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World

Fed-up MH370 families to hunt for debris in Madagascar 21 Nov 2016 - 08:32 am
Peninsula
Taiwan says sees exchange with China's leader in APEC as positive 21 Nov 2016 - 08:18 am
Taiwan's representative James Soong reaches out to shake hands with Peru's President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (not pictured) as he arrives at the Lima Convention Centre for the APEC Leaders' Retreat on the last day of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (A
Sarkozy knocked out of French presidential race 21 Nov 2016 - 03:01 am
Nicolas Sarkozy attends his first political rally on August 25, 2016. (REUTERS / Philippe Laure)
UN warns time 'running out' in Aleppo 21 Nov 2016 - 12:29 am
A Syrian rescuer carries a woman who was rescued from the rubble of a building following reported airstrikes on Aleppo's rebel-held district of Al Hamra, yesterday.
Yemen rebels prevent food aid from reaching besieged city 21 Nov 2016 - 12:23 am
Yemeni people get back into their daily routine after a ceasefire deal for transporting humanitarian aids in Sana'a yesterday.
French celebs in impassioned plea against 'Hollande bashing' 20 Nov 2016 - 08:57 pm
French President Francois Hollande reviews French Foreign legion troops during an official visit to the Canal du Midi in Castelnaudary, southern France, on November 19, 2016. (AFP / Guillaume HORCAJUELPO)
VP-elect downplays flap over 'Hamilton' appeal on diversity 20 Nov 2016 - 08:47 pm
President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President Elect Mike Pence arrive for a day of meetings at the clubhouse of Trump National Golf Club November 20, 2016 in Bedminster, NJ. Trump meets a slate of potential cabinet members at his golf club Sunday, inclu
Trump touts retired general James Mattis as potential defense secretary 20 Nov 2016 - 08:38 pm
General James Mattis testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., July 27, 2010. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas
Netanyahu defends German submarine sale in face of 'scandal' 20 Nov 2016 - 08:26 pm
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and the new cabinet secretary, Tzachi Braverman, arrive to the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem November 20, 2016. REUTERS/Menahem Kahana
Melania Trump and son may stay in New York for now 20 Nov 2016 - 08:04 pm
Donald Trump stands on stage with his wife Melania Trump following her address to delegates at the Republican National Convention on July 18, 2016 at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio (AFP)
British-Iranian jailed for sedition 'at breaking point': husband 20 Nov 2016 - 06:29 pm
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe with her family
Iraqi forces dig in as Mosul battle rages 20 Nov 2016 - 05:47 pm
A member of forces from Iraq's elite Rapid Response Division patrols at the site of a suspected mass grave on November 19, 2016 on the outskirts of the village of Tall Adh-Dhahab, located some 10 kilometres (6 miles) south of Mosul.  AFP / Odd ANDERSEN
Stop the sprawl, teach slum dwellers to build skywards: leading Pakistani architect 20 Nov 2016 - 05:17 pm
AFP file photo
Toxic pollutants choke Iraqi children caught in Islamic State retreat 20 Nov 2016 - 05:07 pm
Students attend classes after the city was recaptured from the Islamic State militants in Qayyara, Iraq, November 17, 2016. REUTERS/Ari Jalal
20 million children need immediate aid, UNICEF says 20 Nov 2016 - 04:52 pm
Afghani children are seen during the World Children's day, at the Afghani Refugee camp in Islamabad, Pakistan on November 20, 2016. ( Metin Aktas - Anadolu Agency )
Photos: Traditional cockfight in Pakistan 20 Nov 2016 - 04:36 pm
Peninsula
Rebel fire on Syria's Aleppo kills 8 children 20 Nov 2016 - 04:19 pm
An image shows a pool of blood and damage at a classroom after it was reportedly hit by rebel rocket fire in the Furqan neighbourhood of the government-held side of west Aleppo, on November 20, 2016. / AFP.
Syria rejects UN idea for rebel autonomy in east Aleppo 20 Nov 2016 - 04:05 pm
A Syrian youth pushes his bicycle past a burning house on November 19, 2016 following a reported air strike on Aleppo's rebel-held neighbourhood of Bab al-Nayrab. AFP / AMEER ALHALBI