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'Pineapple pen' star to serenade Trump on Japan visit 30 Oct 2017 - 10:57 am
(FILES) This file photo taken on October 28, 2016 shows Japanese comedian Pikotaro performing during a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo. AFP / Kazuhiro NOGI
At climate talks, it's America alone more than America first 30 Oct 2017 - 09:35 am
A file photo of Chicago demonstrators protesting President Donald Trump's decision to exit the Paris climate change accord on June 2, 2017.
Brahmaputra boat clinic goes solar, powering up rural healthcare 30 Oct 2017 - 09:16 am
Solar powered boat clinic on river Bramhaputra operated by C-NES in Jorhat, Assam.
Teen governor? Kansas youths take on adults in a heartland US state 30 Oct 2017 - 09:04 am
17-year-old Kansas governor candidate Tyler Ruzich speaks at a high school with three other teenage hopefuls for the state's top elected position.
Kurdish parties opposed to Barzani report attacks on offices overnight 30 Oct 2017 - 08:53 am
A still image taken from a video shows Kurdish President Masoud Barzani giving a televised speech in Erbil, Iraq, October 29, 2017. KURDISTAN 24 TV via REUTERS TV
Crunch day for Catalonia as Madrid takes control 30 Oct 2017 - 08:39 am
Protesters with Spanish flags stage a pro-unity demonstration at Passeig de Gracia in Barcelona, Spain on October 29, 2017. Anadolu Agency/ Burak Akbulut.
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
Syrian hostages who escaped Islamic State receive rapturous homecoming 29 Oct 2017 - 11:15 pm
Relatives hug one of the hostages held by Islamic State militants who escaped from his captors in Qaryatayn town in Homs province, Syria October 29, 2017. Reuters/Omar Sanadiki
One year on, tensions simmer in neglected Moroccan north 29 Oct 2017 - 11:01 pm
Moroccan police search for protestors from the Morocco's al-Hirak al-Shaabi movement on October 28, 2017 in Al Hoceima in the troubled northern Rif region, to mark the anniversary of the death of fishmonger Mouhcine Fikri, who was crushed to death a year
Merkel, party leaders meet to rev up German coalition talks: media 29 Oct 2017 - 10:58 pm
Angela Merkel
Brazil’s Lula, Bolsonaro well positioned for 2018 elections: Poll 29 Oct 2017 - 10:15 pm
Luiz Inácio Lula
‘Margaret Thatcher is my role model’ -German far-right AfD leader 29 Oct 2017 - 10:02 pm
Alice Weidel (Reuters file photo)
#Metoo campaign moves to French streets 29 Oct 2017 - 10:02 pm
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Ex-Burkina leader's brother held held over reporter's murder 29 Oct 2017 - 09:49 pm
Francois Compaore speaking in Komsilga during the a campaign launch on November 17, 2012 (AFP / Ahmed Ouoba)
“Nobody stood with the Kurds” says bitter Barzani 29 Oct 2017 - 09:06 pm
Masoud Barzani
Speculation rife as first arrest in US Russia probe said near 29 Oct 2017 - 08:59 pm
This file photo taken on June 19, 2013 shows then Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Robert Mueller testifying before the US Senate Judiciary Committee on oversight during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. AFP / Saul Loeb