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Clock ticking as Spain races to avoid third elections 23 Oct 2016 - 08:40 pm
President of the Management Committee of the Spanish Socialist Party (PSOE) Javier Fernandez gives a press conference after an extraordinary meeting of the PSOE Federal Committee at the PSOE headquarters in Madrid, on October 23, 2016. Spain's embattled S
India has 30 million stray dogs. One state is pushing vigilantes to kill them 23 Oct 2016 - 08:22 pm
Ranjan Varapuzha, a popular dog catcher in the seaside Kochi city, pulls out four puppies from under a log pile. Hundreds of Indian street dogs have been killed in the past year by the people angry over growing number of dog bites. (Washington Post photo
French foreign minister calls for end to Aleppo 'massacre' 23 Oct 2016 - 08:00 pm
French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault speaks to the press during a visit to a refugee camp in the Kilis district of Gaziantep, southeastern Turkey, on October 23, 2016. France's foreign minister urged the international community to
Iraq booze ban sparks political backlash 23 Oct 2016 - 07:52 pm
Peninsula
Insight: Battle for Mosul can shape or break Iraq further 23 Oct 2016 - 07:44 pm
Displaced people who recently fled the Islamic State's stronghold on the outskirts of Mosul wait to be transferred to a tent, at Debaga camp on the outskirts of Erbil, Iraq October 23, 2016. (REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudaini)
Asian sailors freed by Somali pirates arrive in Kenya for flights home 23 Oct 2016 - 07:37 pm
Some of the 26 Asian sailors released after being held captives by Somalia pirates for more than four years become emotional as they greet Michael Scott Moore (C), a former hostage who said that he was involved in helping with their release, as they arriv
On road to Mosul, Kurd doctors fear being overwhelmed 23 Oct 2016 - 07:26 pm
Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government's peshmerga forces attack to capture Nawaran Village and the other surrounding villages from Daesh terrorists during the operation to retake Iraq's Mosul from Daesh terrorists, in Mosul, Iraq on October 19, 2016. A much a
Faded royals hold rare Serbian wedding 23 Oct 2016 - 07:23 pm
Prince Mihailo Karadjordjevic (L) and his bride Ljubica Ljubisavljevic exit after their wedding ceremony at the St. George's Church in Oplenac, near the central Serbian town of Topola, on October 23, 2016. Prince Mihajlo Karadjordjevic's wedding on Octobe
Hungary’s Orban rejects “Sovietisation” by Brussels, defends nation state 23 Oct 2016 - 07:16 pm
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban leaves at the end of an European Union leaders summit on October 21, 2016 at the European Council, in Brussels. (AFP / EMMANUEL DUNAND)
Jungle migrants urged to 'give up British dream' 23 Oct 2016 - 06:43 pm
Border force officials carry blankets used by child migrants as they were brought by coach from
Spain political impasse nears end as Socialists lift veto 23 Oct 2016 - 05:07 pm
Supporters of Spain's Socialist party (PSOE) hold red roses and posters reading
Syrian city runs out of space for the dead 23 Oct 2016 - 04:36 pm
Men walk amidst dust after shelling in the rebel held besieged town of Douma, eastern Ghouta in Damascus, Syria October 20, 2016. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh
Egypt suspends TV anchor Mona Shukri for Morsi comment 23 Oct 2016 - 04:20 pm
Peninsula
Israel arrests 19 in Jerusalem, closes West Bank 23 Oct 2016 - 04:14 pm
Peninsula
UK takes in child refugees ahead of Calais camp closure 23 Oct 2016 - 04:07 pm
Migrants carry their belongings as they walk in an alley near tents and makeshift shelters on the eve of the evacuation and dismantlement of the camp called the
Peshmerga forces capture 3 villages in Islamic State-held Mosul 23 Oct 2016 - 03:59 pm
Peshmerga forces are seen on armoured vehicles as they are on their way to Kirkuk for the planned Havice Operation during an operation to retake Iraq's Mosul from Daesh terrorists, in Nineveh, Iraq on October 21, 2016.  Feriq Fereç - Anadolu Agency
Iraq says senior Islamic State leader killed in Mosul airstrike 23 Oct 2016 - 03:36 pm
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
Still here? EU reality dims British demand on full membership 23 Oct 2016 - 03:20 pm
British Prime Minister Theresa May attends a press conference at the European Union leaders summit in Brussels, Belgium on October 21, 2016.  Dursun Aydemir - Anadolu Agency