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Four killed on ride at Australia's biggest theme park 25 Oct 2016 - 10:08 am
Emergency services vehicles can be seen outside the Dreamworld theme park at Coomera on the Gold Coast, Australia, October 25, 2016 after a number of people were reported killed on a ride at Australia's biggest theme park. AAP/Scott Bailey/via REUTERS
Two Saudi security officers shot dead by gunmen: Arabiya TV 25 Oct 2016 - 09:41 am
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Explosion hits southern Turkey's Antalya, some casualties: CNN Turk 25 Oct 2016 - 09:38 am
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Time to declare: Ukrainian anti-corruption reform faces threats 25 Oct 2016 - 09:04 am
Police officers stand guard during a rally in front of the Ukrainian parliament building in Kiev, Ukraine, October 18, 2016. Reuters/Valentyn Ogirenko
Islamic State takes control of half Iraqi town near Jordan-Syria border - sources 25 Oct 2016 - 08:53 am
Even as Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government's peshmerga forces attack to capture Tizxirab Village of Bashiqa district, IS targets increase their area of control near border with Syria and Jordan. Yunus Kele? / Anadolu Agency
Colombia 'torpedoing' peace talks, say ELN rebels 24 Oct 2016 - 11:11 pm
Ecuador's Foreign Minister Guillaume Long offers a press conference in Quito on October 24, 2016 regarding the peace negotiations between the Colombian government and the ELN rebel group that are scheduled to begin on October 27 in the Ecuadorean capital.
New deaths put Italy on track for sombre migrant records 24 Oct 2016 - 11:01 pm
Women disembark from the Siem Pilot on October 24, 2016 in Palermo after rescue operations of migrants at see during the week-end. During a dramatic 24 hours, the crew of the Norwegian Siem Pilot, a vessel built as an oil platform supply ship but now used
Hayden a symbol of when youth took history into own hands 24 Oct 2016 - 09:50 pm
his file photo taken on April 20, 2004 shows former US senator Tom Hayden attending the Death Penalty Focus Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. Peace activist Tom Hayden, whose radical views were at the forefront of the anti-V
Tom Hayden, activist known for Vietnam protests, dies at 76 24 Oct 2016 - 09:38 pm
This file photo taken on June 25, 2007 shows former US senator and author Tom Hayden posing before signing copies of his book,
Venezuela’s Maduro in surprise visit to Pope 24 Oct 2016 - 09:08 pm
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro speaking during a meeting with ministers at the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas on May 13, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / VENEZUELAN PRESIDENCY / MARCELO GARCIA)
Mystery as five die in French plane crash on Malta 24 Oct 2016 - 09:01 pm
Still image taken from video shows fire trucks aiming their hoses at the burning wreckage of a small plane which crashed at the edge of the runway at the airport in Valletta, Malta, 24 October 2016. (REUTERS/Ed De Gaetano via Reuters)
The $900,000 question behind Bob Dylan’s Nobel prize 24 Oct 2016 - 08:25 pm
Rock musician Bob Dylan performs at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles in this file photo from May 5, 2004. (REUTERS/Robert Galbraith RG)
EU, Canada believe trade summit 'still possible': Tusk 24 Oct 2016 - 08:21 pm
EU council President Donald Tusk and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker (not seen) hold a press conference at the end of the first day of the European Summit in Brussels, Belgium early Friday, Oct. 21, 2016. (Dursun Aydemir - Anadolu Agency
Islamic State steps up counter-attacks as fighting edges closer to Mosul 24 Oct 2016 - 08:14 pm
Iraqi families who were displaced by the ongoing operation by Iraqi forces against jihadistds of the Islamic State group to retake the city of Mosul, are seen gathering in an area near Qayyarah on October 24, 2016. The UN refugee agency is preparing to re
May denies Britain heading for 'hard Brexit' 24 Oct 2016 - 08:08 pm
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770 Islamic State militants killed in Mosul retaking operation 24 Oct 2016 - 05:11 pm
Iraqi forces enter the village of al-Khuwayn, south of Mosul, after recapturing it from Islamic State (IS) group jihadists on October 23, 2016, in part of an ongoing operation to tighten the noose around Mosul and reclaim the last major Iraqi city under I
Civilians pay price of IS's 'smoke war' around Mosul 24 Oct 2016 - 04:27 pm
A woman look at Iraqi forces in the village of al-Khuwayn, south of Mosul, after recapturing it from Islamic State (IS) group jihadists on October 23, 2016, in part of an ongoing operation to tighten the noose around Mosul and reclaim the last major Iraqi
Migrants stream out of Calais Jungle before demolition 24 Oct 2016 - 03:14 pm
Migrants with their luggage queue to leave the