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  1. 3 minutes ago

    : UN envoy Martin Griffiths arrives in the Yemen capital Sanaa for talks to shore up a ceasefire in the country's lifeline port city of Hodeida

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    The arrest of top journalist Faisal Mohamed Salih comes just months after Sudan was ranked 174th out of 180 countries in the World Press Freedom Index

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  3. VIDEO: Watch as Istanbul-based Orthodox patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople signs the formal decree confirming the creation of an independent Ukrainian church

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  4. "Dear Ukrainians, this is a historic event! This is a great day!" President Petro Poroshenko celebrates as the Istanbul-based Orthodox patriach signs the formal decree confirming the creation of an independent Ukrainian Orthodox church

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  5. Russia said the FBI arrested Dmitry Makarenko in the Pacific island of Saipan on December 29, before transferring him to Florida

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  7. : UN envoy arrives in Yemen to push Hodeida truce

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  8. 🇵🇸 How did you see in the New Year? AFP photographer Mahmud took a stroll along a beach near Gaza City to capture these stunning images of Palestinians enjoying the deep red sunset 📸 for

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    Chinese demand is fuelling a 'mammoth rush' in northern Siberia's Yakutia region, where 500,000 tonnes of mammoth tusks known as "ice ivory" are estimated to be buried in the permafrost

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    A boy's horrible death in India is used for clickbait, shared thousands of times on Facebook. Our fact-check:

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    🇵🇹🇵🇰 The Portuguese government released a travel advisory saying the security situation had improved in Pakistan. Our fact-check found the advisory did not declare the country safe; it warned of possible terrorist attacks

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    VIDEO: A Japanese sushi entrepreneur pays a record $3.1 million for a giant tuna as Tokyo's new fish market held its first pre-dawn New Year's auction

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    VIDEO: "Yellow vest" protesters gather on the Champs-Elysées in Paris for the first time this year

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    Tense countdown to DR Congo election results

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    India captain Virat Kohli had plenty to smile about as a top-order collapse left Australia 236 for six, still 386 runs behind, at the close of the second day of the Fourth Test in Sydney

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    Indian wildlife authorities said the big cat was raised in captivity and returned to its enclosure after failing to catch any prey

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  17. 2 hours ago

    : Police in California say three people were killed and four injured in a shooting at a bowling alley in Torrance, near Los Angeles

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  18. 2 hours ago

    The cause of the fatal blaze in Badalona is still unknown, according to firefighters in Catalonia

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    France's protestors are back on the streets as a government spokesman denounces those still protesting as hardliners who wanted only to bring down the government

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    🇯🇵 Record $3.1 million paid in New Year's tuna auction at Japan's new market 📸 Kazuhiro NOGI

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