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- DR Congo: Why are UN blue helmets there?
- NFL's Jay Ajayi on Nigeria's role in Super Bowl win
- The Skripals and the Salisbury poisoning: What happened next?
- Inside Facebook?s Secret Rulebook for Global Political Speech
- Young, Hip and Intellectual: Germany?s Far Right Rebrands Itself
- Amazon Sees in Brazil Continent-Size Profits and Problems
- 5 Takeaways From Facebook?s Leaked Moderation Documents
- Michelle Obama takes 'most admired woman' title from Hillary Clinton
- Why smartphones are skewing young Indians’ ideas of sex
- Hassan al-Kontar: Inside the story of his rescue from Syria
- What awaits any Rohingya refugees who return to Myanmar?
- Africa's week in pictures: 21-27 December 2018
- Angered at Trump?s Visit, Some Iraqi Lawmakers Want U.S. Troops Out
- Anak Krakatau: How a tsunami could wipe out the last Javan rhinos
- New York skyline turns blue
- New York awe-struck as sky over Queens turns blue
- Germany, Facebook, Saudi Arabia: Your Friday Briefing
- North Korea defector hack: Personal data of almost 1,000 leaked
- Angelina Jolie hints at move into politics
- DR Congo election: EU condemns expulsion of envoy Bart Ouvry
- Six arrested for killing, eating endangered langur monkey
- Ukraine conflict: Russia completes Crimea security fence
- Richard Overton, US oldest veteran and oldest man, dies aged 112
- Afghanistan Dispatch: Along a Road of Sorrow, a Toddler Lost Her Name, Her Family and Her Life
- Bandersnatch: Netflix's interactive Black Mirror film puts viewers in control
- Syria war: Pro-government forces 'enter Manbij' amid Turkey threats
- Tear gas used as Sudan protests continue
- Madagascar pochard: World's rarest bird gets new home
- World's rarest bird gets new home in Madagascar
- North Korean Defectors? Personal Data Was Stolen by Hackers, South Says
- China?s State Media Finds Good News in Underwear
- Trump threatens to shut Mexican border in demand for wall funding
- Amos Oz: Acclaimed Israeli author dies at 79
- The Saturday Profile: He Helped Indonesia Through a ?Year of Disasters,? While Facing His Own
- Amos Oz, Israeli Author and Peace Advocate, Dies at 79
- Deadly blast hits tour bus near Giza pyramids in Egypt
- German female IS recruit 'let slave child die of thirst' in Iraq
- Hungarians Fume as Statue of Former Leader Is Downgraded
- Students Defiant as Chinese University Cracks Down on Young Communists
- Social worker leaves behind $11m for children's charities
- RT: Russian station's chocolate Salisbury Cathedral gift slammed
- Hungary removes statue of anti-Soviet hero Imre Nagy
- Islamic State-linked militants 'seize Nigeria's Baga town'
- Pennsylvania cop ends armed standoff with White Christmas rendition
- U.K. National Archives Release Notes on Clinton Envy, Mandela and a Horse
- Showmanship, and Conflict, as Darts Goes From Smoky Pubs to TV Spectacle
- Two Vietnamese Tourists Killed in Bombing in Egypt
- California police killing suspect held
- Human Rights Advocate Under Fire in Case of Arab Princess Who Claimed Abduction
- China 'releases' Canadian teacher Sarah McIver
- On the Front Line of the Saudi War in Yemen? Child Soldiers from Darfur
- El Chapo Trial Shows That Mexico?s Corruption Is Even Worse Than You Think
- Norman Gimbel, award-winning lyricist, dies aged 91
- Fireworks banned on the Galapagos to protect wildlife
- Putin's Russia: Icy Siberia reveals cracks in society
- Reader's pictures of the year 2018
- Guatemala Cautious on Young Migrants? Deaths, Wary of Angering U.S.
- Anak Krakatau: Indonesian volcano's lost stature
- The Mumbai 'toxic hell' where poor are forced to live
- DR Congo poll: Five things to know about the nation that powers mobile phones
- A whole new world for free trade?
- Neil Prakash: Australian jihadist stripped of citizenship
- DR Congo election: Bob Elvis, rapping for freedom
- Bitcoin Babushkas: Cryptocurrency mining in Siberia
- Chinese Scientist Who Claimed to Make Genetically Edited Babies Is Kept Under Guard
- Louis Rudd Completes His Trek Across Antarctica 2 Days Behind Colin O?Brady
- Jewish sect members accused of kidnapping children in New York
- Egypt police 'kill 40 militants' after bus attack
- Bre Payton, US conservative news writer, dies at 26
- Abdullah Hassan, two-year-old boy in travel-ban row, dies in US
- Cape Town race row erupts after 'black visitors cleared from beach'
- Police diver adopts dog rescued from icy lake
- Moscow Dispatch: Stalin?s Soaring Moscow Towers Sorely Need Body Work
- Hungary Sheltered a Fugitive Prime Minister. Did it Help Him Escape?
- China to Retry Canadian on Drugs Charge Amid Diplomatic Spat
- Shehu Shagari, Former Nigerian President, Dies at 93
- Egypt Kills 40 Suspected Militants After Deadly Bombing of Tour Bus
- DR Congo election candidates refuse to back code of conduct
- US-China trade: Trump touts progress in talks for deal
- Hanover airport shut after car driven near runway
- Brazil gun laws: Bolsonaro vows to loosen ownership rules
- Indian miners: Navy divers deployed in rescue bid
- Florida school shooting: New video shows 'blunders'
- Capt Lou Rudd is first Briton to cross Antarctic unaided
- Parkland shooting: CCTV pictures released ahead of report
- ICYMI: Bears, barrels and big bangs
- A fact checker's guide to stopping fake news
- Gay Couples Rush to Wed Before Brazil?s New President Takes Office
- Bangladeshis Must Choose ?Lesser of Two Evils? in Election
- Bangladesh elections: Security on high alert ahead of polls
- Italy budget: Parliament passes budget after EU standoff
- BBC issues formal complaint to Russia over staff data leak
- The man who takes animals to funerals
- The country that has lost three million people
- The Instagrammer who wants to show a different side of Gaza
- Dinner for One: English comedy spices up German New Year
- 2018: BBC Tech's biggest stories and what happened next
- Sneakernomics: All change in the trainer business
- DR Congo election: Polls to open in tense vote
- Cyber-attack disrupts distribution of multiple US newspapers
- How ancient DNA may rewrite prehistory in India
- Morocco tourist murders: Swiss-Spanish national arrested
- Colombia probes alleged plot to assassinate President Iván Duque
- A Day, a Life: When a Medic Was Killed in Gaza, Was It an Accident?
- Times Insider: How Times Reporters Froze a Fatal Moment on a Protest Field in Gaza
- An Israeli Soldier Killed a Medic in Gaza. We Investigated the Fatal Shot.
- Bangladesh election: Opposition demand new vote
- Kim Jong-un letter to Seoul asks for more summits in 2019
- Georges Loinger: French hero who saved Jews in WW2 dies
- American college football: Huge bald eagle lands on fans
- Mayweather v Nasukawa: Kickboxer confident as boxer vows to 'entertain' in exhibition
- The 90-year-old back-flipping daredevil
- Why do we celebrate New Year on 1 January?
- Colombia Investigating Possible Plot to Assassinate President, Official Says
- Hello. Does Poland Have Vampires? My Date Wants to Know My Blood Type
- Bangladesh election: Voting disrupted by violence
- Californian law change means pet shops can sell only rescued animals
- UAE helicopter crash kills four crew on rescue mission near zipline
- Congo Votes, Amid Ebola Crisis and Problems at Polls, After Years? Delay
- Romania, Fighting the E.U., Prepares to Lead It at ?Crucial Moment?
- China Thwarts U.S. Effort to Promote American Culture on Campuses
- France to help combat Channel smuggling
- DoubleTree Portland hotel fires staff who evicted black guest
- Bald eagle mascot’s pre-game flight took an unexpected turn
- Empty Homes and Protests: China?s Property Market Strains the World
- Bangladesh election: Sheikh Hasina wins new term as prime minister
- Mexico wall: Trump aide says concrete wall idea was dropped early on
- 'Dangerous orange pill' prompts Australia festival warning
- In search of Leonard, my martyred ancestor
- 2018 in news: The alternative end-of-the-year awards
- Why legalising gay sex in India is not a Western idea
- Remembering the entertainment and arts figures we lost in 2018
- Bangladesh clothing factories: Are they safe now?
- Africa's year in pictures 2018
- Israel Dispatch: New Year?s Fete From Russia Irks Some in Israel: ?It?s Not a Jewish Holiday?
- Bangladesh Prime Minister Wins 3rd Term Amid Deadly Violence on Election Day
- Syria conflict: Trump 'committed to defeating IS', says Lindsey Graham
- Spoken word poet Dylema: On a stroll through Africa in 2018
- Angela Merkel: Germany to take on greater global responsibility
- What it’s like to be Black and Argentine
- Lederhosen love among Austria's millennials
- Female fightback... 2018 in hashtags
- Shutdown, McKinsey, Gaza: Your Monday Briefing
- High Rise Building Collapses in Russia, at Least Two Dead: Reports
- Year-End Storm in the Philippines Kills More Than 60
- Philippine President Says He Sexually Abused Housemaid as a Teenager
- Russian security agency arrests 'US spy' in Moscow
- Iran TV chief sacked over uncensored Jackie Chan sex scene
- Amal Fathy: Egypt court imposes jail term over harassment video
- Philippines deadly storm and landslides kill more than 60
- Deadly blast ruins Russia housing block in Magnitogorsk
- Mother of the Hubble: Tributes paid to Nasa scientist
- Duterte: Outrage as Philippines leader describes sexually abusing maid
- Hopman Cup: Serena Williams & Roger Federer to play for first time
- 2019: The new year begins with a bang in New Zealand
- Australian cane toads hitch a lift on python's back after storm
- C.I.A.?s Afghan Forces Leave a Trail of Abuse and Anger
- 3 Dead and Scores Missing in Russia Building Collapse
- Bangladesh?s Leader Wins a Third Term but Opposition Contests Results
- Lens: An American Photographer?s Pilgrimage to the Italian Village of Luzzara
- Pete Tong NYE 'balloon drop' cancelled after protests
- US zoo intern fatally attacked by lion in North Carolina
- Syria conflict: Trump slows down troop withdrawal
- US senator Elizabeth Warren takes step toward presidential run
- DR Congo election: Internet shut down after presidential vote
- Parkland school shooting survivors' anger at Louis CK routine
- New Year?s Eve Around the World: Countdown to 2019, in Photos
- At End of a Violent Year, London Police Take No Chances in a Stabbing
- Yemen war: WFP accuses Houthi rebels of diverting food aid
- Venice to charge tourist entry fee for short stays
- In Pictures: New Year 2019 celebrations around the world
- Australian cane toads hitch ride on python's back
- ?Birth Tourism? Is Legal in Canada. A Lawmaker Calls it Unscrupulous.
- As Migrants Cross English Channel, Numbers Are Small but Worry Is Big
- Croatia Dispatch: Oysters Lead Lives of Excitement and Danger. Especially in the Balkans.
- Dr Hook's Ray Sawyer dies aged 81
- Kim Jong-un warns of change in direction on denuclearisation
- Colombia Farc: 85 ex-rebels killed since peace deal
- Recycling: Where is the plastic waste mountain?
- Why wealthy sports stars get passionate about charity
- Letter from Africa: Beyoncé, Bashir and Big Brother to dominate 2019
- Kim Jong-un, Ready to Meet Trump ?at Any Time,? Demands U.S. End Sanctions
- Macron Vows Order ?Without Compromise? in Rebuke to Yellow Vest Protests
- Video on Turkish TV Is Said to Show Khashoggi?s Remains Being Moved
- Manchester Train Station Stabbing Leaves 3 Wounded
- As Ukraine and Russia Battle Over Orthodoxy, Schism Looms
- ?I Have Seen Many Crises?: Steel Magnate Stands Firm as Turmoil Hits Turkey
- A Tough Year for the Pope Ends With Spokesman?s Resignation
- Van ploughs into Tokyo pedestrians headed for New Year's prayers
- New Horizons: Nasa waits for signal from Ultima Thule probe
- Jair Bolsonaro: Brazil's far-right leader to take office
- Farmers in Bangladesh survive the monsoon by building floating farms
- The Indian woman who makes 'fake food' for a living
- Germany adopts third gender identity for intersex people
- French revellers spend New Year's Eve trapped on fair ride
- New Year 2019: US military apologises for bomb tweet
- Magnitogorsk: Baby found alive after block of flats explosion
- Kentucky police mourn doughnut truck fire
- A Photographer?s Quest to Reverse China?s Historical Amnesia
- Stabbing in Manchester Train Station Is Being Investigated as Terrorism
- Taiwan?s Leader Urges China to Address Differences Peacefully
- Los Cabos, a Spring Break Hub, Gets a High-End Infusion
- Brazil Wanted Change. Even Before Taking Office, Jair Bolsonaro Delivered.
- New Horizons: Nasa probe survives flyby of Ultima Thule
- Paul Whelan: Family deny American arrested in Moscow is spy
- Federer beats Williams in first meeting
- Bottrop: Four injured in Germany in New Year's Eve 'racist attack'
- Sabarimala temple: Indian women form '620km human chain' for equality
- New Year's Eve beach bonfire sparks 'firenados' in the Netherlands
- Magnitogorsk: Russian rescuers pull baby from rubble
- French revellers start 2019 stuck on fair ride
- Taliban Attacks in Northern Afghanistan Kill 27 Security Officers
- A 6-Pack of Beer for $26? Qatar Doubles the Price of Alcohol
- ?New Year Miracle? in Russia as Baby Is Pulled From Rubble
- German Man Is Suspected of Attacking Foreigners, Using Car as Weapon
- Warning of ?Fictitious? Election Results Online, Congo Cuts Internet for 2nd Day
- Protests in Peru as Team Investigating Odebrecht Corruption Is Dismissed
- Sharp rise in air crash deaths in 2018
- Mali villagers killed in armed raid in Mopti region
- Brazil's new president, Jair Bolsonaro, takes office
- Netflix removes comedy episode after Saudi complaint
- Nigerian contortionist Murphy has Guinness Record dreams
- Which country has the most languages?
- The firm whose staff are all autistic
- You say you want a New Year's resolution...?
- The Indian men who make money selling trash
- The Cape Town schools learning from transgender students
- Pioneering medics who drove across the world
- News Analysis: Kim and Trump Back at Square 1: If U.S. Keeps Sanctions, North Will Keep Nuclear Program
- Brazil Swears In New President, Cementing Hard Shift to the Right
- U.S. Agents Use Tear Gas to Drive Away Migrants at Mexico Border
- Xi Jinping says Taiwan "must and will be" reunited with China
- Castro denounces US 'confrontation' as Cuba marks revolution
- UK ticket-holder scoops £115m EuroMillions jackpot
- Unification Is the Goal and Force Is an Option, Xi Jinping Says of Taiwan
- Australian police Google Maps blunder 'missed location of body'
- Sabarimala: Indian women make history by entering temple
- Italy's Uffizi Gallery demands back Nazi-stolen painting
- Mitt Romney: Trump has caused worldwide dismay
- Train accident on Danish bridge kills six
- Chang'e-4: China mission primed for landing on Moon's far side
- Russia Magnitogorsk blast: Death toll rises to 21
- Australian police respond to spider death threats
- Somalia expels UN envoy Nicholas Haysom
- Michael Schumacher: Family to celebrate on 50th birthday
- Starlings swirl through Israeli skies
- Netflix Blocks Show in Saudi Arabia Critical of Saudi Prince
- Millions Form a 300-Mile Human Chain to Protest Sexism in India
- Unification Plan From China Finds Few Takers in Taiwan
- Denmark Train Accident Kills 6 and Shuts Down a Major Transit Artery
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