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Afghanistan: Taliban take fight direct to police and army 19 Oct 2017 - 02:08 pm
Afghan National Army (ANA) commandos arrest men pretending to be Taliban fighters during a military exercise at the Kabul Military Training Centre (KMTC) on the outskirts of Kabul on October 17, 2017. AFP / SHAH MARAI
Key events since Catalonia independence vote 19 Oct 2017 - 02:00 pm
 People hold a giant Estelada (pro-independence Catalan flag) reading
Malaysia negotiating with US firm to resume MH370 hunt 19 Oct 2017 - 01:57 pm
(FILES) This file photo taken on March 8, 2016 shows a Malaysian man walking in front of a mural of missing Malaysia Airlines MH370 plane in a back-alley in Shah Alam.  AFP / MANAN VATSYAYANA
Kuwaiti MP slams Israel in St. Petersburg, draws praise 19 Oct 2017 - 01:30 pm
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Letters from young Obama show a man trying to find his way 19 Oct 2017 - 11:33 am
(FILES) This file photo taken on October 6, 2017 shows Former United States' President Barack Obama, delivering a speech during the Green Economy Summit 2017 in Cordoba province some 740 kilometres Northwestern Buenos Aires. AFP / Pablo GASPARINI
43 Afghan soldiers killed in suicide attack on military base: officials 19 Oct 2017 - 11:17 am
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Pakistani anti-corruption court indicts ousted PM Sharif and his daughter 19 Oct 2017 - 11:11 am
File picture of ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif
Seven dead in India firework factory blast 19 Oct 2017 - 10:47 am
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Astana Talks on Syria to be Held on October 30-31 19 Oct 2017 - 10:23 am
A girl runs near a damaged site in the Quneitra countryside, Syria September 12, 2017. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Faqir
UK PM offers more assurances to EU nationals 19 Oct 2017 - 10:11 am
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15,000 under fives die from preventable illnesses each day: UN 19 Oct 2017 - 09:41 am
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Fire destroys landmark hotel in Myanmar's largest city, kills one 19 Oct 2017 - 09:27 am
A firefighter extinguishes a fire at Kandawgyi Palace hotel in Yangon early on October 19, 2017. AFP / YE AUNG THU
Xi’s marathon speech eclipses Congress opening 19 Oct 2017 - 01:15 am
China’s President Xi Jinping giving a speech at the opening session of the Chinese Communist Party’s five-yearly Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, yesterday.
Body thought to be missing activist found in Argentina 18 Oct 2017 - 09:29 pm
This file photo taken on September 01, 2017 shows people surrounding a portrait painted on the street of Santiago Maldonado --disappeared on August 1st during a Mapuche protest in Chubut province-- during a demonstration called by human rights association
‘Russia’s version of Paris Hilton’ announces presidential bid 18 Oct 2017 - 07:47 pm
Russian TV personality Ksenia Sobchak arrives for a trial of Russian theatre director Kirill Serebrennikov, who was accused of embezzling state funds and placed under house arrest, in Moscow, Russia October 17, 2017.  Reuters/Sergei Karpukhin
After IS, rotting corpses and empty jail cells in Syria's Raqa 18 Oct 2017 - 07:31 pm
A member of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) walks through a heavily damaged a street leading to an Armenian church in Raqa on October 18, 2017. AFP / Bulent Kilic
Texas set to execute serial killer 18 Oct 2017 - 07:24 pm
Anthony Shore, 55, convicted of raping and murdering five children and young women, using a tourniquet to torture and strangle his victims, is seen in this undated Texas Department of Criminal Justice photo in Huntsville, Texas, U.S.. Courtesy Texas Depar
Iraqi army retakes almost all disputed areas from Kurds 18 Oct 2017 - 07:15 pm
A picture taken on October 18, 2017 shows displaced Iraqis, who fled from Hawija in 2014 to Kirkuk, riding in vehicles as they return to Hawija, after the town was retaken by Iraqi forces. AFP / Ahmad Al-Rubaye