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Iraqi forces say in control of roads, infrastructure near Kirkuk 16 Oct 2017 - 09:15 am
Peninsula
Bengaluru building collapse kills at least five : officials 16 Oct 2017 - 09:10 am
Police and rescue workers look for survivors in the rubble at the site of a collapsed under construction building in Bengaluru, India, October 5, 2016. REUTERS/Abhishek N. Chinnappa.
Somalia's 'deadliest attack ever' kills 276, injures 300 16 Oct 2017 - 09:05 am
Two men carry the body of a victim following the explosion of a truck bomb in the centre of Mogadishu, on October 14, 2017. / AFP.
Ireland closes schools as rare hurricane approaches 16 Oct 2017 - 08:43 am
Surfers watch as waves approach in the Atlantic on the eve of storm Ophelia in an area where the tide should be out in the County Clare town of Lahinch, Ireland October 15, 2017. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne
IS Southeast Asia chief killed in Philippines: govt 16 Oct 2017 - 08:36 am
FILE PHOTO: Soldiers distribute pictures of a member of extremist group Abu Sayyaf Isnilon Hapilon, who has a U.S. government bounty of $5 million for his capture, in Butig, Lanao del Sur in southern Philippines February 1, 2017. REUTERS/Marconi B. Navale
Morocco ambassador's car stolen in break-in: Greek police 15 Oct 2017 - 11:26 pm
The break-in occurred early on Sunday morning in the affluent Athens suburb of Psychiko, an area popular with embassies that is nominally well-guarded. Here, a view of Psychiko, unrelated to the incident (Wikimedia Commons)
Drone hits commercial airliner in Canada, no injuries 15 Oct 2017 - 09:42 pm
FILE PHOTO: A drone flies as an airplane is seen in the background during a press presentation of Swiss disaster dog association Redog on combined search and rescue outside Zurich on August 23, 2017 (AFP / Fabrice Coffrini)
Austrian 'whizz-kid' projected to triumph in election 15 Oct 2017 - 06:52 pm
Sebastian Kurz, leader of conservative OVP party, arrives at a polling station to cast his vote in parliamentary election in Vienna, Austria on October 15, 2017. (Omar Marques/Anadolu Agency)
Iran denies reports Tehran closed border with northern Iraq 15 Oct 2017 - 02:30 pm
Iraqi security forces' armoured vehicles are deployed to meters away from the Peshmerga site in Kirkuk, Iraq on October 14, 2017.  Hassan Ghaedi - AA
Iraq, Kurds in crisis talks over Kirkuk standoff 15 Oct 2017 - 02:19 pm
Iraqi army forces stand guard at a former Kurdish military position, bearing a defaced Kurdish flag, on October 13, 2017 in the northern Iraqi town of Taza Khurmatu, near Iraq's oil-rich multi-ethnic province of Kirkuk.  AFP / Marwan IBRAHIM
Death toll from Mogadishu's blasts rises over 90 15 Oct 2017 - 02:08 pm
Men and Somalian soldiers arrive on the site to rescue victims of the explosion of a truck bomb in the centre of Mogadishu, on October 14, 2017.   AFP / Mohamed ABDIWAHAB
Afghan police foil truck bomber in Kabul: officials 15 Oct 2017 - 02:02 pm
An Afghan security force personnel walks next to containers filled with explosive material after presenting to the media at the National Directorate of Security (NDS) headquarters in Kabul on October 15, 2017.  AFP / WAKIL KOHSAR
Nearly 700,000 Iraqis from war-torn Mosul still displaced: NGO 15 Oct 2017 - 01:07 pm
People walk through the reopened Erbil-Mosul road after Peshmerga forces, loyal to northern Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government (IKRG), have closed the main roads that linking the both cities in Erbil, Iraq on October 12, 2017. Yunus Kele? - Anadolu Agency
Death toll from blasts in Somalia's capital Mogadishu rises to 85 15 Oct 2017 - 12:07 pm
Peninsula
Hundreds march in Sydney for asylum seekers ahead of PNG camp closure 15 Oct 2017 - 11:48 am
Refugee advocates hold placards as they participate in a protest in central Sydney, against the treatment of asylum-seekers in detention centres located in Nauru and on Manus Island, Australia, October 15, 2017. Reuters/David Gray
Army says battle for Philippine city to end soon, 1,000 dead 15 Oct 2017 - 11:28 am
File photo of Philippine troops in Marawi. Reuters
Merkel back at the polls before tough coalition talks 15 Oct 2017 - 11:23 am
German Chancellor, Angela Merkel speaks during a campaign meeting of her Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party two days ahead of the state election in Lower Saxony on October 13, 2017 in Osnabruck. AFP / dpa / Friso Gentsch
Bomb kills four Pakistani troops searching for kidnappers 15 Oct 2017 - 11:19 am
Freed Canadian hostage Joshua Boyle talks on the phone outside the Boyle family home in Smiths Falls, Ontario, Canada, on October 14, 2017. AFP / Mike CARROCCETTO