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Families ripped apart in Pakistan shrine attack 13 Nov 2016 - 03:34 pm
DEADLY BOMBING. Pakistani women show photos of missing relatives outside a hospital in Karachi on November 12, 2016, following a suicide bombing at a Sufi shrine. Photo by Rizwan Tabassum/AFP.
Photos: Climbing competition - Remembering the civil war in Lebanon 13 Nov 2016 - 03:24 pm
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Going it alone is not an option for U.S. or Europe, says NATO head 13 Nov 2016 - 03:19 pm
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Satellite images show Myanmar Rohingya villages torched 13 Nov 2016 - 03:13 pm
The ruins of a market set on fire at a Rohingya village outside Maugndaw in Rakhine state, Myanmar. (Reuters File Photo)
Somber ceremonies mark anniversary of Paris attacks 13 Nov 2016 - 03:07 pm
French President Francois Hollande unveils a commemorative plaque next to the
France demands release of French journalist arrested in Turkey 13 Nov 2016 - 03:07 pm
This file photo shows Olivier Bertrand, a French journalist of Paris-based Les Jours news website.
Powerful 7.4 magnitude quake rattles New Zealand: USGS 13 Nov 2016 - 02:53 pm
The 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck just after 11:00 pm local time (1000 GMT), some 90 kilometres (57 miles) from the New Zealand city of Christchurch, according to the USGS (AFP Photo/Olivier Morin)
UN food agency appeals for $152 mln in aid for Afghan refugees 13 Nov 2016 - 02:48 pm
A Pakistani man distributes rice to Afghan refugees gathered outside a food distribution center before breaking their fast during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Islamabad on June 20, 2016. (AFP)
'Unlike Bush, Trump no idiot', says Depardieu 13 Nov 2016 - 02:45 pm
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In Iraq village, children reclaim their school after IS 13 Nov 2016 - 02:38 pm
An Iraqi army soldier shows a schoolbook printed out by the Islamic State (IS) group and found in a house in the Samah area of Mosul, on November 12, 2016. AFP / Odd ANDERSEN
Photojournalist arrested for 'snapping' Gambia president supporters 13 Nov 2016 - 02:26 pm
A file photo taken on November 22, 2011 shows Gambian President Yahya Jammeh greets supporters during a rally in Gambia. Credit: AFP.
Bulgarian government at stake in presidential poll 13 Nov 2016 - 02:21 pm
Photo: AFP.
Refugees in Australia's remote camps offered US resettlement 13 Nov 2016 - 02:05 pm
People march in an event organised by Doctors for Refugees to demand humane treatment for Manus refugees. PETER PARKS/AFP
Thousands attend pro-Beijing rally in Hong Kong 13 Nov 2016 - 01:49 pm
Pro-Beijing demonstrators hold placards outside the Hong Kong Legislative Council on November 13, 2016.  AFP / ISAAC LAWRENCE
FSA launches new phase to liberate Syria's Al-Bab 13 Nov 2016 - 01:44 pm
Opponent units linked to Free Syrian Army (FSA) move forward from northern side of Aleppo's Bab district  Hüseyin Nas?r - Anadolu Agency
Iraq military says recaptures Nimrud, home to ancient city 13 Nov 2016 - 01:33 pm
Site of an ancient Assyrian city that was blown up by the Islamic State
Iraq Kurds destroyed Arab homes, villages in north: HRW 13 Nov 2016 - 01:17 pm
A young girl holding a white flag approaches with her father (unseen) soldiers from the Iraqi Special Forces' 2nd division pushing through the Arbagiah neighbourhood of Mosul as they make their way to their house in the Samah area on November 12, 2016.  A
4 Iraqis killed by mortar fire in Mosul 13 Nov 2016 - 12:46 pm
Members of the Iraqi forces stand on their BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicles as they hold a position in the village of Jarif, some 45 kilometres south of Mosul, on November 12, 2016, after retaking it from Islamic State (IS) group jihadists. / AFP / SAFIN