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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
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
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
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
Syrian Kurds say Ankara attacking to prevent Raqqa recapture 25 Oct 2016 - 03:24 pm
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U.N. concerned about "collective punishment" of Arabs in Kirkuk 25 Oct 2016 - 03:17 pm
Iraqi Kurdish security forces patrol a street in the city of Kirkuk, Iraq, October 22, 2016. REUTERS/Ako Rasheed/File Photo
1,640 Jewish settlers entered Aqsa last week 25 Oct 2016 - 03:04 pm
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Turkey resolute to clear Syria's Manbij of PYD/PKK 25 Oct 2016 - 02:43 pm
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu
Israeli settler runs over two Palestinians in Qalqilya 25 Oct 2016 - 12:29 pm
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Two Saudi Security Officers Shot Dead 25 Oct 2016 - 12:04 pm
Saudi policemen seal off a road in a district north of Riyadh. (File Photo: REUTERS)
Turkish-backed rebels advance in northern Syria 25 Oct 2016 - 11:50 am
A Turkey-backed rebel fighter in Marea shoots towards Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) in Tel Rifaat [Khalil Ashawi/Reuters]
UN aborts plan to evacuate patients from Aleppo, blames all parties 25 Oct 2016 - 10:52 am
Syrians who were living in the rebel-held side of Aleppo are seen inside an ambulance after nearly 50 people fled the rebel held eastern districts of the battered city into the government-controlled west on October 24, 2016. AFP / GEORGE OURFALIAN
Explosion hits southern Turkey's Antalya, some casualties: CNN Turk 25 Oct 2016 - 09:38 am
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Islamic State takes control of half Iraqi town near Jordan-Syria border - sources 25 Oct 2016 - 08:53 am
Even as Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government's peshmerga forces attack to capture Tizxirab Village of Bashiqa district, IS targets increase their area of control near border with Syria and Jordan. Yunus Kele? / Anadolu Agency
Islamic State steps up counter-attacks as fighting edges closer to Mosul 24 Oct 2016 - 08:14 pm
Iraqi families who were displaced by the ongoing operation by Iraqi forces against jihadistds of the Islamic State group to retake the city of Mosul, are seen gathering in an area near Qayyarah on October 24, 2016. The UN refugee agency is preparing to re
770 Islamic State militants killed in Mosul retaking operation 24 Oct 2016 - 05:11 pm
Iraqi forces enter the village of al-Khuwayn, south of Mosul, after recapturing it from Islamic State (IS) group jihadists on October 23, 2016, in part of an ongoing operation to tighten the noose around Mosul and reclaim the last major Iraqi city under I
Civilians pay price of IS's 'smoke war' around Mosul 24 Oct 2016 - 04:27 pm
A woman look at Iraqi forces in the village of al-Khuwayn, south of Mosul, after recapturing it from Islamic State (IS) group jihadists on October 23, 2016, in part of an ongoing operation to tighten the noose around Mosul and reclaim the last major Iraqi