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The leader of ANO party Andrej Babis signs books for a supporter during an election campaign rally in Prague, Czech Republic September 28, 2017.
Global Politics
The Czech Republic’s Trump is in the lead for prime minister
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un supervised a ballistic rocket launching drill of Hwasong artillery units of the Strategic Force of the KPA on the spot in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang, March 7,
Conflict
Trump seeks options for eliminating North Korean nuclear threat
Chinese President Xi Jinping addresses a joint news conference with US President Barack Obama in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, DC, Sept. 25, 2015.
Global Politics
Donald Trump and Xi Jinping will talk North Korea and trade in first face-to-face meeting
A woman in Trafalgar Square weeps at a vigil for victims of the London terrorist attack
Conflict
London comes together to remember its victims
People light candles at a vigil in Trafalgar Square the day after an attack, in London, March 23, 2017.
Conflict
Candlelight vigil honors victims of Wednesday’s terror attack in London
The cabin of a Qatar Airways Boeing 787 Dreamliner. Passengers flying Qatar Airways will no longer be able to carry on electronic devices larger than a cell phone when flying to the US.
Business
Laptop, tablet bans on flights: Here’s what we know
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) speaks at the upper house parliamentary session after reports on North Korea's missile launches, in Tokyo, Japan, March 6, 2017.
Conflict
North Korea launches more missiles, Japan and US seek UN meeting
Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May leaves Downing Street in London, Britain March 1, 2017.
Global Politics
Britain will ‘fight back’ if no EU deal ahead of Brexit
A demonstrator holds a placard that reads: "No to Presidency" during a Women's Day rally in Istanbul, Turkey, March 5, 2017.
Global Politics
Turkish women for and against more power for Erdogan rally in Istanbul
A ripe cacao pod containing cocoa beans hangs from a tree on a farm in Tulua, Colombia, December 8, 2008.
Conflict
Colombia’s ‘drug triangle’ puts hope in chocolate
Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) listens to Culture Minister Vladimir Medinsky as they watch the project of a monument to Mikhail Kalashnikov.
Culture
Russian MP calls Disney’s ‘Beauty and the Beast’ gay propaganda
Khatla Ali Abdullah, 90, is embraced as she flees her home as Iraqi forces battle with Islamic State militants in western Mosul, Iraq February 27, 2017.
Conflict
Hungry and afraid, Mosul civilians flee
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, left, shakes hands with Mexico's Foreign Secretary Luis Videgaray after delivering statements at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Mexico City, Mexico, Feb. 23, 2017.
Global Politics
Mexico rejects US migration reforms as Trump calls deportation effort a ‘military operation’
US National Security Adviser Michael Flynn (R) walks along the colonnade ahead of a joint press conference by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and US President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, US, Feb. 10, 2017.
Global Politics
Flynn discussed sanctions with Russians before Trump took office, contrary to assertions: reports
Russian anti-corruption campaigner and opposition figure Alexei Navalny addresses a protest against new anti-terrorism legislation approved by President Vladimir Putin, in Moscow's Sokolniki park, Russia, Aug. 9, 2016.
Justice
Putin critic Alexei Navalny given five-year suspended jail term
White House senior adviser Steve Bannon attends as President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, Jan. 28, 2017.
Global Politics
Steve Bannon gets permanent seat on Trump’s National Security Council
Wall
Conflict
Trump just signed an executive order to start building a wall at the border
Recaptured drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is escorted by soldiers at the hangar belonging to the office of the Attorney General in Mexico City
Justice
Mexico just extradited drug lord ‘El Chapo’ to the US
Russia
Justice
Kremlin spokesman says claims against Trump, printed in BuzzFeed, are ‘pulp fiction’
Prisoners released
Conflict
After being apart for years, four prisoners released from Guantanamo are reunited with loved ones in Saudi Arabia
Tyrus Wong
Arts
Famed animator who played a big role in the creation of Disney’s ‘Bambi’ dies at 106
Turkey
Conflict
ISIS claims responsibility for the deadly attack inside a Turkish nightclub on New Year’s night
Afghan female pilot
Conflict
Afghanistan’s first female pilot makes ‘heartbreakingly difficult decision’ to seek asylum in the US
Global Politics
Watch John Kerry’s speech on a two-state solution for Israel and Palestine
Putin press conference 2016
Conflict
Putin: Nobody believed Trump would win ‘except us’
Aleppo Syria retaken
Conflict
The Syrian army says it has fully retaken Aleppo
Isreali settlements west bank
Conflict
UN Security Council postpones vote on Israeli settlements
A chef poses with a handful of rice inside a restaurant in Taipei, Taiwin, on Jan. 11, 2011.
Economics
Nigeria seizes shipment of fake plastic rice as food prices soar
Foreign ministers, Sergei Lavrov (C) of Russia, Mevlut Cavusoglu (R) of Turkey and Mohammad Javad Zarif of Iran, prepare for a news conference in Moscow, December 20th 2016.
Conflict
Russia, Iran, Turkey agree on need to widen Syria truce
Congo
Conflict
In the DR Congo, protests turn deadly; president refuses to leave office
Berlin
Economics
What we know so far about the Berlin Christmas market attack
Obama press conference
Media
Watch Obama’s last press conference of 2016
Civilians flee Aleppo
Conflict
Syria rebels announce new evacuation deal for Aleppo
Trump
Business
A quick guide to Donald Trump’s nominations so far
Arts
ISIS retakes World Heritage site Palmyra
Istanbul bombing
Conflict
Kurdish militant group TAK claims Istanbul attacks that killed 38
Cushing oil storage
Economics
Non-OPEC oil states agree to cuts in crude production in a ‘historic’ deal
Global Politics
Russia interfered in US election to help Trump win: report
Russia doping conspiracy
Conflict
Russia could be banned from international competitions over doping conspiracy
Taiwan military war with China
Global Politics
After Trump’s call, China urges US to bar Taiwan’s leader
A demonstrator rallying in support of Colombia's peace agreement with the FARC holds a tiny flag during a march in Bogota, Colombia, on Nov. 15, 2016.
Conflict
Colombian Congress ratifies new peace deal with FARC, but implementation will be a challenge
CIA Director John Brennan at an intelligence summit in DC on Sept. 8.
Global Politics
CIA chief warns Trump against ripping up the Iran deal
Big Mac
Culture
The inventor of the Big Mac has died at 98
Cuba mourns Fidel Castro
Culture
Hundreds of thousands pour into Havana’s iconic Revolution Square to pay tribute to Fidel Castro
Fidel Castro speaks during a visit to Luanda, Angola in March, 1984. Picture taken March 1984.
Global Politics
Angolan leaders remember Fidel Castro fondly
People celebrate after the announcement of the death of Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro in the Little Havana district of Miami, Florida, U.S., November 26, 2016.
Culture
What’s next for Cuba after the death of Fidel Castro?
Tokyo November snow
Lifestyle
Tokyo gets November snow for the first time in 54 years
Senior German CDU party sources say on November 20, 2016 that Merkel will run again for the Chancellorship in the next year general elections.
Global Politics
Germany’s Merkel seeks fourth term to defend threatened ‘values’
Close-up of a mosquito Aedes aegypti feeding on blood
Lifestyle
Zika is no longer a public health emergency, WHO says
Moroccan security stand guard in front of the entrance of the UN Climate Change Conference 2016 (COP22) in Marrakech, Morocco, November 14, 2016.
Election 2016
Climate momentum will continue: US envoy on Trump vote
Protesters against the Dakota Access Pipeline
Justice
Protesters say mass arrests won’t stop their fight against a North Dakota oil pipeline
Bob Dylan performs at The Hop Festival in Paddock Wood, Kent, on June 30, 2012.
Arts
US rock poet Bob Dylan wins Nobel Literature Prize
Douma neighborhood Sept 2016
Conflict
Residents of Douma, Syria are afraid they’ll be the next Aleppo
La Chinita massacre FARC apology
Conflict
Colombians shock government, rejecting deal to end 52 years of war
Fighters from Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC),stand in line during the opening of ceremony congress at the camp where they prepare for ratifying a peace deal with the government, near El Diamante in Yari Plains, Colombia, September 17, 2016.
Conflict
Colombian government and FARC leaders sign a historic peace deal
noodles shanghai michelin
Food
There is now a Michelin guide for mainland China
boeing planes license iran
Global Politics
Boeing and Airbus get US licenses to sell planes to Iran
Brazilian lawmakers celebrate the "yes" vote to remove former Speaker Eduardo Cunha, in Brasilia on Sept. 12.
Global Politics
Brazil ousts the right-wing lawmaker who pushed for Rousseff’s impeachment
South Sudan's President Salva Kiir is condemned as part of a 'kleptocratic elite' in the report
Economics
Clooney’s group says South Sudan leaders get rich from brutal civil war
Ahmet Uzumcu, head of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, speaks during an interview in Rome January 16, 2014. The removal and destruction of the most dangerous agents in Syria's chemical weapons arsenal may not be completed until th
Conflict
Chemical weapons watchdog warns on Aleppo barrel bomb attacks