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Jakarta closes hotel targeted by Islamists for alleged vice 30 Oct 2017 - 02:10 pm
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23 police reported hurt in Niger demo 30 Oct 2017 - 02:05 pm
People carry bricks as they walk in front of smoke from a burning tyre during clashes between protesters and police at a demonstration against the 2018 Finance law on October 29, 2017, in Niamey.  AFP / BOUREIMA HAMA
Five dead in suicide bombing in Nigeria mosque: militia 30 Oct 2017 - 01:43 pm
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Boko Haram kills 11 villagers in northern Cameroon 30 Oct 2017 - 01:06 pm
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Al-Abadi, British foreign secretary talk Iraqi crisis 30 Oct 2017 - 12:44 pm
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Syria: Regime shelling kills 11 civilians in E. Ghouta 30 Oct 2017 - 12:36 pm
A wounded child cries as he receives treatment after Assad Regime forces attacked to the de-conflict zone Sabqa city of Damascus, at a hospital in the Eastern Ghouta region of Damascus, Syria on October 29, 2017. Samir Tatin - AA
Mass trial of Turkey alleged coup ringleaders resumes 30 Oct 2017 - 11:53 am
File picture of Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, who lives in self-imposed exile in the United States, is among several of the 221 suspects named in the indictment who are on the run.
Afghan Taliban say kidnapped US professor is seriously ill 30 Oct 2017 - 11:18 am
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'Pineapple pen' star to serenade Trump on Japan visit 30 Oct 2017 - 10:57 am
(FILES) This file photo taken on October 28, 2016 shows Japanese comedian Pikotaro performing during a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo. AFP / Kazuhiro NOGI
At climate talks, it's America alone more than America first 30 Oct 2017 - 09:35 am
A file photo of Chicago demonstrators protesting President Donald Trump's decision to exit the Paris climate change accord on June 2, 2017.
Brahmaputra boat clinic goes solar, powering up rural healthcare 30 Oct 2017 - 09:16 am
Solar powered boat clinic on river Bramhaputra operated by C-NES in Jorhat, Assam.
Teen governor? Kansas youths take on adults in a heartland US state 30 Oct 2017 - 09:04 am
17-year-old Kansas governor candidate Tyler Ruzich speaks at a high school with three other teenage hopefuls for the state's top elected position.
Kurdish parties opposed to Barzani report attacks on offices overnight 30 Oct 2017 - 08:53 am
A still image taken from a video shows Kurdish President Masoud Barzani giving a televised speech in Erbil, Iraq, October 29, 2017. KURDISTAN 24 TV via REUTERS TV
Crunch day for Catalonia as Madrid takes control 30 Oct 2017 - 08:39 am
Protesters with Spanish flags stage a pro-unity demonstration at Passeig de Gracia in Barcelona, Spain on October 29, 2017. Anadolu Agency/ Burak Akbulut.
Clowns bring laughter to traumatised Rohingya children 30 Oct 2017 - 08:34 am
This photograph taken on October 28, 2017 shows Rohingya refugee children watching the Bangladeshi theatre group
Filipinos line streets to welcome troops from Marawi 30 Oct 2017 - 08:24 am
Government soldiers wave while atop of the tank after the send-off ceremony ending their combat duty against pro-Islamic State militant groups, after President Rodrigo Duterte announced the liberation of Marawi city on Monday, in Saguiaran, Lanao Del Sur,
PNG demands clarity from Australia on 'tense' Pacific camp 30 Oct 2017 - 08:17 am
A file photo of the protesters from the Refugee Action Coalition hold placards during a demonstration outside the offices of the Australian Government Department of Immigration and Border Protection in Sydney, Australia, April 29, 2016. Reuters/David Gray
Syrian hostages who escaped Islamic State receive rapturous homecoming 29 Oct 2017 - 11:15 pm
Relatives hug one of the hostages held by Islamic State militants who escaped from his captors in Qaryatayn town in Homs province, Syria October 29, 2017. Reuters/Omar Sanadiki