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Demonetisation will hit agriculture, informal workers worst: study 15 Nov 2016 - 09:52 pm
A farmer smokes while sitting on sacks of paddy crops as he waits for customers, one week after the Indian government withdrew the circulation of high denomination banknotes, in Sanand village on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India, November 15, 2016. REUTE
Facing cash crunch, many foreign tourists cutting short their visit 15 Nov 2016 - 09:43 pm
A scene from Goa, one of the major tourism sites in India. (Reuters)
Senior Pakistan official says to visit India, hints at detente 15 Nov 2016 - 09:00 pm
Adviser to the Pakistan's Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs, Sartaj Aziz poses for a photo during an exclusive interview at foreign ministry building in Islamabad, Pakistan on November 15, 2016. ( Metin Aktas - Anadolu Agency )
Russia has long-term ambitions in the Middle East: Israeli official 15 Nov 2016 - 08:35 pm
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Russia starts new 'large-scale' operation in Syria 15 Nov 2016 - 08:33 pm
A still image taken from a drone footage and released by Russia's Defence Ministry on November 15, 2016, shows missiles hitting what Defence Ministry said was militants' ammunition warehouse at an unknown location in Syria. Ministry of Defence of the Russ
Algeria president returns after France medical trip 15 Nov 2016 - 08:25 pm
Peninsula
Zimbabwe lawyers take Mugabe to court over bond notes law 15 Nov 2016 - 08:15 pm
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe attends a meeting with the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Associatioin on April 7, 2016 in Harare (AFP / JEKESAI NJIKIZANA)
Ex-minister Macron to run for French presidency: source 15 Nov 2016 - 07:58 pm
Former French Economy Minister Emmanuel Macron in Paris on February 24, 2016. (AFP / Thomas Samson)
Merkel open to talks on detail of EU free movement, in hint at Brexit wiggle room 15 Nov 2016 - 07:47 pm
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (C) smiles as two waiters attend to her before starting her speech at a meeting of the Confederation of German Employers' Associations (BDA - Bundesvereinigung der Deutsche Arbeitgaeberverbaende) in Berlin on November 15, 2
Assange questioning in London ends after two days 15 Nov 2016 - 07:30 pm
Human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell and other Assange supporters outside the Embassy of Ecuador as Swedish prosecutors question Wikileaks founder Julian Assange on November 14, 2016 in London, United Kingdom. Mr Assange has been inside the embassy sinc
Swimmers worth their salt cross shrinking Dead Sea 15 Nov 2016 - 07:13 pm
Dead Sea (David Shankbone / Wikimedia Commons)
Obama warns of risks from 'crude' nationalism 15 Nov 2016 - 06:54 pm
U.S. President Barack Obama speaks as he and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras hold a press conference at Maximos Palace in Athens, Greece November 15, 2016. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Both sides accused of abuses in battle for Mosul 15 Nov 2016 - 06:45 pm
 Iraqis fleeing the fighting rest as they reach an area held by Iraqi Special Forces 2nd division for transport out of the combat zone in the Samah neighbourhood of Mosul on November 15, 2016. Hundreds of people used the opportunity to try and get out of
PBS journalist Gwen Ifill dies of cancer 15 Nov 2016 - 06:40 pm
Gwen Ifill speaks after winning a Peabody for her show
UN chief calls for 'elimination' of fossil fuel subsidies 15 Nov 2016 - 05:48 pm
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaks next to Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Patricia Espinosa at the UN World Climate Change Conference 2016 (COP22) in Marrakech, Morocco, November 15, 2016. REUTERS/You
France’s Hollande urges Trump to respect climate deal 15 Nov 2016 - 05:32 pm
 French President Francois Hollande is seen during a joint press conference with Antonio Guterres, Secretary General of the United Nations, after their meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France on November 14, 2016. (Mustafa Yalcin - Anadolu Agency)
Aleppo: Syria, backed by ally Russia, renews assault on rebels 15 Nov 2016 - 05:31 pm
A man walks past a man riding a bike near the rubble of damaged buildings in the rebel held area of Old Aleppo, Syria November 14, 2016. REUTERS/Abdalrhman Ismail
I’ll tax U.S. goods if Trump reneges on trade deals, says France’s Sarkozy 15 Nov 2016 - 05:27 pm
Nicolas Sarkozy, former French president and candidate for the right-wing Les Republicains (LR) primaries ahead of the 2017 presidential election, speaks during a campaign meeting in Saint-Maur-des-Fosses, southeast of Paris, on November 14, 2016. (AFP /