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Cluster bomb attack kills 4 in Syria’s Aleppo 21 Nov 2016 - 11:14 am
Photo: AA.
Haiti awaits results of re-run vote, shattered by hurricane 21 Nov 2016 - 11:08 am
Electoral workers are seen during vote counting at a polling station as Haiti holds a long-delayed presidential election after a devastating hurricane and more than a year of political instability, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, November 20, 2016. REUTERS/Jean
Thailand to begin building late king's funeral pyre next year 21 Nov 2016 - 11:01 am
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S. Korea, Japan to sign Intel-Sharing pact 21 Nov 2016 - 10:57 am
A police officer stands guard near Japan and South Korea national flags at a hotel in Tokyo, June 22, 2015. REUTERS/Toru Hanai
Clashes as Yemen ceasefire nears end 21 Nov 2016 - 10:51 am
A pro-government fighter walks at the site of recent battles between Houthi fighters and pro-government fighters, on the second day of a 48-hour ceasefire in the southwestern city of Taiz, Yemen November 20, 2016. REUTERS/Anees Mahyoub
India train disaster toll rises to 142, more dead feared 21 Nov 2016 - 09:53 am
A railway employee cuts a railway track at the site of Sunday's train derailment in Pukhrayan, south of Kanpur city, India, November 21, 2016. REUTERS/Jitendra Prakash
Obama 'not optimistic' on Syria as Aleppo pummelled 21 Nov 2016 - 09:42 am
Residents try to escape from the scene of the air strikes carried out by the war crafts belonging to the regime forces on residential areas in the Al-Shear district, under siege by regime forces, in Aleppo, Syria on November 20, 2016. (Jawad al Rifai/Anad
Gun shops eye busy Black Friday despite Hillary Clinton loss 21 Nov 2016 - 09:14 am
Potential buyers try out guns which are displayed on an exhibitor's table during the Nation's Gun Show on November 18, 2016 at Dulles Expo Center in Chantilly, Virginia. Alex Wong/Getty Images/AFP
Texas police officer slain during traffic stop; manhunt underway 21 Nov 2016 - 09:11 am
San Antonio Police Detective Benjamin Marconi, 50, is shown in this photo provided by the San Antonio Police Department, in San Antonio, Texas, U.S., November 20, 2016. Courtesy of San Antonio Police Deparment/Handout via REUTERS
Trump wraps up weekend cabinet search, no new picks 21 Nov 2016 - 08:57 am
BEDMINSTER TOWNSHIP: Flanked by U.S. Secret Service agents, President-elect Donald Trump leaves the clubhouse following a full day of meetings at Trump International Golf Club, November 20, 2016 in Bedminster Township, New Jersey. Drew Angerer/Getty Image
India crash raises concerns of underinvestment in railway as toll hits 133 21 Nov 2016 - 08:42 am
Rescue worker and onlookers stand near the wreckage of the train on the damaged tracks where a train derailed near Pukhrayan in India's Kanpur district on November 21, 2016. AFP / SANJAY KANOJIA
Police clash with North Dakota pipeline protesters, arrest one 21 Nov 2016 - 08:39 am
Law enforcement officers surround demonstrators protesting against plans to pass the Dakota Access pipeline during a standoff at the Backwater Bridge in Morton County, North Dakota, U.S., November 20, 2016. Courtesy of Morton County Sheriff's Department/H
Fed-up MH370 families to hunt for debris in Madagascar 21 Nov 2016 - 08:32 am
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Taiwan says sees exchange with China's leader in APEC as positive 21 Nov 2016 - 08:18 am
Taiwan's representative James Soong reaches out to shake hands with Peru's President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (not pictured) as he arrives at the Lima Convention Centre for the APEC Leaders' Retreat on the last day of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (A
Sarkozy knocked out of French presidential race 21 Nov 2016 - 03:01 am
Nicolas Sarkozy attends his first political rally on August 25, 2016. (REUTERS / Philippe Laure)
UN warns time 'running out' in Aleppo 21 Nov 2016 - 12:29 am
A Syrian rescuer carries a woman who was rescued from the rubble of a building following reported airstrikes on Aleppo's rebel-held district of Al Hamra, yesterday.
Yemen rebels prevent food aid from reaching besieged city 21 Nov 2016 - 12:23 am
Yemeni people get back into their daily routine after a ceasefire deal for transporting humanitarian aids in Sana'a yesterday.
French celebs in impassioned plea against 'Hollande bashing' 20 Nov 2016 - 08:57 pm
French President Francois Hollande reviews French Foreign legion troops during an official visit to the Canal du Midi in Castelnaudary, southern France, on November 19, 2016. (AFP / Guillaume HORCAJUELPO)