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Nicaragua's First Couple look poised for election victory 02 Nov 2016 - 09:08 am
FILES) Photo composition showing Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and his wife Rosario Murillo in Managua on (L to R) February 18, 1995, October 16, 1996, December 4, 2013 and July 19, 2015. AFP / STF
Venezuela opposition eases off Maduro ahead of talks 02 Nov 2016 - 09:06 am
Supporters of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro attend a rally near the congress building, in Caracas, Venezuela on November 1, 2016. ( Carlos Becerra - Anadolu Agency )
Indian Kashmir schools shut after deadly shelling 02 Nov 2016 - 09:02 am
Indian volunteers and officials carry a two and a half year-old child Pari into The Government Medical College Hospital in Jammu on November 1, 2016, after he was injured in cross-border shelling in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir. AFP / STR
Wife of Orlando mass murderer denies advance knowledge of attack 02 Nov 2016 - 08:40 am
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In pitch to men, Obama says Clinton treated differently 02 Nov 2016 - 08:25 am
US Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton waves to supporters during a campaign rally in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on November 1, 2016.  AFP / Jewel SAMAD
FBI releases Bill Clinton closed case files days before vote 02 Nov 2016 - 08:04 am
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US Treasury, UAE blacklist alleged Yemeni Qaeda backers 01 Nov 2016 - 09:55 pm
Former Iraq Minister of Communications Mohammed Allawi, (L), and Imam Hersham Al Huseini, co-founder of the Iraqi opposition movement against Saddam Hussein, pariticipate in a discussion billed as
Opposition raises a stink over killing of SIMI activists, seeks probe 01 Nov 2016 - 09:40 pm
Indian police officials gather at the entrance to The Central Jail in Bhopal on November 1, 2016, a day after some inmates escaped and were killed in an encounter with security personnel. (AFP)
Cities, towns and territory retaken from IS 01 Nov 2016 - 09:28 pm
A view of Mosul-Erbil Highway, secured by Iraqi army members, during a sandstorm near Tehrawa village between Bertilla and Kokceli, as the operation to retake Iraq's Mosul from Daesh terrorists continues in Mosul, Iraq on November 1, 2016. ( Hemn Baban -
US stopped Philippines rifle sale that senator opposed -sources 01 Nov 2016 - 08:52 pm
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Saudi preacher gets jail for defaming famous Saudi actor 'Nasser Al Qasabi' 01 Nov 2016 - 08:07 pm
 Nasser Al Qasabi
Up to 600,000 children trapped in Mosul 01 Nov 2016 - 07:53 pm
Displaced Iraqi women and children sit at the back of a vehicle after escaping from Islamic State controlled village of Abu Jarboa during clashes with IS militants near Mosul, Iraq November 1, 2016. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah
Documents show Islamic State obsessions: beards and concubines 01 Nov 2016 - 07:34 pm
An Iraqi soldier shows a pamphlet which reads
Louvre could house treasures from Iraq, Syria: Hollande 01 Nov 2016 - 07:12 pm
French president François Hollande (L) visits the
South of Mosul, French guns back up Iraqi forces 01 Nov 2016 - 06:50 pm
French soldiers stand next to a CAESAR, a French self-propelled 155 mm/52-calibre gun-howitzer, in the Qayyarah base south of Mosul on October 31, 2016 as they provide military support for Iraq forces fighting to retake the city of Mosul from the hands of
Turkey appoints trustee as Diyarbakir mayor after arrests 01 Nov 2016 - 06:43 pm
A young participant flashes the victory sign in front of the municipality headquarters in Diyarbakir, southeastern Turkey, on October 30, 2016, during a pro-Kurdish demonstration. A Turkish court has barred Figen Yuksekdag, a leader of the main pro-Kurdis
Zimbabwe minister accuses Mugabe deputy of using state institutions in succession bid 01 Nov 2016 - 06:28 pm
While the two sides have traded barbs for months, Tuesday’s comments by Jonathan Moyo, an outspoken higher education minister who is linked to the G40 group behind Grace, are the most overt attack on the man assumed to be her biggest rival.(Photo courtesy
Refugees languish in Greek limbo as alarm grows in Brussels 01 Nov 2016 - 06:19 pm
A child washes himself next to a watering hole in the refugees camp at the Greek-FYR of Macedonia border near the village of Idomeni on May 23, 2016 (AFP / SAKIS MITROLIDIS)