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Iraq turns down Turkey's help in battle for Mosul 28 Dec 2016 - 01:11 am
Displaced women, who fled the Islamic State (IS) stronghold of Mosul, stand behind the fence to receive aid at Hassan Sham camp, east of Mosul, Iraq, yesterday.
Syrian opposition urges rebels to cooperate in ceasefire efforts 28 Dec 2016 - 01:06 am
A tractor removes rubble as the Syrian government starts to clean up areas formerly held by opposition forces in the northern city of Aleppo, yesterday.
Romania's president blocks proposal for country's first female & Muslim PM 28 Dec 2016 - 12:58 am
Klaus Iohannis gave no reasons for his rejection of Sevil Shhaideh, put forward by the Social Democrats (PSD), but there was speculation that it was due to her Syrian husband's background.
German lawmakers urge tough security measures 28 Dec 2016 - 12:35 am
A handout photo released yesterday by the Italian Police allegedly shows Anis Amri, the suspected Berlin truck attacker, on a CCTV frame grab taken at 00.58am (local time), as he arrives on December 23 in Milan's Central Station.
Wing flap fault main theory behind Black Sea Russian jet crash 28 Dec 2016 - 12:32 am
Russia's coast guard officers lay a wreath at a makeshift memorial in Sochi, yesterday.
We don't see Africa from colonial perspective: Erdogan 28 Dec 2016 - 12:26 am
Guinean President Alpha Conde visits Mustafa Kemal Ataturk's mausoleum with Turkish Minister of Education, Ismet Yilmaz, in Ankara, yesterday.
At Pearl Harbor, US, Japan look to move past legacy of war 28 Dec 2016 - 12:19 am
Peninsula
Thai police put pressure on controversial Buddhist temple 28 Dec 2016 - 12:19 am
Guinean President Alpha Conde visits Mustafa Kemal Ataturk's mausoleum with Turkish Minister of Education, Ismet Yilmaz, in Ankara, yesterday.
Opinion: The hidden force of current international uneasiness 28 Dec 2016 - 12:06 am
Peninsula
White House is scrambling for a way to punish Russian hackers 28 Dec 2016 - 12:06 am
US President Barack Obama delivers a statement after meeting with the National Security Council, accompanied by US Secretary of State John Kerry (left) at the State Department in Washington, DC.
South Korean ruling party splits over impeached president 27 Dec 2016 - 11:57 pm
Lawmakers defecting from the ruling Saenuri Party during a news conference at the National Assembly in Seoul, yesterday.
Philippines' search for 18 crewmen of ship sunk by Typhoon Nock-Ten on 27 Dec 2016 - 11:57 pm
A worker fixes an electric post after it was damaged during Typhoon Nock-ten, in Iriga City, Camarines Sur, yesterday.
Zardari to contest elections in Pakistan 27 Dec 2016 - 11:50 pm
Supporters of Pakistan People's Party (PPP) of former Prime Minister, Benazir Bhutto, read the Holy Quran during a prayer ceremony held to mark her 9th death anniversary at Liaquat Bagh Park in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, yesterday.
'Star Wars' actress and author Carrie Fisher dies at 60 27 Dec 2016 - 11:45 pm
This file photo taken on December 14, 2015 shows US actress Carrie Fisher attending the premiere of Walt Disney Pictures and Lucasfilm's
Afghan pilot's asylum bid touches raw nerve 27 Dec 2016 - 11:44 pm
This 2015 file photograph shows Afghanistan's first female pilot Niloofar Rahmani sitting in a fixed-wing Afghan Air Force aviator aircraft at an airfield in Kabul.
Jet Airways plane had 161 people on board when it veered off Goa runway 27 Dec 2016 - 11:33 pm
Rescue and Navy personnel moving an injured passenger away from a damaged Jet Airways Boeing 737 after it skidded off the runway at the Goa Airport in Dabolim, yesterday.
Sales of air purifiers surge by 400% in Delhi-NCR 27 Dec 2016 - 11:28 pm
Commuters waiting for their ride at a bus stop where air purifiers have been installed  in New Delhi, yesterday.
No talks without concessions: Venezuela opposition 27 Dec 2016 - 11:27 pm
The secretary general of the Venezuelan opposition Democratic Unity Roundtable (MUD), Jesus Torrealba, shows a letter from the Vatican's Secretary of State, Italian cardinal Pietro Parolin, during a press conference in Caracas.