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Iraqi cleric Sadr says government should reform or resign 27 Oct 2019 - 04:14 pm
An Iraqi protester throws back a tear gas canister amid clashes with security forces during an anti-government demonstration in Iraq's capital Baghdad on October 27, 2019.   AFP
Lebanon protesters start forming nationwide human chain 27 Oct 2019 - 02:41 pm
Lebanese protesters hold hands to form a human chain along the coast from north to south as a symbol of unity, during ongoing anti-government demonstrations in Lebanon's capital Beirut on October 27, 2019. / AFP / ANWAR AMRO
Polls open for Argentina presidential election 27 Oct 2019 - 02:21 pm
Argentina's President and presidential candidate of the Juntos por el Cambio party, Mauricio Macri (R), applauds as First Lady Juliana Awada was a national flag during the closing rally of his campaign in Cordoba, Argentina, on October 24, 2019. Argentina
Hong Kong police fire tear gas at protesters on harbourfront 27 Oct 2019 - 01:56 pm
Pro-democracy protesters attend a rally in the Tsim Sha Tsui district in Hong Kong on October 27, 2019.  AFP / Philip FONG
Hong Kong protesters in standoff with police after tear gas breaks up rally 27 Oct 2019 - 12:17 pm
Anti-government protesters standoff with riot police at Tsim Sha Tsui is in Hong Kong, China, on October 27, 2019. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
Islamic State leader Baghdadi reportedly killed in Syria by US forces 27 Oct 2019 - 10:47 am
In this file photo taken on April 30, 2019 In this undated tv grab taken from a video released by Al-Furqan media, the chief of the Islamic State group Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi purportedly appears for the first time in five years in a propaganda video in an u
U.S. President Trump to make a "major statement" on Sunday - White House 27 Oct 2019 - 09:02 am
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he arrives for the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York City, New York, U.S., September 24, 2019. REUTERS/Yana Paskova/File Photo
Lebanese army says it fired into the air near Tripoli after clash 26 Oct 2019 - 07:13 pm
Lebanese anti-government protesters stand behind a burning barricade during a demonstration in Beddawi town on the outskirts of the northern Lebanese port city of Tripoli on October 26, 2019. (AFP / Fathi AL-MASSRI)
World's costliest parking space sold for almost $1mn 26 Oct 2019 - 03:03 pm
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Protesters in Rome call for mayor to resign 26 Oct 2019 - 02:38 pm
People take part in a peaceful protest march of members of Roman citizens committees, groups and associations that say care about the future of Rome and want to take charge themselves of the Italian capital, on October 26, 2019. AFP / ANDREAS SOLARO
Fishy business: Stinking ponyfish blanket Thai tourist beach 26 Oct 2019 - 02:25 pm
This handout from the Phuket Fisheries Office taken on October 24, 2019, and received on October 26, 2019, shows dead ponyfish on a beach on Koh Naka Yai, east of Phuket. AFP / PHUKET FISHERIES OFFICE
Iraqis gather for more protests after violence kills 40 26 Oct 2019 - 02:16 pm
Iraqi protesters gather on the capital Baghdad's Al-Jumhuriyah Bridge on October 26, 2019, during an anti-government protest. Iraqi security forces fired tear gas to clear lingering protesters in Baghdad this morning, after dozens died in a bloody resumpt
Trump takes swipe at Apple for ditching iPhone home button 26 Oct 2019 - 01:57 pm
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he departs for travel to South Carolina, at the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, U.S., October 25, 2019. REUTERS/Tom Brenner
Lebanese police drag protesters, remove roadblocks in Beirut 26 Oct 2019 - 01:41 pm
A makeshift camping site set up by Lebanese demonstrators is pictured in the capital Beirut's downtown district on October 26, 2019.  AFP / Patrick BAZ
Lebanese take to the streets for 10th day, defying Hezbollah 26 Oct 2019 - 01:24 pm
A long banner made up of Lebanese national flags hangs on barbed wire in front of the government headquarters, known as the Grand Serail, in the capital Beirut's downtown district on October 26, 2019.   AFP / Patrick BAZ
Russia accuses US of 'banditry' in protecting Syria's oil 26 Oct 2019 - 01:17 pm
Russian military police vehicles drive in a joint patrol with the Syrian Kurdish Asayish internal security forces in the town of Kobane, also known as Ain al-Arab, in the north of Syria's Aleppo province on October 25, 2019. / AFP / -
Mexican town turned to war zone fears new era of narco violence 26 Oct 2019 - 09:48 am
FILE PHOTO: A burning bus, set alight by cartel gunmen to block a road, is pictured during clashes with federal forces following the detention of Ovidio Guzman, son of drug kingpin Joaquin
More Vietnamese fear relatives are among 39 dead in truck 26 Oct 2019 - 09:46 am
Hoang Thi Thuong, wife of Nguyen Dinh Tu, a Vietnamese suspected victim in a truck container in UK, holds her son Nguyen Dinh Dan at their home in Nghe An province, Vietnam October 26, 2019. REUTERS/Kham