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"Not unrealistic" for Catalan leader to get asylum in Belgium: Minister 29 Oct 2017 - 11:07 am
Sacked Catalan President Carles Puigdemont (R) walks with his wife Marcela Topor as he greets a supporter after leaving a restaurant the day after the Catalan regional parliament declared independence from Spain in Girona, Spain, October 28, 2017. Reuters
Hillary Clinton marks painful date with Twitter quip 29 Oct 2017 - 11:01 am
A file photo of former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Reuters.
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
Attack on hotel in Somali capital kills 25: police 29 Oct 2017 - 08:54 am
A file photo of people standing among damages at the scene of a blast after two car bombs exploded in Mogadishu on October 28, 2017.  AFP / Mohamed ABDIWAHAB
Five years on, New Yorkers still live with the scars of Hurricane Sandy 29 Oct 2017 - 08:42 am
A file photo of a house seen with its entire first floor washed away, as well as the entire surrounding area demolished when Hurricane Sandy hit the coastal estuary in the Oakwood Beach area of Staten Island, New York, November 6, 2012. AFP / Paul J.RICHA
VPN law latest step in Kremlin online crackdown: experts 29 Oct 2017 - 08:22 am
A file photo of a protester with tape covering her mouth takes part in the March for Free Internet in central Moscow in July. AFP / Mladen ANTONOV
Iceland's PM poised to fend off challenge from left 29 Oct 2017 - 08:03 am
A file photo of Icelandic Prime Minister Bjarni Benidiktsson of the conservative Independence Party addresses supporters at the Grand Hotel on October 28, 2017 in Reykjavik, Iceland. AFP / Halldor KOLBEINS
Turkey arrests alleged IS members ahead of national holiday 28 Oct 2017 - 09:45 pm
File photo (Reuters)
13 dead, more than 16 wounded in Mogadishu hotel blast 28 Oct 2017 - 08:06 pm
A general view shows the aftermath of a suicide car bomb explosion, at the gate of Naso Hablod Two Hotel in Hamarweyne district of Mogadishu, Somalia October 28, 2017. (REUTERS/Feisal Omar)
Afghan deputy governor 'abducted' in northwest Pakistan 28 Oct 2017 - 07:11 pm
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Iraqi forces discover mass grave in Kirkuk 28 Oct 2017 - 06:48 pm
Iraqi forces gather at their camp on the front line in the northwestern town of Fishkhabur, near the borders with Syria and Turkey, on October 28, 2017.  AFP / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE
Kenya in limbo as incomplete election keeps tensions high 28 Oct 2017 - 06:40 pm
Residents of Nairobi's Kibera slum, a stronghold of Kenyan opposition leader, follow up presidential election coverage in the newspaper while waiting official results.  AFP / Patrick Meinhardt
Casualties as 2 car bombs explode near Mogadishu hotel: police 28 Oct 2017 - 06:35 pm
Credit: Twitter / @GreyDynamics
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
Leftists on cusp of power as weary Icelanders go to polls 28 Oct 2017 - 03:47 pm
Left Green Movement candidate Katrin Jakobsdottir casts her vote during a snap parliamentary election in Reykjavik, Iceland October 28, 2017. (REUTERS/Geirix)
Catalan leader to speak as Spain seizes control 28 Oct 2017 - 03:39 pm
Catalan regional President Carles Puigdemont attends a plenary session after Catalonian Parliament declared unilateral independence following the secret ballot at Catalonian Parliament in Barcelona, Spain on October 27, 2017. Burak Akbulut - AA