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Algerian President-elect Abdelmadjid Tebboune waves to greet attendees during a press conference in the capital Algiers on Friday. — AFP
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Ex-PM elected Algeria president, angering protesters
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Highlights
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Ex-PM elected Algeria president, angering protesters
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Clint Eastwood slammed over 'sex for stories' portrayal
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Star Wars fans camp outside LA theater week before film opens
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John Lennon's round glasses sell for nearly $200,000
Relatives of Sam Stafford, 18, who was killed after police fired during a protest against the government's Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) a day before, react in Guwahati, Assam, on Friday. — AFP
December 13, 2019
India protests spread over 'anti-Muslim' law
This handout photo released on Friday by the New Zealand Defense Force shows elite soldiers taking part in a mission to retrieve bodies from White Island after the Dec. 9 volcanic eruption, off the coast from Whakatane on the North Island. — AFP
December 13, 2019
NZ troops complete daring volcano mission to retrieve bodies
Demonstrators shout slogans during a protest against the government's Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) in Guwahati, Assam, on Friday. — AFP
December 13, 2019
Deadly India protests force postponement of Japan summit
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An Algerian protester lifts a placard in the capital Algiers on Friday as he takes part in a demonstration to reject the results of the presidential elections. — AFP
December 13, 2019
Algerians mass in capital in protest at new president
Iraqi protesters gather around a fire on Al-Jumhuriya bridge in the capital Baghdad on Friday. — AFP
December 13, 2019
Sistani denounces killing, abduction of protesters in Iraq
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People demonstrate outside the US embassy, on Friday in Ankara, one day after US congress formally recognized the 1915-1917 murder of up to 1.5 million Armenians as genocide. — AFP
December 13, 2019
Turkey summons US envoy over Armenian genocide vote
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opinion
December 13, 2019
Letting it stay wrong
December 10, 2019
Does Russia enjoy being thought unreliable?
Dr. Khaled M. Batarfi
December 10, 2019
Our young men and women, our future!
December 9, 2019
Erdogan involves Libya in his maritime claims
Europe
A demonstrator takes part in a protest on climate emergency, called by environmental groups including Extinction Rebellion and Fridays For Future, outside the UN Climate Change Conference COP25 at the 'IFEMA - Feria de Madrid' exhibition centre, in Madrid, on Friday. — AFP
December 13, 2019
UN talks deadlocked, detached from climate emergency
Rescue workers from the
December 13, 2019
1 killed, 11 injured in explosion at German housing block
Empty tracks leading to the Saint-Lazare railway station are seen in Paris on Friday during a strike of public transports operator SNCF and RATP employees over French government's plan to overhaul the country's retirement system, as part of a nation-wide movement. — AFP
December 13, 2019
France braces for holiday misery as pension strike persists
Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel gives a press conference during a European Union Summit at the Europa building in Brussels on Friday. — AFP
December 13, 2019
EU warns of post-Brexit rival Britain after Johnson win
Opposition Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn leaves his home in north London on Friday. — AFP
December 13, 2019
Jeremy Corbyn: Shattered dreams of global far-left revolution
Asia
Investigators collect evidence from a burned police truck after a blast in Quetta, Pakistan, in this Oct. 18, 2017 file photo. — AFP
December 13, 2019
14 killed in van crash in southwest Pakistan
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December 12, 2019
India deploys troops as protesters defy curfew over citizen bill
December 12, 2019
Indian couple sentenced for spying on Germany's Sikhs
Africa
The Imam of the Great Mosque of Niamey, Cheikh Djabir Ismael, center, who led the funeral prayer, stands in front of the bodies of military personnel at the Niamey Airforce Base in Niamey, on Friday. — AFP
December 13, 2019
Niger funeral for 71 troops killed in militant raid
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Saudi Arabia's Minister of Finance Mohammed Al-Jadaan during the Kingdom’s Budget 2020 Forum in Riyadh on Tuesday.
December 10, 2019
Expats fees, taxes to remain unchanged, says Al-Jadaan
The Faisaliya tower stands among other buildings in the Saudi capital Riyadh on Dec.5, 2019. — AFP
December 8, 2019
Separate entrance in restaurants based on gender canceled
Jawazat
December 11, 2019
Expats urged to complete biometric registration
America
US President Donald Trump speaks during a round table discussion on business and red tape reduction in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington in this Dec. 6, 2019 file photo. — AFP
December 13, 2019
House panel approves Trump charges, sets up impeachment vote
People demonstrate at Plaza Italia on the fifth straight day of street violence which erupted over a now suspended hike in metro ticket prices, in Santiago, Chile, in this Oct. 22, 2019 file photo. — AFP
December 13, 2019
Chile police response to protests 'repressive': UN
Youth Climate activist Greta Thunberg speaks during the UN Climate Action Summit at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City in this Sept. 23, 2019 file photo. — AFP
December 12, 2019
Trump says Greta Thunberg should 'chill,' go to movies
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