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Oldest member of Japan imperial family dies at age 100 27 Oct 2016 - 11:30 am
Photo: AFP 2016/ KAZUHIRO NOGI
Pakistan High Court moves to block opposition 'siege' 27 Oct 2016 - 10:29 am
File photo of Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif
Australia theme park defends safety standards after deaths 27 Oct 2016 - 09:47 am
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Deborah Thomas (L) of Australia's Ardent Leisure Group, the owner of the amusement park Dreamworld, reacts as she sits with company Director George Venardos after the company's annual general meeting (AGM) in Sydney, Australi
Perth Zoo's Puan the orangutan becomes oldest in world 27 Oct 2016 - 09:37 am
Images: Zoological Parks Authority of Western Australia (Photo credit: Alex-Asbury)
India to expel Pakistan embassy staffer for 'espionage' 27 Oct 2016 - 09:28 am
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Abe has chance to be Japan's longest-ruling PM after rule change 27 Oct 2016 - 09:16 am
Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe (C) attends the red carpet of the Opening Ceremony of the 29th Tokyo International Film Festival at Roppongi Hills in Tokyo, Japan on October 25, 2016. (David Mareuil - Anadolu Agency)
Afghan women seek to rebuild palace destroyed by men 26 Oct 2016 - 10:03 pm
Darul Aman Palace' northern elevation showing the shelling-damage inflicted during the fighting for Kabul after Soviet withdrawal. (ArminWenger / Wikimedia Commons)
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

Europe

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Members of the public stand on rocks as waves break near Portland Bill Lighthouse in Portland, southern England on October 23, 2026, as Storm Austen brings strong winds and heavy rain across much of southern England. (Photo by Henry Nicholls / AFP) UK hit by Storm Austen
Britain's Prime Minister Andy Burnham speaks during the inaugural Wildfires ’27 Resilience Summit at the National Resilience Centre of Excellence, Aintree, north west England on October 23, 2026. Photo by Temilade Adelaja / POOL / AFP Don't panic: UK govt tells Britons to 'be ready' for emergencies
Police officers look at evidences on a site of a petrol station where a man opened fire from his car, killing one person and injuring four others according to police sources, in Trappes, Paris' suburb on October 23, 2026. Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP Gunman kills one, wounds four in town outside Paris: police

Africa

This aerial view shows personell from the Kenya Defence Forces Disaster Response Battalion inspecting the rubble of a collapsed residential building that was still under construction in the Eastleigh neighborhood of Nairobi on October 23,2026. Photo by Tony Karumba / AFP Casualties feared as multi-storey building collapses in Nairobi: media
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(FILES) A health official works in the laboratory extraction room of the Institute of Lassa Fever Research and Control in Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital in Irrua, Edo State, midwest Nigeria, on March 6, 2018. (Photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI / AFP) WHO warns of 'complex' Ebola outbreak in Africa after spread to Nigeria
Mortar shells and other ammunition remnants lie scattered along a road following clashes between Ethiopian federal forces and armed groups opposed to the government in Adigrat on October 17, 2026. AFP. Four killed in drone strike in Ethiopia's Tigray region, residents say

Americas

Man leaving prison area while lowering his head due to nearby gunfire in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. AFP file photo. El Salvador deploys special forces to Haiti after four soldiers went missing
A US Marines' Lockheed Martin F35-B jet prepares to land at Jose Aponte de la Torre Airport, formerly Roosevelt Roads Naval Station, on September 13, 2025, in Ceiba, Puerto Rico. Photo by Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo / AFP Pentagon, Lockheed announce agreement for 850 F-35 jets over 10 years
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