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Catalan leader stalls on independence drive 16 Oct 2017 - 10:53 am
Pressure is mounting for Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont to make clear whether he will declare independence ahead of a deadline set by Spain's government./ AFP.
Rohingya boy born in refugee camp faces uncertain future 16 Oct 2017 - 10:34 am
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Manila: Bottom of list of 60 safest cities in the world 16 Oct 2017 - 10:29 am
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Philippines: Heavy fighting with IS, hostage rescued 16 Oct 2017 - 10:20 am
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Vietnam braces for more downpours as flood toll hits 72 16 Oct 2017 - 10:15 am
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Ten drown as Rohingya boat sinks off Bangladesh 16 Oct 2017 - 09:55 am
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About 14,000 Rohingyi refugee children lost one or both parents in Bangladesh 16 Oct 2017 - 09:33 am
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Top international lawyers say Hong Kong rule of law under threat 16 Oct 2017 - 09:19 am
 Pro-democracy activists take part in a protest on China’s national day in Hong Kong earlier this month Photograph: Bobby Yip/Reuters.
Iraqi forces say in control of roads, infrastructure near Kirkuk 16 Oct 2017 - 09:15 am
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Bengaluru building collapse kills at least five : officials 16 Oct 2017 - 09:10 am
Police and rescue workers look for survivors in the rubble at the site of a collapsed under construction building in Bengaluru, India, October 5, 2016. REUTERS/Abhishek N. Chinnappa.
Somalia's 'deadliest attack ever' kills 276, injures 300 16 Oct 2017 - 09:05 am
Two men carry the body of a victim following the explosion of a truck bomb in the centre of Mogadishu, on October 14, 2017. / AFP.
Ireland closes schools as rare hurricane approaches 16 Oct 2017 - 08:43 am
Surfers watch as waves approach in the Atlantic on the eve of storm Ophelia in an area where the tide should be out in the County Clare town of Lahinch, Ireland October 15, 2017. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne
IS Southeast Asia chief killed in Philippines: govt 16 Oct 2017 - 08:36 am
FILE PHOTO: Soldiers distribute pictures of a member of extremist group Abu Sayyaf Isnilon Hapilon, who has a U.S. government bounty of $5 million for his capture, in Butig, Lanao del Sur in southern Philippines February 1, 2017. REUTERS/Marconi B. Navale
Morocco ambassador's car stolen in break-in: Greek police 15 Oct 2017 - 11:26 pm
The break-in occurred early on Sunday morning in the affluent Athens suburb of Psychiko, an area popular with embassies that is nominally well-guarded. Here, a view of Psychiko, unrelated to the incident (Wikimedia Commons)
Drone hits commercial airliner in Canada, no injuries 15 Oct 2017 - 09:42 pm
FILE PHOTO: A drone flies as an airplane is seen in the background during a press presentation of Swiss disaster dog association Redog on combined search and rescue outside Zurich on August 23, 2017 (AFP / Fabrice Coffrini)
Austrian 'whizz-kid' projected to triumph in election 15 Oct 2017 - 06:52 pm
Sebastian Kurz, leader of conservative OVP party, arrives at a polling station to cast his vote in parliamentary election in Vienna, Austria on October 15, 2017. (Omar Marques/Anadolu Agency)
Iran denies reports Tehran closed border with northern Iraq 15 Oct 2017 - 02:30 pm
Iraqi security forces' armoured vehicles are deployed to meters away from the Peshmerga site in Kirkuk, Iraq on October 14, 2017.  Hassan Ghaedi - AA
Iraq, Kurds in crisis talks over Kirkuk standoff 15 Oct 2017 - 02:19 pm
Iraqi army forces stand guard at a former Kurdish military position, bearing a defaced Kurdish flag, on October 13, 2017 in the northern Iraqi town of Taza Khurmatu, near Iraq's oil-rich multi-ethnic province of Kirkuk.  AFP / Marwan IBRAHIM