of Deir Ezzor, near the Syrian border with Iraq. / AFP / STR
What happens in a partial government Shutdown 23 Dec 2018 - 11:10 am
A sign declares the National Archive is closed due to a partial federal government shutdown in Washington, U.S., December 22, 2018. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
US government shutdown enters 2nd day, set to last through Christmas 23 Dec 2018 - 10:27 am
An American flag flies near the Lincoln Memorial on December 22, 2018 in Washington, DC. Olivier Douliery/Getty Images/AFP
US envoy to anti-IS coalition quits over Trump's Syria move 22 Dec 2018 - 07:38 pm
Brett McGurk, U.S. envoy to the coalition against Islamic State, speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Embassy in Amman, Jordan, November 6, 2016. (REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed / file photo)
Detention of Canadians in China a worrying precedent: Canada 22 Dec 2018 - 06:16 pm
Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland. (AFP / John MACDOUGALL/file photo)
Guyana government falls in no-confidence vote 22 Dec 2018 - 05:54 pm
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US govt partially shuts as Congress, Trump fail to reach deal 22 Dec 2018 - 09:10 am
The US Capitol is seen ahead of a possible government shutdown, in Washington, DC, December 21, 2018.  / AFP / SAUL LOEB
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has lung surgery to remove cancerous growths 21 Dec 2018 - 09:55 pm
US Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is seen during a group portrait session for the new full court at the Supreme Court in Washington, November 30, 2018. Reuters/Jim Young
Jim Mattis: the 'Mad Dog' with a big library 21 Dec 2018 - 07:38 pm
Brigadier General James Mattis carries his packs into the Kandahar International Airport, where he was to set up operations after arriving December 14, 2001. Reuters/Dave Martin
Mattis’s exit takes leash off Trump’s ‘America First’ doctrine 21 Dec 2018 - 06:53 pm
FILE PHOTO: General James Mattis testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 27, 2010. Reuters/Yuri Gripas
Mattis exit stirs world of worries from Brussels to Beijing 21 Dec 2018 - 06:53 pm
Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe and US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis review an honor guard at the Bayi Building in Beijing, June 27, 2018/ Mark Schiefelbein/via Reuters
As advisers leave, Trump's guardrails come off 21 Dec 2018 - 06:53 pm
Rex Tillerson in 2017 on Capitol Hill (Alex Wong/Getty Images/AFP
No Christmas miracle expected as US govt shutdown looms 21 Dec 2018 - 06:53 pm
In this file photo taken on December 17, 2018, the US Capitol is seen in Washington, DC. AFP/Saul Loeb
NATO stresses Afghan commitment despite US withdrawal 21 Dec 2018 - 06:53 pm
US army soldiers walk as a NATO helicopter flies overhead at coalition force Forward Operating Base (FOB) Connelly in the Khogyani district in the eastern province of Nangarhar, Afghanistan on August 12, 2015,  AFP / Wakil Kohsar
Trump to withdraw 'significant' troops from Afghanistan 21 Dec 2018 - 12:04 pm
In this file photo taken on August 12, 2015 US army soldiers walk as a NATO helicopter flies overhead at coalition force Forward Operating Base (FOB) Connelly in the Khogyani district in the eastern province of Nangarhar. / AFP / Wakil KOHSAR
Mattis resigning as Pentagon chief after Trump disagreements 21 Dec 2018 - 10:00 am
File photo of U.S. Secretary of Defence Jim Mattis gives a news conference after a NATO defence ministers meeting at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels, Belgium June 29, 2017. REUTERS/Eric Vidal/File Photo
US Senate approves stopgap averting shutdown but denying Trump wall funds 20 Dec 2018 - 08:26 am
Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Senator Corry Booker (D-NJ) listen to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) speak on the passage of the First Step Act on December 19, 2018 in Washington, DC. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images/AFP