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5 die, 2 hospitalized when plane parts hit California house 04 Feb 2019 - 09:01 am
A man puts out fire on a piece of debris from a plane that crashed into a house in a residential neighborhood in Yorba Linda, California, U.S., February 3, 2019, in this still image from video obtained from social media. Joshua Nelson/via REUTERS
Operator of Tonga's internet cable can't rule out sabotage 04 Feb 2019 - 08:14 am
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'Don't send me to Bahrain': refugee footballer pleads in Bangkok 04 Feb 2019 - 08:07 am
Hakeem al-Araibi (C), a Bahraini refugee and Australian resident, is escorted to a courtroom in Bangkok on February 4, 2019. AFP / Lillian SUWANRUMPHA
Outsider wins El Salvador presidency, breaking two-party system 04 Feb 2019 - 08:03 am
El Salvador presidential candidate Nayib Bukele of the Great National Alliance (GANA) speaks to the media after declaring victory in the presidential election in San Salvador on February 3, 2019. AFP / MARVIN RECINOS
Bus carrying Iranian pilgrims in Iraq comes under attack 03 Feb 2019 - 10:37 pm
Pilgrims visit the tomb of Iran's late founder of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, on the occasion of 40th anniversary of Khomeini's return from exile from Paris at his mausoleum in southern Tehran on February 01, 2019.  AFP
28 Haitians dead after ship sinks off Bahamas: officials 03 Feb 2019 - 10:37 pm
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Where the investigations related to President Trump stand 03 Feb 2019 - 10:36 pm
Michael Cohen,  Michael Flynn, Paul Manafort; Bottom L-R-George Papadopoulos, Rick Gates, Roger AFP
El Salvador votes for new president, anti-corruption outsider favored 03 Feb 2019 - 10:36 pm
Presidential candidate Nayib Bukele, of the Great National Alliance (GANA) participates in a rally to close his election campaign in downtown San Salvador, El Salvador, January 26, 2019. Reuters/Jose Cabezas
Bolsonaro wins a senate ally with Brazil's reforms on the line 03 Feb 2019 - 07:44 pm
Davi Alcolumbre, from the Democratas party is congratulated by his colleagues after being elected for presidency of Brazilian senate in Brasilia, Brazil February 2, 2019. Fabio Rodrigues Pozzebom/Agencia Brasil/ via Reuters
Detainee on hunger strike details force-feeding by US immigration enforcement 03 Feb 2019 - 07:41 pm
A US Border Patrol officer stands near prototypes of border wall proposed by US President Donald Trump on November 1, 2017 in San Diego. AFP/Frederic J Brown
Mobs kill four after Tanzanian girl is murdered 03 Feb 2019 - 07:40 pm
The body of Rachael Malekela was discovered on Friday, making her the latest victim in a spate of apparent ritualistic murders that has claimed about a dozen children in Tanzania's southern Njombe district since the start of the year.  (Representative ima
Central African Republic peace deal to be signed Tuesday: Sudan 03 Feb 2019 - 07:40 pm
A former ex-Seleka child soldier waits to be released in Bambari, Central African Republic, May 14, 2015. Reuters/Emmanuel Braun/File Photo
One dead, three missing in Montenegro boating accident 03 Feb 2019 - 07:40 pm
Fortress Grmožur in Lake Skadar, Montenegro (Photo courtesy: Darij & Ana/CC BY 2.0/Wikipedia)
Virginia governor says he wasn't in racist photo, won't resign 03 Feb 2019 - 06:18 pm
Virginia Governor Ralph Northam speaks with reporters at a press conference at the Governor's mansion on February 2, 2019 in Richmond, Virginia.  Alex Edelman/Getty Images/AFP
Egypt MPs table law amendment to extend Sisi rule 03 Feb 2019 - 06:18 pm
A man gestures as he rides a motorized vehicle showing a poster of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Cairo, March 27, 2018. Reuters/Ammar Awad
Venezuela's Maduro outlines US plot to exploit resources 03 Feb 2019 - 06:17 pm
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro offers a press conference in Caracas on January 25, 2019. AFP/ Yuri Cortez
Assassination of Iraqi writer provokes indignation 03 Feb 2019 - 06:17 pm
The city's police force said several fatal shots were fired at Alaa Mashzoub in front of his home on Saturday. (YouTube grab)
Duterte appears on Facebook live to dispel rumors that he's dead 03 Feb 2019 - 05:29 pm
FILE PHOTO: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte greets people before a meeting with the Filipino Community at a hotel in Phnom Penh, December 13, 2016. Reuters/Samrang Pring