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Vacant apartments held for ransom in Spain 30 Apr 2017 - 10:27 am
A man passes by a bricked up entrance to a building in Barcelona on April 28, 2017. AFP / PAU BARRENA
Brexit offers hope for Irish oyster farmers 30 Apr 2017 - 10:18 am
In this photograph taken on April 26, 2017, Brexit posters are pictured at the border crossing at Muff in Co Donegal near Lough Foyle, on the border with Northern Ireland and Donegal in the Republic of Ireland. AFP / PAUL FAITH
US-backed Syria force advances against IS in Tabqa: monitor 30 Apr 2017 - 09:52 am
A member of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), made up of an alliance of Arab and Kurdish fighters, sits on the edge of a boat at the Tabqa dam on April 29, 2017. AFP / DELIL SOULEIMAN
Philippines' Duterte gives China free pass over sea row 30 Apr 2017 - 09:42 am
Philippines' President Rodrigo Duterte speaks during a press conference at the end of Association of Souteast Asian Nations (ASEAN) leaders' summit in Manila on April 29, 2017. AFP / Ted Aljibe
Opposition presses for fresh marches in Venezuela 30 Apr 2017 - 09:10 am
The first vice president of Venezuela's National Assembly, Freddy Guevara (R) marchers paying tribute to student Juan Pablo Pernalete - killed on April 26 by the impact of a gas grenade during a protest against President Nicolas Maduro - in Caracas, on Ap
Merkel's conservatives widen lead to 7 points 5 months before German vote 30 Apr 2017 - 08:54 am
German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a news conference after the EU summit in Brussels, Belgium, April 29, 2017. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann
Urban farming flourishes in New York 30 Apr 2017 - 08:27 am
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Australia probes 'jihadi child threat' video 30 Apr 2017 - 08:10 am
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Memories of colonial abuse and lost prosperity haunt DR Congo town 30 Apr 2017 - 07:53 am
Congolese artist Cedrick Tamasala, vice president of the (CAPTC) Congolese Plantation Workers Art League, displays his first artwork made during a workshop in 2015 at the Kibangu Camp in Lusanga on April 21, 2017. AFP / Junior D. KANNAH
Trump celebrates first 100 days as president, blasts media 30 Apr 2017 - 07:40 am
US President Donald Trump appears on stage at a rally in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, US April 29, 2017. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
Thousands of revellers celebrate Dutch king's 50th birthday 29 Apr 2017 - 10:27 pm
Hundreds of people pose for a picture with Queen Maxima and King Willem-Alexander (centre) after a dinner with 150 fifty-year-old Dutch people who were invited on the occasion of the 50th birthday of the King at the Royal Palace in Amsterdam, late on Frid
Working relationship with Trump good: Merkel 29 Apr 2017 - 10:27 pm
Donald Trump (left) and Angela Merkel.
UKIP leader Nuttall to stand in pro-Brexit stronghold in UK election 29 Apr 2017 - 10:20 pm
Paul Nuttall will stand in the Conservative-held seat, and will test the extent to which the country’s most eurosceptic areas trust British Prime Minister Theresa May’s party with the Brexit process.
Merkel says she has a `preference' for Macron in French election 29 Apr 2017 - 10:20 pm
Emmanuel Macron
Orban scolded by EU over law targeting Soros's university 29 Apr 2017 - 10:20 pm
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban arrives at a special EU leaders' meeting of the European Council to adopt the guidelines for the Brexit talks, in Brussels on April 29, 201. AFP / Olivier Hoslet
First lady dedicates 'healing' garden at children's hospital 29 Apr 2017 - 10:08 pm
US First Lady Melania Trump takes part in a ribbon cutting ceremony at the Children's National Health System in Washington, DC, yesterday. Trump spoke at the opening of the Bunny Mellon Healing Garden for patients and famlies, an outdoor location to safel
Le Pen has potential prime minister, no rush on Euro exit 29 Apr 2017 - 10:08 pm
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EU leaders close ranks over Brexit 29 Apr 2017 - 10:08 pm
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (centre) speaks with Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat (left) while French President Francois Hollande looks on during a special EU leaders' meeting at the main headquarters of European Council and the Council of the EU,