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Men made a mess of Somalia, now women want to fix it 26 Nov 2016 - 09:17 am
(FILES) This file photo taken on November 16, 2016 shows a Somali polling agent (R) explaining the voting procedure to a voter before she casts her ballot in Baidoa. AFP / SIMON MAINA
Buenos Aires city says tower project linked to Trump lacks permit 26 Nov 2016 - 09:07 am
A view shows the intersection of Cerrito and Bartolome Mitre streets in Buenos Aires, Argentina, November 25, 2016. REUTERS/Enrique Marcarian
Bakersfield -- a California town firmly in Trumpland 26 Nov 2016 - 09:05 am
Bakersfield has traditionally been a Republican bastion with a largely white population where just about everyone goes to church and owns a gun. Frederic J. Brown / AFP
Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro dies aged 90 26 Nov 2016 - 08:57 am
(FILES) This file photo taken on January 26, 2001 shows Cuban President Fidel Castro waving a flag during a visit 27 January, 2001, to the Havana neighborhood of San Jose de las Lajas. AFP / ADALBERTO ROQUE
Kuwaitis vote amid disputes over subsidies 26 Nov 2016 - 08:43 am
Kuwaitis attend an election campaign meeting for the upcoming parliamentary election, in Kuwait City, late on November 23, 2016. AFP / Yasser Al-Zayyat
Fidel Castro dead - Cuban television 26 Nov 2016 - 08:30 am
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Mexican army involved in students disappearance two years ago, author says 26 Nov 2016 - 08:25 am
Relatives hold pictures of some of the 43 missing students of Ayotzinapa College Raul Isidro Burgos, as they take part in a protest to demand justice for the missing students, near the Interior Ministry in Mexico City, Mexico April 15, 2016. Reuters / Hen
Otto enters Pacific; claims 4 in Costa Rica 26 Nov 2016 - 01:02 am
Police officers and residents of the Masacahapa seaside resort in the San Rafael del Sur municipality, Nicaragua. Central America suffered a hurricane and offshore earthquake yesterday, triggering alarm in Nicaragua, El Salvador and Costa Rica.
Fire broke out at a furniture market in Mumbai 26 Nov 2016 - 12:56 am
An aerial view shows smoke rising from a fire which broke out at a furniture market in Mumbai, India, November 25, 2016. REUTERS/Shailesh Andrade
Indian Supreme Court to hear challenge to demonetisation on Dec 2 26 Nov 2016 - 12:54 am
A police officer speaking with people as they queue outside a bank in Kolkata, yesterday.
Water belongs to India can't go to Pakistan: Modi 26 Nov 2016 - 12:51 am
Border Security Force officers salute at the coffin of Sambhu Satmura, who was killed in a land mine blast at the border, during a wreath laying ceremony in Agartala, yesterday.
Ghana mourns revered Ashanti queen 26 Nov 2016 - 12:49 am
People attend the official ceremony following the death of Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem II, the 13th queen mother of the Asante Kingdom (Asantehemaa), in Kumasi.
Asia-wide rallies slam Rohingya violence 26 Nov 2016 - 12:47 am
Indonesian police form a human barricade as Muslims hold a rally outside of Myanmar embassy against
No plan to build wall around refugee camp: Lebanon army 26 Nov 2016 - 12:41 am
Ducks swim along a closed-off shoreline in Sidon, southern Lebanon, yesterday.
Death toll in Iraq bombing claimed by IS rises to 73 26 Nov 2016 - 12:36 am
Fighters from the Hashed Al Shaabi (Popular Mobilisation) react as they enter the village of Al Tofaha, southeast of the city of Tal Afar, yesterday, during an ongoing operation against Islamic State (IS) militants.
Iraq's Najaf cemetery swells as fight against IS escalates 26 Nov 2016 - 12:20 am
A bridge destroyed by Islamic State (IS) group is seen in front of black plumes of smoke from burning oil wells, set ablaze by retreating militants, in Qayyarah, some 60km south of Mosul, Iraq, yesterday.
Kuwait to elect new Parliament today 26 Nov 2016 - 12:10 am
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Erdogan threatens EU with new migrant influx 26 Nov 2016 - 12:03 am
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