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Hitler birth house to be torn down: Austrian minister 17 Oct 2016 - 06:01 pm
(FILES) This file photo taken on April 17, 2015 shows a memorial stone stands outside the house where Adolf Hitler was born in Braunau Am Inn, Austria on April 18, 2015. AFP / JOE KLAMAR
UK toddler missing in Greece 'likely killed in accident' 17 Oct 2016 - 05:08 pm
An undated handout picture released by the family of Ben Needham, via South Yorkshire Police, on October 17, 2016 shows British toddler Ben Needham, who was 21 months old when he vanished near a farmhouse where his family was staying on the Greek island o
'I'm still alive': Journalist to mafia after 10 years under guard 17 Oct 2016 - 03:52 pm
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Several missing, injured in explosion at BASF plant in Germany 17 Oct 2016 - 02:44 pm
Firefighters try to extinguish fire at the factory of chemicals giant BASF in Ludwigshafen, Germany where several people had been injured following an explosion, October 17, 2016. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski
Pro-Russia rebel commander killed in Ukraine bombing 17 Oct 2016 - 02:17 pm
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At least 60 killed as fighting surges in South Sudan 17 Oct 2016 - 02:15 pm
Peacekeeping forces deployed by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) patrol outside the premises of the UN Protection of Civilians (PoC) site in Juba, South Sudan, October 4, 2016. (Photo by AFP)
UNHCR fears 100,000 may flee Mosul for Syria, Turkey; seeks funds 17 Oct 2016 - 02:00 pm
A handout picture release by Save The Children shows Ali, a five-year-old displaced Iraqi boy playing as they wait to be screened at the Dibis checkpoint northwest of the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk on October 16, 2016 after they fled the Islamic State
Fresh Russian airstrikes kill 16 in Aleppo, Syria 17 Oct 2016 - 01:53 pm
Members of the Syrian Civil Defence, known as the White Helmets, search for victims amid the rubble of a destroyed building following reported air strikes in the rebel-held Qatarji neighbourhood of the northern city of Aleppo, on October 17, 2016.  AFP /
Attack on Niger prison foiled: interior minister 17 Oct 2016 - 01:49 pm
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Bangladesh arrests suspect in secular activist murders 17 Oct 2016 - 01:44 pm
File photo of Bangladeshi police. (Photo: AFP)
Peshmerga forces capture 8 villages east of Mosul 17 Oct 2016 - 01:42 pm
Peshmerga forces stand guard at Hazer region's Wardak village during an operation to retake Iraq's Mosul from Deash in Iraq on October 17, 2016. A much anticipated Mosul offensive to liberate the city from Daesh began midnight Sunday, according to Iraqi P
At least 25 inmates killed in prison clash in Brazil 17 Oct 2016 - 01:31 pm
At least 25 inmates have died in clashes between two rival factions in a prison in far northern Brazil, local media reported citing police (AFP Photo/Justin Tallis)
Erdogan says Turkey to take part in Mosul operation 17 Oct 2016 - 01:29 pm
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At least 56 rebels killed in weekend fighting in S.Sudan 17 Oct 2016 - 12:44 pm
MALAKAL, SOUTH SUDAN - OCTOBER 16: Soldiers linked to Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) take security measures after they clashed with opponent groups, at the Lalo village of the Malakal city in South Sudan on October 16, 2016. ( Bullen Chol - Anadolu
Refugees being driven to suicide on Nauru, rights group Amnesty says 17 Oct 2016 - 12:30 pm
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Man 'blows himself up' at TV centre in Georgian breakaway region 17 Oct 2016 - 12:17 pm
Despite tension with Georgia, Abkhazia has no history of terrorist attacks on its turf. (Source: google maps)
Suicide bombing kills 10 at security check-point south of Baghdad 17 Oct 2016 - 12:07 pm
In this photo taken on Monday, Oct. 10, 2016, Iraqi army soldiers clear the roads from roadside bombs after defeating ISIS extremists from villages outside Ramadi, 70 miles (115 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq. (AP Photo)
Who is Thailand's 96-year-old royal regent? 17 Oct 2016 - 11:52 am
Thai mourners hold flowers as they offer prayers outside the Grand Palace, where the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej is lying in state in Bangkok on October 16, 2016. / AFP / MANAN VATSYAYANA