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Crime down but misery persists one year since Calais camp evacuation 21 Oct 2017 - 12:51 pm
This file photo taken on October 26, 2016 shows smoke rising from a fire over the
Japan braces for super typhoon ahead of election 21 Oct 2017 - 12:43 pm
Head of Japan's Party of Hope and Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike (C) and her party lawmakers raise their fists during the last day of campaigning for the October 22 lower house election, in Tokyo, Japan October 21, 2017. REUTERS/Issei Kato
'Czech Trump' poised to win vote 21 Oct 2017 - 12:39 pm
Czech billionaire Andrej Babis, chairman of the ANO movement (YES), walks to cast his ballot at a polling station during the first day of the Czech elections on October 20, 2017 in Pruhonice, Central Bohemia. AFP / MICHAL CIZEK
Police say 4 people stabbed in Munich, assailant flees 21 Oct 2017 - 12:04 pm
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No life-threatening injuries reported in Munich attack - police 21 Oct 2017 - 11:58 am
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Spain to grab Catalonia powers as crisis intensifies 21 Oct 2017 - 11:54 am
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy presides a crisis cabinet meeting at the Moncloa Palace on October 11, 2017 in Madrid. AFP / POOL / Juan Carlos Hidalgo
Three dead, search on for others after landslide at Malaysia construction site 21 Oct 2017 - 10:35 am
Rescue workers search for victims of a landslide at a construction site in Tanjung Bungah on the north of Penang on October 21, 2017./ AFP / STR
China official says of Rohingya crisis foreign interference doesn't work 21 Oct 2017 - 09:04 am
Rohingya refugees line up at registration center in Kutupalong refugees camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, October 20, 2017. REUTERS/ Zohra Bensemra
Suicide bombers attack two Afghan mosques, at least 72 dead 21 Oct 2017 - 08:57 am
Afghan residents look inside the Imam Zaman Shiite mosque which was a the site of a suicide attack during evening prayers, in Kabul on October 21, 2017. AFP / WAKIL KOHSAR
Steady hand: how to do open-heart surgery in a quake 21 Oct 2017 - 08:37 am
Handout picture released by the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS in Spanish) press office showing doctor David Arellano (C) conducting a surgery at the La Raza hospital in Mexico City, on September 14, 2017.
Families of jailed Morocco protesters face long road 21 Oct 2017 - 08:06 am
Protesters shout slogans during a demonstration against corruption and official abuses, in the Rif region in Rabat, Morocco June 11, 2017. On left is a portrait of protest movement leader Nasser Zefzafi. REUTERS/Stringer
Spider monkey in human care 21 Oct 2017 - 02:40 am
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Pablo Escobar's widow and son face money laundering probe 20 Oct 2017 - 08:02 pm
Sebastian Marroquin, son of deceased Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar Gaviria, speaks during an interview in Buenos Aires, November 6, 2009. Reuters/Enrique Marcarian
Malawi arrests 140 in clampdown after ‘vampirism’ killings 20 Oct 2017 - 07:44 pm
President Peter Mutharika has also been visiting parts of the country affected by the violence.
UN draws flak after naming Mugabe goodwill ambassador 20 Oct 2017 - 07:22 pm
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe attends a meeting with the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association on April 7, 2016 in Harare (AFP / Jekesai Njikizana)
Lebanese president Gemayel's killer convicted, 35 years later 20 Oct 2017 - 07:15 pm
This file photo taken on January 01, 1975 shows Lebanon's late president-elect Bashir Gemayel, who was killed by a remote-controlled explosion during a meeting at the Phalange Party office in the Christian quarter of Ashrafiyeh.  AFP
Niger raid highlights US forces' growing Africa role 20 Oct 2017 - 06:59 pm
A combination photo of US Army Special Forces Sergeant Jeremiah Johnson (L to R), U.S. Special Forces Sgt. Bryan Black, U.S. Special Forces Sgt. Dustin Wright and U.S. Special Forces Sgt. La David Johnson killed in Niger, West Africa on October 4, 2017, i
Force hails 'historic' Raqa victory but handover on hold 20 Oct 2017 - 06:54 pm
Kurdish fighters of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) ride in the back of a truck passing damaged buildings in Raqa on October 20, 2017, after a Kurdish-led force expelled the Islamic State group from the northern Syrian city.  AFP / Bulent Kilic