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Many hospital medics forced to flee embattled Afghan city, jeopardising care - officials 06 Oct 2016 - 10:49 am
Residents of Kunduz leave the city amid ongoing fighting between Taliban militants and Afghan security forces in Kunduz on October 5, 2016. AFP / BASHIR KHAN SAFI
India says it foils attack on Kashmir base, kills three militants 06 Oct 2016 - 08:23 am
An Indian Border Security Force (BSF) soldier patrols along a fence at the India-Pakistan border in R.S Pora, southwest of Jammu, on October 3, 2016. AFP / TAUSEEF MUSTAFA
Hong Kong activist deported from Thailand 'at China's request' 05 Oct 2016 - 05:09 pm
Hong Kong democracy campaigner Joshua Wong (centre L) steps into the arrivals hall at the international airport in Hong Kong on October 5, 2016, after being deported from junta-run Thailand. / AFP / ANTHONY WALLACE
Duterte set to talk peace with fugitive Moro leader 05 Oct 2016 - 04:01 pm
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte gestures as he delivers a speech to the members of the Philippine Army during a visit at the army headquarters in Taguig city, metro Manila, Philippines October 4, 2016. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco
Islamic State claims responsibility for U.S. soldier killed in Afghanistan 05 Oct 2016 - 02:14 pm
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Powerful typhoon Chaba barrels toward Japan 05 Oct 2016 - 07:50 am
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Afghan forces retake Kunduz after Taliban raid 04 Oct 2016 - 03:34 pm
Afghan militia forces sit in a police vehicle amid ongoing fighting between Taliban militants and Afghan security forces in Kunduz on October 4, 2016. AFP / BASHIR KHAN SAFI
Insight: Duterte's enforcer says "we are at war", has no regrets about killings 04 Oct 2016 - 09:51 am
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte speaks during a news conference in Davao city, southern Philippines. Reuters/Lean Daval Jr/File Photo
Taliban attack Afghan city of Kunduz 03 Oct 2016 - 05:35 pm
Afghan policeman stand alert during fighting between Taliban militants and Afghan security forces in Kunduz on October 3, 2016. AFP / BASHIR KHAN SAFI
Floods affect 600,000 in North Korea 03 Oct 2016 - 02:44 pm
This handout photo received from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) on October 3, 2016 and taken on September 30, 2016 shows a makeshift accommodation during a visit by a Red Cross team in Musan County in North Kor
India arrests six suspected of plotting Islamic State attacks 03 Oct 2016 - 12:11 pm
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India police detain pigeon with threatening Modi note 03 Oct 2016 - 12:05 pm
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Afghan refugees in Pakistan feel heat of rising regional tensions 03 Oct 2016 - 11:34 am
An Afghan refugee girl returning from Pakistan looks on after she arrives at a United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) registration centre in Kabul, Afghanistan September 27, 2016. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail
Militant attack on Indian army base in Kashmir kills one 03 Oct 2016 - 09:27 am
An Indian army soldier stands guard on a road on the outskirts of Srinagar, October 3, 2016. Reuters/Danish Ismail
Workers strike at US miner Freeport's Indonesia site 03 Oct 2016 - 08:57 am
File photo of an aerial view of the Grasberg open pit mine, operated by the US-based Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold, in Indonesia's Papua province. Reuters
Afghan city of Kunduz under Taliban attack 03 Oct 2016 - 08:53 am
In this photograph taken on October 2, 2016, Afghan National Army commandos take position during a military operation in Helmand province. AFP / NOOR MOHAMMAD
India ratifies historic Paris climate change pact 02 Oct 2016 - 06:21 pm
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India ratifies Paris climate change agreement: minister 02 Oct 2016 - 06:10 pm
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Europe

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French President Emmanuel Macron (C) walks with Mayor of Trappes Ali Rabeh (L) during a visit following a shooting in Trappes, near Paris on October 23, 2026. (Photo by Hannah McKay / POOL / AFP) ‘Racist terrorist attack’: French President speaks out after fatal shooting near Paris
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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

Africa

A general view of the vaccine developed for a strain of the Ebola virus at the Provincial Laboratory of Ituri in the northeastern province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on September 19, 2026. Representational file photo. DR Congo launches major Ebola vaccine trial amid outbreak
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

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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