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Clowns bring laughter to traumatised Rohingya children 30 Oct 2017 - 08:34 am
This photograph taken on October 28, 2017 shows Rohingya refugee children watching the Bangladeshi theatre group
Filipinos line streets to welcome troops from Marawi 30 Oct 2017 - 08:24 am
Government soldiers wave while atop of the tank after the send-off ceremony ending their combat duty against pro-Islamic State militant groups, after President Rodrigo Duterte announced the liberation of Marawi city on Monday, in Saguiaran, Lanao Del Sur,
PNG demands clarity from Australia on 'tense' Pacific camp 30 Oct 2017 - 08:17 am
A file photo of the protesters from the Refugee Action Coalition hold placards during a demonstration outside the offices of the Australian Government Department of Immigration and Border Protection in Sydney, Australia, April 29, 2016. Reuters/David Gray
Funeral for late Thai king Bhumibol draws to a close 29 Oct 2017 - 04:22 pm
A mourner pray for the late Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej during the procession transferring the relics and his ashes from the Grand Palace to a local temple in Bangkok on October 29, 2017. AFP / YE AUNG THU
Sri Lanka scraps private medical college amid protests 29 Oct 2017 - 02:12 pm
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Pakistan frees 68 Indian fishermen held for trespassing 29 Oct 2017 - 01:59 pm
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Australian former governor-general and peacemaker Ninian Stephen dies at 94 29 Oct 2017 - 12:06 pm
A file photo of Ninian Stephen, a judge and former governor-general of Australia, gestures during a news conferece in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, November 17, 1998. REUTERS/Stringer.
Brexit hastens Pakistani Kashmir's economic break with Britain 29 Oct 2017 - 10:26 am
A file photo of a Pakistani Kashmiri foreign currency dealer counting British pound notes at a remittance shop in the Pakistani Kashmir city of Mirpur, which is known as
Bangladesh arrests three militants 29 Oct 2017 - 10:25 am
A file photo of security personnel blocking a road near the site of a police operation on militants on the outskirts Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 26, 2016. Reuters/Mohammad Ponir Hossain.
Xi ally Li Qiang named Shanghai party boss 29 Oct 2017 - 09:14 am
A file photo of Communist Party Secretary of Jiangsu, Li Qiang,speaks during the Jiangsu delegation's group discussion during the National People's Congress (NPC), in Beijing, China March 7, 2017. REUTERS/Stringer
Afghan deputy governor 'abducted' in northwest Pakistan 28 Oct 2017 - 07:11 pm
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Rohingya hacks to death Bangladeshi amid rising tensions 28 Oct 2017 - 06:16 pm
Rohingya refugee sell clothes at Kutupalong refugee camp in the Bangladeshi district of Ukhia on October 28, 2017. AFP / TAUSEEF MUSTAFA
US threatens North Korea with ‘massive’ military action 28 Oct 2017 - 01:18 pm
US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis (L) and South Korea's Defence Minister Song Young-Moo hold a joint press conference after the Security Consultative Meeting (SCM) at the Defence Ministry in Seoul on October 28, 2017. AFP / pool / JUNG Yeon-Je
19 Killed after Bus Plunges into River in Nepal 28 Oct 2017 - 12:39 pm
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Philippines kick off $96.5 million Marawi rehab 28 Oct 2017 - 12:31 pm
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Taliban kill 9 police in eastern Afghanistan 28 Oct 2017 - 12:29 pm
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Australian PM puts foreign minister in charge amid government crisis 28 Oct 2017 - 12:09 pm
File photo: Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull watches as Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop reacts after an official ceremony for the swearing in of the federal government in Canberra, Australia, July 19, 2016. Reuters/David Gray/File Photo
Myanmar detains Turkish journalists for flying drone over capital 28 Oct 2017 - 11:33 am
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Europe

Greenlandic flags fixed on a building in Nuuk, Greenland. AFP file photo. Denmark sends conscripts to Greenland for first time in recent history
(L-R) German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt, German Minister for Research, Technology and Aerospace Dorothee Baer, Saxony-Anhalt's State Premier Sven Schulze and the Chairwoman of the DLR Executive Board Anke Kaysser-Pyzalla take part in the opening of the new Drone Safety Technology Center at the Cochstedt site of the German Aerospace Center (DLR), eastern Germany on August 18, 2026. (Photo by Ronny HARTMANN / AFP) Germany opens new drone research centre as security threats mount
Image used for representation only. Three lightly injured as new quake hits Spain's Granada
This handout photograph taken on August 15, 2026 and released on August 17, 2026 by VHP shows a firefighter looking at wildfire in the Hautes Fagnes (High Fens) nature reserve. Photo by HANDOUT / VHP / AFP Belgium fire halts short of German border, but not 'contained'

Africa

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus speaks during a press conference on Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, at the UN health agency's headquarters in Geneva on May 20, 2026. Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI / AFP DR Congo Ebola outbreak 'far from being under control': WHO chief
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Takemore Malunga (L) watches as pallbearers carry the coffin of his maternal uncle, a victim of the capsized passenger ferry, at the Kariba Hospital mortuary in Kariba, on August 14, 2026. (Photo by Jekesai NJIKIZANA / AFP) Death toll in Zimbabwe ferry capsizing rises to 68: police

Americas

Representational file photo. US sanctions ICC President and senior prosecutor
(FILES) French ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot addresses a press conference and plants a tree at the European Space Agency (ESA) in Cologne, western Germany on January 5, 2026. (Photo by Pau BARRENA / AFP) ISS to host first spacewalk by Frenchwoman
This aerial photo taken on August 6, 2026, shows low water levels in Lake Mead in Nevada. In mid-July, the combined water levels of Lake Powell and Lake Mead, the two largest reservoirs in the United States and both fed by the Colorado River, reached their lowest levels in over 60 years. The Colorado River provides drinking water for more than 40 million people and fuels hydropower across seven states. (Photo by Eva Claire HAMBACH / AFP) Two largest US reservoirs hit record lows amid western drought
Duane Davis arrives for the opening statements of his murder trial, related to the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur, at Clark County District Court in the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, on August 17, 2026. (Photo by STEVE MARCUS / POOL / AFP) Tupac Shakur accused killer was out for 'revenge', jury hears

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