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Niger town fears for abducted US aid worker 'Jeff' 23 Oct 2016 - 10:01 pm
A picture taken on October 19, 2016 shows local officials leaving the town hall following a meeting with Niger's interior minister to discuss security issues in their region following the kidnapping of a US aid worker on October 14 by armed men in Abalak
Venezuela congress presses for Maduro trial in rowdy session 23 Oct 2016 - 09:51 pm
Supporters of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, demonstrate outside the National Assembly during an extraoridinary session called by opposition leaders, in Caracas on October 23, 2016. The Democratic Unity Movement(MUD), opposite to Nicolas Maduro's go
More than 100 inmates escape Haiti prison, one guard dead: official 23 Oct 2016 - 09:41 pm
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Two suspected 'terrorists' killed in Russian city: reports 23 Oct 2016 - 09:38 pm
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Two Pakistan coast guard killed in Pakistan’s key CPEC port district 23 Oct 2016 - 09:34 pm
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Fate of child migrants uncertain before France demolishes Jungle camp 23 Oct 2016 - 09:26 pm
A migrant carries bags with his belongings as he walks past the Calais city limit sign on the eve of the evacuation and transfer of migrants to reception centers in France, and the dismantlement of the camp called the
Belgium to keep record as Spain nears government 23 Oct 2016 - 09:20 pm
A PSOE supporter holds placards reading
Shoddy leaders contribute to rising Afghan military deaths: US general 23 Oct 2016 - 09:13 pm
An Afghan Tactical Air Controller practices directing an air strike during an exercise at a range outside Kabul, Afghanistan, October 18, 2016. (REUTERS/Josh Smith)
US casualty in Iraq shows risks of shifting front lines 23 Oct 2016 - 08:57 pm
A displaced girl who recently fled the Islamic State's stronghold on the outskirts of Mosul waits to be transferred to a tent, at Debaga camp on the outskirts of Erbil, Iraq October 23, 2016. (REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudaini)
China's Xi to consolidate power at key meeting: analysts 23 Oct 2016 - 08:49 pm
President Barack Obama greets President Xi Jinping of China in the Blue Room prior to the Nuclear Security Summit working dinner, White House, March 31, 2016. (Chuck Kennedy / Anadolu Agency)
Rescue crew's tough call: sail away to keep other migrants safe 23 Oct 2016 - 08:44 pm
This handout picture taken and released by the Italian Red Cross on October 22, 2016 shows migrants landing in Vibo Marina, after a rescue operation in the Mediterranean Sea. Nine people drowned, ten were missing and nearly 1000 migrants were rescued off
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
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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