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Strong twin quakes rock central Italy 27 Oct 2016 - 08:25 am
A picture shows rubbles due to earthquakes in the village of Visso, central Italy, on October 26, 2016. AFP / TIZIANA FABI
Britain, U.S. sending planes, troops to deter Russia in the east 26 Oct 2016 - 07:33 pm
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg (R) talks with US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter during a meeting as part of a two-day NATO defence ministers meeting in Brussels on October 26, 2016. NATO defense ministers meet in Brussels to discuss tense relati
Germany cancels Istanbul concert marking Armenian massacres 26 Oct 2016 - 03:07 pm
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Calais Jungle clearance to resume after tent-burning, gas explosions overnight 26 Oct 2016 - 10:25 am
Remains of a shack set at the
Vatican tells Catholics not to scatter ashes of the dead 25 Oct 2016 - 10:34 pm
Pope Francis and Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II water a tree planted in a Noahs Ark sculpture during an ecumenical meeting and a prayer for peace in Republic Square, Yerevan on June 25, 2016. (AFP / TIZIAN)
200 children leave Calais camp for the UK 25 Oct 2016 - 04:02 pm
Migrants talk during the full evacuation of the
Britain backs Heathrow airport expansion despite splits 25 Oct 2016 - 03:43 pm
British foreign minister Boris Johnson (L) and International trade minister Liam Fox leave the weekly cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street in London on October 25, 2016. AFP / Daniel Leal-Olivas
Calais 'Jungle' empties as demolition crews move in 25 Oct 2016 - 03:32 pm
Migrants gather together during the full evacuation of the Calais
German police carry out raids on suspected terrorist financiers 25 Oct 2016 - 02:24 pm
German police: Fabrizio Bensch / Reuters.
Heathrow decision shows UK can be successful after Brexit: Theresa May 25 Oct 2016 - 02:18 pm
British foreign minister Boris Johnson (L) and International trade minister Liam Fox leave the weekly cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street in London on October 25, 2016. AFP / Daniel Leal-Olivas
Britain gives green light for new $22 billion runway at Heathrow 25 Oct 2016 - 01:38 pm
(FILES) This file photo taken on February 18, 2015 shows a British airways plane preparing to land at Heathrow Airport in west London. The British government has confirmed on October 25, 2016 that it backs the expansion of London's heathrow airport. / AFP
Demolition of France's "Jungle" migrant camp set to begin 25 Oct 2016 - 10:37 am
The shadow of a migrant falls on a sign with the population of
Time to declare: Ukrainian anti-corruption reform faces threats 25 Oct 2016 - 09:04 am
Police officers stand guard during a rally in front of the Ukrainian parliament building in Kiev, Ukraine, October 18, 2016. Reuters/Valentyn Ogirenko
New deaths put Italy on track for sombre migrant records 24 Oct 2016 - 11:01 pm
Women disembark from the Siem Pilot on October 24, 2016 in Palermo after rescue operations of migrants at see during the week-end. During a dramatic 24 hours, the crew of the Norwegian Siem Pilot, a vessel built as an oil platform supply ship but now used
Venezuela’s Maduro in surprise visit to Pope 24 Oct 2016 - 09:08 pm
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro speaking during a meeting with ministers at the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas on May 13, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / VENEZUELAN PRESIDENCY / MARCELO GARCIA)
Mystery as five die in French plane crash on Malta 24 Oct 2016 - 09:01 pm
Still image taken from video shows fire trucks aiming their hoses at the burning wreckage of a small plane which crashed at the edge of the runway at the airport in Valletta, Malta, 24 October 2016. (REUTERS/Ed De Gaetano via Reuters)
The $900,000 question behind Bob Dylan’s Nobel prize 24 Oct 2016 - 08:25 pm
Rock musician Bob Dylan performs at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles in this file photo from May 5, 2004. (REUTERS/Robert Galbraith RG)
EU, Canada believe trade summit 'still possible': Tusk 24 Oct 2016 - 08:21 pm
EU council President Donald Tusk and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker (not seen) hold a press conference at the end of the first day of the European Summit in Brussels, Belgium early Friday, Oct. 21, 2016. (Dursun Aydemir - Anadolu Agency

Africa

(From left) South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, President of Zimbabwe and SADC Chairman Emmerson Mnangagwa and SADC Executive Secretary Elias Magosi gesture ahead of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) extraordinary summit in Harare on January 31, 2025. (Photo by Jekesai Njikizana / AFP) Southern African leaders hold crisis talks on DR Congo conflict
(FILES) Sudanese army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan visits the Flamingo Marine Base in Port Sudan on August 28, 2023. (Photo by AFP) Sudan army says retakes key southern city from paramilitaries
Leader of Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC), Corneille Nangaa, a political-military movement of rebel groups including the M23 speaks during a press conference in Goma on January 30, 2025. (Photo by Tony KARUMBA / AFP) M23 "open to direct dialogue" with DR Congo government: coalition leader
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US President Donald Trump speaks to the press after signing an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House on January 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Roberto Schmidt / AFP) Trump to impose Canada, Mexico, China tariffs at weekend: White House
Recovery teams search the wreckage after the crash of an American Airlines plane on the Potomac River as it approached the airport on January 30, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. (Photo by Al Drago/Getty Images/AFP) Army helicopter’s altitude seen as factor in probe of Washington crash
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