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US air strikes spike as Afghans struggle against Taliban, Islamic State 26 Oct 2016 - 09:01 am
A U.S. Air Force F-16 Flying Falcon fighter bomber takes off for a mission from Bagram air field in Afghanistan August 11, 2016. Picture taken August 11, 2016. REUTERS/Josh Smith
Kyrgyzstan government resigns after coalition break-up 26 Oct 2016 - 08:55 am
File photo of Kyrgyzstan President Almazbek Atambayev. Reuters
Florida oasis for retirees is Trump stronghold 26 Oct 2016 - 08:42 am
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a rally at the Antique Car Museum property on October 25, 2016 in Tallahassee, Florida. Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images/AFP
Chinese state media urge new status for Xi 26 Oct 2016 - 08:37 am
Portraits of Chinese leaders like China's President Xi Jinping (L) and former Chinese Chairman Mao Zedong (R) are on display in a shop in Tiananmen Square in Beijing on October 24, 2016. AFP / FRED DUFOUR
Israeli forces could have avoided killings: Report 26 Oct 2016 - 12:38 am
Israeli settlers start to build a new illegal outpost north of the West Bank Palestinian village of Ain al-Baida on October 25, 2016. More than 400,000 Israelis live in settlements in the occupied West Bank, considered by the international community one o
Philippines’ Duterte hits out at U.S., then heads to Japan 25 Oct 2016 - 11:00 pm
Philippines' President Rodrigo Duterte (R) is welcomed by Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (L) prior to their dinner meeting at the entrance of a Japanese restaurant in Tokyo on October 25, 2016. Duterte is here on a three day visit. (AFP / TOSHIFU
Turkey detains co-mayors of mainly Kurdish city of Diyarbakir 25 Oct 2016 - 10:54 pm
This file photo taken on January 13, 2012 shows Gultan Kisanak, co-chairperson of pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party, speaking during a news conference in Ankara. Gultan Kisanak and Firat Anli, the co-mayors of south-eastern Turkish city Diyarbakir, ha
Vatican tells Catholics not to scatter ashes of the dead 25 Oct 2016 - 10:34 pm
Pope Francis and Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II water a tree planted in a Noahs Ark sculpture during an ecumenical meeting and a prayer for peace in Republic Square, Yerevan on June 25, 2016. (AFP / TIZIAN)
Trump says Clinton policy on Syria would lead to World War Three 25 Oct 2016 - 10:24 pm
People wait for the arrival of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump for his campaign rally at the Million Air Orlando, which is at Orlando Sanford International Airport on October 25, 2016 in Sanford, Florida. Trump continues to campaign against
A PICTURE AND ITS STORY: Severe malnutrition in Yemen 25 Oct 2016 - 10:08 pm
Saida Ahmad Baghili, 18, who is affected by severe acute malnutrition, sits on a bed at the al-Thawra hospital in the Red Sea port city of Houdieda, Yemen October 24, 2016. (REUTERS/Abduljabbar Zeyad)
Russia says it extends moratorium on Aleppo air strikes 25 Oct 2016 - 09:59 pm
A man makes bread in the rebel held besieged Aleppo, Syria October 25, 2016. REUTERS/Abdalrhman Ismail
Getting North Korea to denuclearize ‘probably a lost cause’: US 25 Oct 2016 - 09:54 pm
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un with military officers as he observes a drill (Korean Central News Agency / REUTERS)
Most guns used in NY crimes are from out of state: study 25 Oct 2016 - 09:49 pm
Customers look over the last two AR-15 style rifles for sale inside the Bullet Hole gun shop in Sarasota, Florida.  (Reuters)
US House to vote on Iran Sanctions Act renewal as soon as November 25 Oct 2016 - 08:28 pm
Iran President Hassan Rouhani speaks during a news conference in Islamabad Pakistan, March 26, 2016. REUTERS / Faisal Mahmood
Rwandan rebel commander arrested in DRC 25 Oct 2016 - 05:48 pm
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2 more villages near Mosul fall to Iraq security forces 25 Oct 2016 - 04:09 pm
Smoke rises after coalition forces' airstrike over Islamic State targets as Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government's peshmerga forces attack to capture Nawaran Village and the other surrounding villages from IS terrorists during the operation to retake Iraq's
200 children leave Calais camp for the UK 25 Oct 2016 - 04:02 pm
Migrants talk during the full evacuation of the
Trump backers arrested outside US embassy in Uganda 25 Oct 2016 - 04:01 pm
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