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Polls must 'ratify' Catalonia's desire for independence: Puigdemont 25 Nov 2017 - 03:01 pm
Deposed Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont gives a press conference in Oostkamp, near Brugge, on November 25, 2017, to announce his candidacy for Catalan regional elections and unveil his electoral list for the December 21 election. The slogan reads
Iraq forces open new front in final push against IS 25 Nov 2017 - 02:50 pm
Iraqi forces, supported by members of the Hashed al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilisation units), advance through the Salaheddin province in the western desert bordering Syria after leaving the town of Baiji, on November 24, 2017, as they attempt to flush out rema
Death toll in Egypt mosque attack rises to 305 killed 25 Nov 2017 - 01:47 pm
Egyptians gather around ambulances following a gun and bombing attack on the Rawda mosque near the North Sinai provincial capital of El-Arish on November 24, 2017.  AFP
Afghan boy, 10, dies amid panic on migrant boat 25 Nov 2017 - 01:04 pm
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France media attacker jailed for 25 years 25 Nov 2017 - 12:50 pm
A handout file combination photo obtained on November 21, 2013 from 17 Juin Media TV production and taken from the
Pakistan orders TV channels to go off air during crackdown on Islamist protest 25 Nov 2017 - 11:45 am
A Pakistani policeman uses a slingshot during clashes with activists from the Tehreek-i-Labaik Yah Rasool Allah Pakistan (TLYRAP) religious group in Islamabad on November 25, 2017. AFP / AAMIR QURESHI
Japan coast guard finds body of dead male suspected from North Korea 25 Nov 2017 - 11:30 am
A file photo of Japan Coast Guard used for representation purposes only.
Trump and Time magazine dispute Person of the Year plans 25 Nov 2017 - 11:17 am
A file photo obtained December 7, 2016 courtesy of TIME shows then US president-elect Donald Trump as Person of the Year cover. / AFP / TIME Inc. / Nadav KANDER
Rohingya to stay in temporary shelters after Myanmar return 25 Nov 2017 - 11:15 am
Rohingya refugees line up to receive blankets outside Kutupalong refugee settlement near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, November 24, 2017. REUTERS/Susana Vera
Mayor murdered in Mexico's violent Veracruz state 25 Nov 2017 - 10:06 am
A handout photo released by the State Police of Xalapa, Veracruz, shows the truck with the corpses of the mayor of Ixhutlan de Madero, Victor Manuel Espinoza Tolentino and his wife Irma Carrera Tinoco on a road between Banderilla and Xalapa, Veracruz stat
US shoppers browse stores, buy online as Black Friday deals beckon 25 Nov 2017 - 10:03 am
NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 24: People shop at a H&M store on
Turkey support key as US seeks to hold on in Syria 25 Nov 2017 - 09:49 am
A file photo of Turkey's Persident Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Reuters.
Egypt president vows forceful response after mosque massacre 25 Nov 2017 - 09:16 am
View of the Rawda mosque, roughly 40 kilometres west of the North Sinai capital of El-Arish, after a gun and bombing attack, on November 24, 2017. / AFP / STRINGER
Trump appoints new head of financial watchdog 25 Nov 2017 - 09:03 am
A file photo of Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney testifying before the Senate Budget Committee in Washington, DC May 24, 2017./ AFP / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / WIN MCNAMEE
Pakistan police fire rubber bullets to disperse Islamist sit-in 25 Nov 2017 - 08:57 am
A Pakistani riot policeman throws a rock toward protesters of the Tehreek-i-Labaik Yah Rasool Allah Pakistan (TLYRAP) religious group during a protest in Islamabad on November 25, 2017. AFP / AAMIR QURESHI
Argentina's Macri orders probe for 'truth' about missing submarine 25 Nov 2017 - 08:39 am
View of the Pressurized Rescue Module (PRM) a deep diving rescue vehicle of the Submarine Rescue Diving and Recompression System (SRDRS) to be mounted by U.S. Navy Undersea Rescue Command (URC) on the Sophie Siem vessel to support the Argentine government
16 hurt fleeing false terror alert in London's Oxford St 25 Nov 2017 - 08:24 am
LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 24: British police cordon off the area after an incident at London’s central Oxford Tube Station, London, United Kingdom on November 24, 2017. (Gökhan Kurtaran - Anadolu Agency)
Lebanon arrests actor over 'collaboration' with Israel 24 Nov 2017 - 10:41 pm
A file picture taken on July 18, 2013, shows Lebanese writer and actor Ziad Itani performing on stage in the capital Beirut. Lebanese authorities arrested Itani on November 24, 2017, on charges of