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Pakistan militant group claims IS support in police attack 26 Oct 2016 - 07:17 pm
Pakistani policemen offer absentia funeral prayers for the victims of a militant attack on the Balochistan Police College, in Lahore on October 26, 2016. A militant organisation said October 26, it had worked with the Islamic State to carry out a huge rai
National Geographic green-eyed 'Afghan girl' arrested in Pakistan 26 Oct 2016 - 06:12 pm
In this handout photograph released by Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on October 26, 2016, Afghan Sharbat Gula, the 'Afghan Girl' who appeared on the cover of a 1985 edition of National Geographic magazine, waits ahead of a court hearing in
Chinese diplomat discusses border security with North Korea 26 Oct 2016 - 02:22 pm
China's Vice Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin speaks during a news conference in Beijing, July 13, 2016. China Daily/via REUTERS
Airports seen adopting discreet screening measures to allay security fears 26 Oct 2016 - 01:59 pm
An A380 Airbus flies during the International Air and Space Fair (FIDAE) at the international airport of Santiago March 26, 2014. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado/Files.
Trial of suspects in Bangkok bombing again postponed 26 Oct 2016 - 12:53 pm
Photo: AA
Deadly Australian theme park ride had just had safety checks - owner 26 Oct 2016 - 12:00 pm
Members of the public leave floral tributes outside the main entrance to Dreamworld located on the Gold Coast, Australia October 26, 2016 after Tuesday's tragedy that saw four people killed on the Thunder River Rapids Ride at Australia's biggest theme par
Thai police chief says no room for royal insult in Thailand 26 Oct 2016 - 11:18 am
(Thai Police / File Photo).
IS militants kill 30 in central Afghanistan: official 26 Oct 2016 - 09:14 am
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Denuclearizing N. Korea a 'lost cause,' US intel chief says 26 Oct 2016 - 09:08 am
People watch a television news report showing file footage of North Korea's missile launch at a railway station in Seoul on October 20, 2016 (AFP Photo/Jung Yeon-Je)
US air strikes spike as Afghans struggle against Taliban, Islamic State 26 Oct 2016 - 09:01 am
A U.S. Air Force F-16 Flying Falcon fighter bomber takes off for a mission from Bagram air field in Afghanistan August 11, 2016. Picture taken August 11, 2016. REUTERS/Josh Smith
Kyrgyzstan government resigns after coalition break-up 26 Oct 2016 - 08:55 am
File photo of Kyrgyzstan President Almazbek Atambayev. Reuters
Chinese state media urge new status for Xi 26 Oct 2016 - 08:37 am
Portraits of Chinese leaders like China's President Xi Jinping (L) and former Chinese Chairman Mao Zedong (R) are on display in a shop in Tiananmen Square in Beijing on October 24, 2016. AFP / FRED DUFOUR
Philippines’ Duterte hits out at U.S., then heads to Japan 25 Oct 2016 - 11:00 pm
Philippines' President Rodrigo Duterte (R) is welcomed by Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (L) prior to their dinner meeting at the entrance of a Japanese restaurant in Tokyo on October 25, 2016. Duterte is here on a three day visit. (AFP / TOSHIFU
Getting North Korea to denuclearize ‘probably a lost cause’: US 25 Oct 2016 - 09:54 pm
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un with military officers as he observes a drill (Korean Central News Agency / REUTERS)
Islamist militants kill 61 in Pakistan police attack 25 Oct 2016 - 03:35 pm
Pakistani police cadets leave the Police Training College Balochistan following a militant attack in Quetta on October 25, 2016.  AFP / BANARAS KHAN
Bangladesh charges BNP official with Italian's murder 25 Oct 2016 - 03:11 pm
Cesare Tavella was shot dead in the diplomatic quarter of the capital. / AFP.
Joy as Vietnam hostages return from Somali pirate ordeal 25 Oct 2016 - 02:30 pm
The men who were held hostage by Somali pirates arrive in Nairobi. Photo: AFP.
Strike in Sri Lanka's north over police killings 25 Oct 2016 - 02:24 pm
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