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Japanese storm shelter faces outrage after turning away two homeless 15 Oct 2019 - 08:17 am
A family rest at an evacuation shelter in Nagano on October 14, 2019. AFP / Kazuhiro Nogi
The hunt for Asia's El Chapo 14 Oct 2019 - 10:11 pm
Tse Chi Lop, a Canadian national born in China, is suspected of leading a vast multinational drug trafficking syndicate formed out of an alliance of five of Asia’s triad groups, according to law enforcement officials
US migrant policy sends thousands of children, including babies, back to Mexico 14 Oct 2019 - 10:11 pm
El Salvadoran asylum seeker Wendy, carries her eight-month-old daughter Pamela, in an encampment near the Gateway International Bridge where they have been living for about a month after they were sent back under the
Tunisia, eight years on from its Arab Spring revolt 14 Oct 2019 - 09:07 pm
FILE PHOTO: Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali of Tunisia meets Muammar Gaddafi of Libya as they pose for a family photo during the third European Union-Africa summit in Tripoli November 29, 2010. Reuters / Francois Lenoir
Jaroslaw Kaczynski: Poland's polarising powerbroker 14 Oct 2019 - 09:07 pm
Poland's ruling party Law and Justice (PiS) leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski speaks after the exit poll results are announced in Warsaw, Poland, October 13, 2019. Reuters/Kacper Pempel
How the #MeToo cases that shook India have played out 14 Oct 2019 - 09:03 pm
Tanushree Dutta was among the first to speak out against sexual misconduct in India’s famed Bollywood film industry. Dutta last year alleged that she was sexually harassed by veteran actor Nana Patekar on a movie set in 2008 and that her complaints were i
Baby found buried alive highlights India's battle to protect girls 14 Oct 2019 - 08:21 pm
FILE PHOTO: A woman carries her baby as she walks through a wheat field in Amroha district in Uttar Pradesh, April 17, 2014. Reuters/Adnan Abidi
Secret abortions spike in Nigeria with Boko Haram chaos 14 Oct 2019 - 08:21 pm
A gas filling station destroyed by Boko Haram in Bama, in northeast Nigeria where a Boko Haram insurgency displaced more than 2 million people. AFP / Stefan Heunis
What's behind Haiti's deadly protests, and possible outcomes 14 Oct 2019 - 08:21 pm
A protester runs for cover as police fire tear gas during a protest on the street to demand the resignation of the Haitian president in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on October 13, 2019. AFP / Chandan Khanna
White House condemns video of fake Trump attacking media 14 Oct 2019 - 06:01 pm
US President Donald Trump speaks to the press after announcing and initial deal with China at the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC before departing to Lake Charles, Louisiana to hold a campaign rally on October 11, 2019.  AFP / Nicholas Kam
Trump ex-Russia adviser testifies in impeachment inquiry 14 Oct 2019 - 06:01 pm
Fiona Hill, former senior director for European and Russian affairs on the National Security Council, arrives on Capitol Hill for a hearing at the U.S. Capitol October 11, 2019 in Washington, DC.  Mark Wilson/Getty Images/AFP
Canada's Trudeau, in tight election fight, says only he can stand up to Trump 14 Oct 2019 - 06:01 pm
FILE PHOTO: Donald Tusk, Theresa May. Angela Merkel, Donald Trump and Justin Trudeau pose during a family photo at the G7 Summit in the Charlevoix city of La Malbaie, Quebec, Canada, June 8, 2018. Reuters / Yves Herman
Catalan protests clog Barcelona after separatist leaders jailed 14 Oct 2019 - 06:01 pm
People walk on the highway towards El Prat airport in Barcelona on October 14, 2019 as thousands of angry protesters took to the streets after Spain's Supreme Court sentenced nine Catalan separatist leaders to between nine and 13 years in jail for seditio
Far-right groups protest Ukrainian president's peace plan 14 Oct 2019 - 06:01 pm
Activists and supporters of nationalist forces march in downtown Kiev on October 14, 2019. AFP / Genya Savilov
Hong Kong police say homemade bomb targeted officers 14 Oct 2019 - 06:01 pm
An anti-government demonstrator stands in fron of a police vehicle during a protest against the invocation of the emergency laws in Hong Kong, October 14, 2019. Reuters/Ammar Awad
Russia detains four more over opposition protest 14 Oct 2019 - 05:33 pm
Opposition supporters holding the Russian Constitution books walk on Red Square to support opposition activist Konstantin Kotov, who was sentenced to four years in prison for repeatedly taking part in unauthorised rallies, in downtown Moscow on October 13
Brexit on October 31 a 'priority' for British government: Queen 14 Oct 2019 - 05:21 pm
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II (C) and Britain's Prince Charles, Prince of Wales (top right) proceed through the Royal Gallery to deliver the Queen's speech at the State Opening of Parliament in the Houses of Parliament in London on October 14, 2019.   AFP
Japan storm victims felt worst was over, then floods came 14 Oct 2019 - 05:01 pm
Elderly people rest at an evacuation shelter in Nagano on October 14, 2019, after Typhoon Hagibis crashed into Japan on October 12, unleashing high winds and torrential rain across 36 of the country's 47 prefectures, and triggering landslides and catastro