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Venezuela crisis: Maduro cuts ties after US backs opposition leader as president
The US recognises opposition leader Juan Guaidó as interim president and urges the army to back him. READ MOREUS shutdown: Trump delays State of the Union address
The US president acknowledges he cannot deliver his annual speech until the funding row is resolved. READ MOREKvitova outclasses Collins to reach Australian Open final
Petra Kvitova reaches her first Grand Slam final since being stabbed, beating unseeded American Danielle Collins at the Australian Open. READ MOREIndonesia frees ex-governor jailed for blasphemy
The blasphemy conviction of 'Ahok', the Christian former governor of Jakarta, deeply divided Indonesia. READ MOREKim Jong-un applauds Trump for second summit plans
North Korea's leader says he remains optimistic about upcoming denuclearisation talks with the US. READ MOREDetained US-born Iranian reporter released from US custody
The 59-year-old presenter for Iran's Press TV was released after she was held for 10 days as a witness. READ MORENigeria universities: Where students don't know if they will graduate
The futures of more than a million Nigerian university students are on hold as a lecturers' strike drags on. READ MOREMacedonia and Greece: Why this 27-year row may be about to end
Macedonia's name has been a running sore with its neighbour ever since it came into existence in 1991. READ MORE'Super poo donors' wanted
Some people appear to have extra special poo, rich in good bugs, that could help mend sick patients. READ MOREOscars 2019: Five female-directed films that were missed
Women are absent from the best director category at the Oscars this year. READ MOREVatican II: How a modernising Pope brought change for millions of Catholics
In 1959 Pope John XXIII called all the world’s Catholic bishops and cardinals to Rome to discuss the future of the Church, it led to sweeping reform. READ MOREMalaysia set to elect new king after unprecedented abdication
Sultan Muhammad V unexpectedly stepped away from the throne in January, a first in Malaysian history. READ MORE
