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Deadly storms spotlight Italy's illegal housing 05 Nov 2018 - 03:28 pm
People pass on November 4, 2018 by damages on a flooded road near a house where nine people of the same family died after a small river burst its banks in Casteldaccia near Palermo on the southern Italian island of Sicily.  AFP / Alessandro FUCARINI
Another tiger killed in India after hunting controversy 05 Nov 2018 - 03:08 pm
The dead body of the tiger known to hunters as T1 after being shot in the forests of India's Maharashtra state near Yavatmal. AFP PHOTO / MAHARASHTRA FOREST DEPARTMENT
Russia sends new frigate with cruise missiles onboard to Mediterranean 05 Nov 2018 - 02:34 pm
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Indonesia jet had damaged airspeed indicator on last four flights: official 05 Nov 2018 - 02:08 pm
A worker assists his colleague during the lift up of a damaged tyre from the Lion Air flight JT610 jet, at Tanjung Priok port in Jakarta, Indonesia, November 5, 2018. REUTERS/Beawiharta
Alibaba's Ma calls trade war 'stupidest thing in the world' 05 Nov 2018 - 02:07 pm
Jack Ma, CEO of Alibaba, arrives for a forum of the first China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai on November 5, 2018. Matthew Knight/Pool via REUTERS
Indonesia to probe Lion Air after deadly plane crash 05 Nov 2018 - 12:19 pm
The wheels of the Lion Air flight JT 610 is lifted into the Indonesia's KRI Banda Aceh warship during a salvage operation in the Java Sea on November 2, 2018.  / AFP / ADEK BERRY
Sri Lanka crisis scares tourists in fresh hit to economy 05 Nov 2018 - 09:33 am
Foreign tourist pose for photographers at Sri Lanka's Independence Memorial Hall, which was built to commemorate the country's independence from British rule, in Colombo on November 5, 2018. / AFP / LAKRUWAN WANNIARACHCHI
Polluted Delhi air akin to death sentence, say doctors 05 Nov 2018 - 09:07 am
Heavy smog conditions are pictured over New Delhi on November 2, 2018.  AFP / CHANDAN KHANNA
Churchmen seek repeal of Israel's Jewish nation law 04 Nov 2018 - 10:31 pm
FILE PHOTO: Christian pilgrims carry wooden crosses along the path where Jesus walked, now known as the Via Dolorosa or the Way of Suffering on Good Friday in Jerusalem Old City on April 14, 2017. AFP/Gali Tibbon
Sri Lanka's president summons parliament on November 14 as pressure over PM's sacking grows 04 Nov 2018 - 10:20 pm
A photograph of Sri Lanka's ousted Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe taking an oath as he was sworn in before President Maithripala Sirisena in 2015, is seen on a wall as Wickremesinghe speaks during an interview with Reuters at the Prime Minister's off
Hundreds rally in Kiev after activist's acid attack death 04 Nov 2018 - 10:08 pm
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N. Korea warns of returning to nuclear policy 04 Nov 2018 - 12:02 pm
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15 killed as truck hits 31-car lineup in China 04 Nov 2018 - 11:08 am
Chinese police officers and rescuers work at the site of where a truck ploughed into cars at a toll booth in Lanzhou in China's northwestern Gansu province early on November 4, 2018. China OUT / AFP / STR
New Caledonia votes on independence from France 04 Nov 2018 - 10:49 am
People cast their ballots for or against the independence of New Caledonia, November 4, 2018 in Noumea, New Caledonia.  / AFP / Theo Rouby
10 dead in Sicily floods: rescue service 04 Nov 2018 - 10:35 am
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Restrictive rules keep millions of Americans from voting 04 Nov 2018 - 10:22 am
A truck drives displaying a message reading 'Vote Out Hate' on November 3, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. Mario Tama/Getty Images/AFP
N. Korea welcomes Cuban president to Pyongyang 04 Nov 2018 - 09:55 am
President of the State Council and Council of Ministers of Cuba Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez and Russian President Vladimir Putin (not seen) attend signing ceremony following their talks at the Kremlin Palace in Moscow, Russia on November 02, 2018. ( Sefa K
French far-right overtakes Macron in EU parliament election poll 04 Nov 2018 - 08:52 am
French President Emmanuel Macron walks on the street after leaving a restaurant on November 1, 2018 in Honfleur, northwestern France, where the presidential couple is spending the All Saints holidays. / AFP / CHARLY TRIBALLEAU