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Greenpeace activists stage protest at EDF nuclear power site 12 Oct 2017 - 09:03 am
FILE PHOTO: Steam rises from the cooling towers of the Electricite de France (EDF) nuclear power plant in Belleville-sur-Loire, France, October 20, 2016. Picture taken October 20, 2016. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau/File Photo.
New Zealand's 'kingmaker' extends election limbo 12 Oct 2017 - 08:50 am
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North Korea looms large as Trump's challenges Iran 12 Oct 2017 - 08:40 am
File photo of US President Donald Trump. Reuters
British human rights activist barred from entering Hong Kong 11 Oct 2017 - 10:25 pm
Benedict Rogers (Photo courtesy: ShalomWorldTV / YouTube)
IS targets Damascus police HQ with suicide bombers 11 Oct 2017 - 10:16 pm
Syrian security forces stand guard outside the main entrance to the police headquarters in Syria's capital Damascus on October 11, 2017, following an attack the targeted the building. AFP / Louai Beshara
New rape claims against UN peacekeepers in Central African Republic 11 Oct 2017 - 10:16 pm
A Central African internally displaced woman holds a child inside an emergency room of the MSF-run hospital in Bangassou on May 26, 2017. (AFP / Saber Jendoubi)
Brutal Myanmar army operation aimed at preventing Rohingya return: UN 11 Oct 2017 - 10:10 pm
This photo taken on October 10, 2017 shows a child stand next to a barbed wire fence along the Myanmar-Bangladesh border near the Du Thar Ya village in Maungdaw, Northern Rakhine State. AFP / Marion Thibaut
Iran intelligence minister defends jailed nuclear negotiator 11 Oct 2017 - 10:05 pm
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Spain sets clock ticking on Catalan independence row 11 Oct 2017 - 10:03 pm
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has vowed to do everything in his power to prevent Catalan secession following a banned referendum in the region, which remains deeply divided over independence.
Mattis slams ‘false’ reports on Trump request for nuclear arms hike 11 Oct 2017 - 10:01 pm
Jim Mattis
Trump warns 'disgusting' press after nuke report 11 Oct 2017 - 09:58 pm
US President Donald Trump (REUTERS / Kevin Lamarque)
Pope wants Catholic opposition to death penalty increased 11 Oct 2017 - 09:52 pm
Pope Francis takes part in a meeting with participants of the Pontifical Council for promoting new evangelization in the Synod hall at the Vatican on October 11, 2017.  AFP / Tiziana Fabi
Greek anarchists break into Spain embassy over Catalonia 11 Oct 2017 - 09:13 pm
Employees of the Spanish embassy remove a banner hung by self-proclaimed anarchists in favor of Catalonian independence, seen at the facade of the Spanish embassy in Athens, Greece, October 11, 2017. The banner reads
Weinstein scandal envenoms US political feuds 11 Oct 2017 - 08:43 pm
Former actress and screenwriter Louisette Geiss (L) and her lawyer Gloria Allred (R) prepare for a press conference on October 10, 2017, in los Angeles. AFP / Javier Tovar
Brazil soldiers sweep for guns, drugs in notorious Rio favela 11 Oct 2017 - 08:39 pm
Brazilian army soldiers patrol the Rocinha favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on October 11, 2017. Some 500 soldiers, some in armored vehicles, swept into Rio de Janeiro's Rocinha favela Tuesday to support a police raid after gun fights broke out between ri
Campaigners set sights on marital rape after India child bride ruling 11 Oct 2017 - 08:33 pm
India’s Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down a decades-old clause in the country’s rape laws permitting a man to have sex with his wife if she is aged between 15 to 18 - ruling that it was rape, and therefore a criminal offence. (Reuters file photo)
Spain gives Catalan leader 5 days to clarify independence 11 Oct 2017 - 07:30 pm
Carles Puigdemont
Indonesian bishop accused of having mistress resigns 11 Oct 2017 - 07:15 pm
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