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Australian jet alters course after hoax call: report 08 Nov 2016 - 08:49 am
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US-backed forces push closer to IS 'capital' Raqa 08 Nov 2016 - 08:43 am
Smoke billows in the background as a member of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a US-backed Kurdish-Arab alliance, looks on in the village of Tal Aaj, 5 kilometre from the Syrian town of Ain Issa, some 50 kilometres (30 miles) north of Raqa, on Novembe
Palestinian teen jailed for 12 years 07 Nov 2016 - 11:29 pm
Ahmed Manasra (centre), a 14-year old Palestinian boy, leaves the District Court in Jerusalem after his sentencing.
On election eve, Trump's last-ditch bid for glory 07 Nov 2016 - 11:16 pm
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump arrives for a rally at the J.S. Dorton Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina on November 7, 2016. Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump battled for votes on a frenzied final day of campaigning Monday, telling Americans t
Facebook partners with news outlets for Election Day live video blitz 07 Nov 2016 - 08:02 pm
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Military and political obstacles in fight for IS's Raqa 07 Nov 2016 - 07:47 pm
A member of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a US-backed Kurdish-Arab alliance, patrols in the village of Tal Aaj, 5 kilometre from the Syrian town of Ain Issa, some 50 kilometres (30 miles) north of Raqa, on November 7, 2016, as they launched an offen
Iran’s foreign minister is first to meet Lebanon’s new president 07 Nov 2016 - 07:41 pm
A handout picture provided by the Lebanese photo agency Dalati and Nohra on November 7, 2016, shows President Michel Aoun meeting Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (L) at the Presidential palace in Baabda
Algeria’s Bouteflika in France for medical check-up 07 Nov 2016 - 07:37 pm
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika on June 15, 2015 in Algiers. (AFP / Alain Jocard)
Saudi Arabia to raise municipal fees in non-oil revenue push 07 Nov 2016 - 07:23 pm
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German politician jailed for Nazi death camp tattoo 07 Nov 2016 - 07:19 pm
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Germany fears US election 'stalemate' 07 Nov 2016 - 07:11 pm
German finance minister Wolfgang Schaeuble delivers a speech in the Bundestag, the German lower house of parliament in Berlin on July 17, 2015. (AFP / John MacDougall)
Newsmaker Trump defies traditional politics in White House bid 07 Nov 2016 - 07:03 pm
 US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump addresses a campaign rally at Atlantic Aviation in Moon Township, Pennsylvania on November 6, 2016. / AFP / MANDEL NGAN
Voter turnout 'explodes' among blacks, Hispanics in US 07 Nov 2016 - 06:52 pm
People confer during an event called 'Souls to the Polls' on November 6, 2016 in Cutler Bay, Florida, which aims to encourage minority voter turnout in the key swing state of Florida. Experts say black and Hispanic turnout is surging as many hope to keep
South African opposition figure Malema seeks to overturn apartheid-era land law 07 Nov 2016 - 05:48 pm
A man pushes a wheelbarrow past a billboard of the Economic Freedom Fighters which is led by Julius Malema in Soweto, South Africa, August 5, 2016.  (REUTERS / Siphiwe Sibeko)
German talkshow under fire over 'propaganda' by niqab-wearing guest 07 Nov 2016 - 05:39 pm
Nora Illi (L), the women's representative of an unofficial group called the Islamic Central Committee of Switzerland, wears a niqab as she attends along with Wolfgang Bosbach, lawmaker from Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union party, a Su
Marathon in Bamiyan a symbol of freedom for Afghan women 07 Nov 2016 - 05:30 pm
Afghan and international marathon runners take part in a marathon on a course that took them past the destroyed Buddha statues in Bamiyan province on November 4, 2016. Female athletes wearing headscarves raced November 4 against a backdrop of russet-hued
Illegal mining, weak government help Taliban expand in Afghan north 07 Nov 2016 - 05:20 pm
An Afghan man holds up the dead body of a child who was killed by an air strike called in to protect Afghan and U.S. forces during a raid on suspected Taliban militants, in Kunduz, Afghanistan November 3, 2016. REUTERS/Nasir Wakif
Australian woman kidnapped in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul 07 Nov 2016 - 05:17 pm
Afghan security forces keep watch at the site of an attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 24, 2016. (REUTERS / Omar Sobhani)