DUBAI, February 21 (Reuters): Saudi Arabia said it had intercepted several ballistic missiles fired by Yemeni Houthi forces towards Saudi cities on Friday ahead of a gathering of finance ministers and cent
Marie Diouf (back-L), aka Salt Queen, gathers salt with her workers at her production site in Ndiemou on the outskirts of Fatick, Senegal on May 16, 2019. (REUTERS File Photo)
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Wikileaks founder Julian Assange arrives at the Supreme Court in Westminster, on the second day of his extradition appeal, in central London on February 2, 2012. (REUTERS File Photo)
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PARIS, February 21 (Reuters): The global dirty money watchdog placed Iran on its blacklist on Friday after it failed to comply with international anti-terrorism financing norms, a move that will deepen the
U.S. President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a "Hope for Prisoners" graduation ceremony at the Metropolitan Police Department headquarters in Las Vegas, Nevada, US on February 20. (REUTERS Photo)
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KABUL/WASHINGTON/PESHAWAR, Pakistan, February 21 (Reuters):The United States and the Taliban will sign an agreement on Feb. 29 at the end of a week long period of violence reduction in Afghanistan, U.S. Secreta
YANGON, February 21 (Reuters): Myanmar's army said in a statement on Friday it would hold more court-martials over alleged abuses against Rohingya Muslims, after a government-appointed commission said sold
An internally displaced woman walks at a makeshift camp in Azaz, Syria on February 19. (REUTERS Photo)
GENEVA/MOSCOW, February 21 (Reuters): The United Nations warned on Friday fighting in nor
Vatican to open archives on controversial war-time Pope. (IANS File Photo)
VATICAN CITY, FEBRUARY 21 (IANS): The Vatican is set to open archives on controversial Pope Pius XII, who been
European Union leaders meet during a round table at an EU summit in Brussels, Belgium on February 20. (REUTERS File Photo)
BRUSSELS, February 21 (Reuters): Denmark, Austria, Sweden and the Net
Shopkeepers wearing masks to prevent contracting the coronavirus wait for a customer at Dongseong-ro shopping street in central Daegu, South Korea on February 21. (REUTERS Photo)
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Former Trump campaign adviser Roger Stone departs after he was sentenced to three years and four months in prison for charges that include lying to Congress, obstruction of justice and witness tampering, at U.S
A protester holds a national flag as a bank branch, housed in the magistracy of the Supreme Court of Justice, burns during a rally against Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro, in Caracas, Venezuela on Jun
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei casts his vote at a polling station during parliamentary elections in Tehran, Iran on February 21. (REUTERS Photo)
DUBAI, February 21 (Reuters): Ir
Candles and flowers are seen placed around the Brothers Grimm monument for the victims of a shooting in Hanau, near Frankfurt, Germany on February 21. (REUTERS Photo)
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Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan addresses members of his ruling AK Party during a meeting at the Parliament in Ankara, Turkey on February 19, 2020. (REUTERS Photo)
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Kabul, February 21 (IANS): The release of Taliban prisoners before the start of intra-Afghan talks was not possible, although the topic will be one of the main focus points during the discussions, a government
Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit of Thailand's progressive Future Forward Party talks to his supporters during an unauthorised flash mob rally in Bangkok, Thailand on December 14, 2019. (REUTERS File Photo)
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Togo's President Faure Gnassingbe attends the summit of the Heads of state from the eight-nation West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) in Abidjan, Ivory Coast on July 12, 2019. (REUTERS File Photo)