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Trump endorses short-term bipartisan fix for ObamaCare 18 Oct 2017 - 08:37 am
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Catalonia independence push sparks tourism slump 18 Oct 2017 - 08:28 am
People hold candles and a Catalan pro-independence 'Estelada' flag during a demonstration in Barcelona against the arrest of two Catalan separatist leaders on October 17, 2017. AFP / PAU BARRENA
Kenya poll commissioner quits, says election cannot be 'credible' 18 Oct 2017 - 08:11 am
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Hillary slams Trump's 'dangerous' war of words with N. Korea 18 Oct 2017 - 08:06 am
Former U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton speaks during an interview with Mariella Frostrup at the Cheltenham Literature Festival in Cheltenham, Britain October 15, 2017. REUTERS/Rebecca Naden
Blast kills security forces in Pakistani city of Quetta - TV 18 Oct 2017 - 08:05 am
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Iraq forces take oil fields, dashing Kurdish dreams 17 Oct 2017 - 10:50 pm
A picture shows an Iraqi army vehicle at the country's Bai Hassan oil field west of Kirkuk on October 17, 2017. Iraqi forces took control of the two largest oil fields in the disputed northern province of Kirkuk demolishing Kurdish hopes of creating a via
Ex Vietnam MP jailed for stealing $16 mn housing deposits 17 Oct 2017 - 08:37 pm
File photo courtesy: thanhnien.vn
Ten arrested in France over suspected plot to target politicians 17 Oct 2017 - 08:29 pm
Source names the targeted politicians include radical left leader Jean-Luc Melenchon.
Kurds abandon territory in the face of Iraq government advance 17 Oct 2017 - 08:29 pm
Iraqi Kurdish leader Massud Barzani speaks during a press conference on September 24, 2017 in Arbil. (AFP / Safin Hamed)
Venezuela defends vote, opposition divided over fraud claim 17 Oct 2017 - 08:16 pm
Liliana Hernandez (C), representative of the Venezuelan coalition of opposition parties (MUD), talks to the media during a news conference in Caracas, Venezuela, October 16, 2017. Reuters/Marco Bello
With drug deaths soaring, US indicts Chinese fentanyl producers 17 Oct 2017 - 08:16 pm
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein announces new legislation to stop deadly fentanyl and other opiate substances from entering the United States, during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, U.S., October 17, 2017. Reuters/Yuri Gr
Israel says no talks with Palestinian govt that includes armed Hamas 17 Oct 2017 - 07:30 pm
A Palestinian youth poses in front of his national flag during celebrations in Gaza City after rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah reached agreement on October 12, 2017 (AFP / Mohammed Abed)
Uzbekistan releases political prisoner after 8 years 17 Oct 2017 - 07:30 pm
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Iraqi PM says Kurdish referendum ‘a thing of the past’, calls for dialogue 17 Oct 2017 - 07:26 pm
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi
Catalans rally against separatist leaders' detention 17 Oct 2017 - 07:20 pm
Students wave an Estelada (Catalan separatist flag) during a gathering to protest against the imprisonment of leaders of two of the largest Catalan separatist organizations, Catalan National Assembly's Jordi Sanchez and Omnium's Jordi Cuixart, who were ja
Fashion brands in The Hague’s dock over factory safety in Bangladesh 17 Oct 2017 - 07:15 pm
A worker hangs clothes to dry on the roof of a garment factory in Dhaka in this June 15, 2005 file photo.  Reuters / Rafiqur Rahman
Callista Gingrich, Washington's new face at Vatican 17 Oct 2017 - 07:06 pm
Callista Gingrich takes her seat for a U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing to discuss in part her nomination as President Donald Trump's pick to be U.S. ambassador to the Vatican, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. July 18, 2017. Reuters/Jona
After victory in Raqqa over IS, Kurds face tricky peace 17 Oct 2017 - 06:01 pm
A wounded man lies on a stretcher as he flees Raqqa, Syria October 16, 2017. Reuters/ Rodi Said