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Muslims in Italy protest over freedom to worship 21 Oct 2016 - 07:38 pm
Muslims hold Friday prayers in front of the Colosseum in Rome, Italy October 21, 2016, to protest against the closure of unlicensed mosques. (REUTERS/Tony Gentile)
Nobody is well in such conditions, Calais “Jungle” psychiatrist says 21 Oct 2016 - 07:06 pm
A migrant walks past a makeshift restaurant in the so-called Jungle migrant camp in Calais on February 23, 2016 (AFP /Denis Charlet)
France to start dismantling “Jungle” migrant camp on Monday 21 Oct 2016 - 07:01 pm
The ramshackle camp at Calais houses thousands of migrants and refugees attempting to make it to Britain, which bars most of them on the basis of EU rules requiring them to seek asylum in the first European country they set foot in. (AFP / Denis Charlet)
Creepy clown scare spreads to Germany 21 Oct 2016 - 06:34 pm
The masked individual attacked a 19-year-old in the eastern city of Rostock on Thursday, leaving him with bruises to the head and arms, police said. (REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE. AFP / Michal Cizek)
Language at UK talks not decided says EU's 'Monsieur Brexit' 21 Oct 2016 - 06:31 pm
European Union Commissioner for Internal Market and Services Michel Barnier addresses a news conference at the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels April 9, 2014. (REUTERS/Francois Lenoir)
EU threatens Russia with sanctions over Syria 20 Oct 2016 - 09:54 pm
European leaders pose for a family picture during an European Union summit to discuss Syria, relations with Russia, trade and migration, on October 20, 2016 at the European Council, in Brussels. (AFP / STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN)
UK's Independent back in profit after going web-only 20 Oct 2016 - 09:37 pm
The last print edition of British newspaper the Independent is pictured in London, March 26, 2016. (EPA / WILL OLIVER)
Wallonia's Mr 'Non' blocks EU-Canada deal 20 Oct 2016 - 09:27 pm
Minister-President of Belgium's French-speaking Walloon Region Paul Magnette talks to the media following his meeting with the European Union Commissioner for Trade at the European Union Commission headquarters in Brussels, October 19, 2016. Belgium's sev
France's Hollande warns UK's May of 'hard' Brexit talks 20 Oct 2016 - 09:21 pm
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Legendary French ballerina Yvette Chauvire dies aged 99 20 Oct 2016 - 07:07 pm
This file photo taken on November 6, 1937 shows French prima ballerina Yvette Chauvire, posing at the Paris Opera in Paris. Yvette Chauvire died, aged 99, during the night between October 18 and October 19, 2016, the Paris Opera announced in a statement.
Post-Brexit spike in EU citizenship applications by Britons: report 20 Oct 2016 - 10:29 am
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German hosemaker blasts use of name in French election campaign 19 Oct 2016 - 09:42 pm
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How can tiny Wallonia block the vast EU-Canada trade deal? 19 Oct 2016 - 08:00 pm
Protesters hold up a placard reading '3,4 million Europeans count on Wallonia - stop CETA' as a meeting on CETA (EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement) takes place at the Walloon parliament in Namur, Belgium, on October 18, 2016. The Europe
Putin in firing line over Ukraine, Syria at Berlin talks 19 Oct 2016 - 07:50 pm
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives at the chancellery on October 19, 2016 in Berlin. German Chancellor Angela Merkel hosts the leaders of Russia, Ukraine and France in a new push for peace in eastern Ukraine. / (AFP / Odd ANDERSEN)
Court review, hacked emails add twist to Greek broadcast reforms saga 19 Oct 2016 - 07:37 pm
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Spain’s white villages offer glimpse of vanished past 19 Oct 2016 - 06:06 pm
A house façade in Cuesta de Alhacaba (Wikimedia Commons / Claudio Landi)
Gun that nearly did for poet Rimbaud up for sale 19 Oct 2016 - 05:47 pm
Verlaine (far left) and Rimbaud (second to left) in an 1872 painting by Henri Fantin-Latour
Rome “decorum cops” remove mural showing pope as graffiti artist 19 Oct 2016 - 05:42 pm
A graffiti depicting Pope Francis and a Swiss guard is seen in Borgo Pio, in Rome, Italy, October 19, 2016. REUTERS/Stringer

Africa

Smoke billows during air strikes in central Khartoum as the Sudanese army attacks positions held by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) throughout the Sudanese capital on October 12, 2024. Photo by AFP. African Union warns of huge risk of partition in Sudan
File photo: General view of Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC) Libya announces resumption of oil field operations after 10-year hiatus
File photo for representational purposes only. Sudan's grain production in 2024-2025 summer season reaches 6.6 mln tons minister
South African emergency services personnel, police and forensic officers stans next to the covered bodies at the scene of a bus accident in Ekurhuleni on March 11, 2025. Photo by WIKUS DE WET / AFP South Africa bus crash toll climbs to 16

Americas

The US and Canadian flags fly on the US side of the St. Clair River near the Bluewater Bridge border crossing on January 29, 2025. (Photo by Geoff Robins / AFP) Canada announces additional tariffs on $20.7 billion of US goods
US House Speaker Mike Johnson speaks to reporters outside of the House Chambers following a series of votes at the Capitol on March 11, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images via AFP) US House sends Senate must-pass bill to avert government shutdown
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Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on March 11, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by SPENCER PLATT / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP) Stock markets extend losses over US tariffs, recession fears

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Pupils attend a Mandarin language lesson at a school in Riyadh on February 2, 2025. (Photo by Fayez Nureldine / AFP) Chinese lessons in Saudi schools show growing ties
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