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Turkey fires another 10,000 civil servants in post-coup purge 30 Oct 2016 - 12:11 pm
People wave Turkish flags at the Anitkabir, the mausoleum of the founder of Turkish Republic Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, during celebrations marking the 93rd Anniversary of Republic Day in Ankara on October 29, 2016 (AFP Photo/Adem Altan)
Drone halts traffic at Dubai airport 30 Oct 2016 - 11:30 am
Planes were grounded for almost one hour on Friday at Dubai International Airport. AFP.
Three soldiers killed in PKK attack in the southeastern Turkey 29 Oct 2016 - 03:59 pm
File Photo: Reuters.
Fresh attack kills 2 policemen in Egypt’s Sinai 29 Oct 2016 - 03:00 pm
Members of the Egyptian police special forces stand guard in Cairo on January 25, 2016. ©AFP
Rains, floods kill 18 in Egypt 29 Oct 2016 - 02:48 pm
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Coalition strikes kill at least 10 Yemen civilians 29 Oct 2016 - 02:20 pm
Yemeni security forces gather at the site where a suicide car bomb exploded next to the central bank in Yemen's second city Aden on October 29, 2016.
Iraq says foiled IS attack on Ramadi 29 Oct 2016 - 12:55 pm
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Iraq forces launch operation to cut Mosul off from Syria 29 Oct 2016 - 12:20 pm
OPERATION. Iraqi forces wait on their vehicles in the village of Umm Mahahir, south of Mosul, on October 28, 2016 after they recaptured it from the Islamic State (IS) group jihadists as part of their operation to retake the main hub city of Mosul. Ahmad A
A guide to presidential elections in Lebanon 29 Oct 2016 - 12:15 pm
A giant poster that bears the portrait of Lebanese presidential candidate Michel Aoun is seen hanging of a building in Sassine square in Beirut's Ashrafieh neighbourhood on October 28, 2016.  AFP / JOSEPH EID
Syria rebels battle to break Aleppo siege 29 Oct 2016 - 12:02 pm
Rebel fighters from the Jaish al-Fatah (or Army of Conquest) brigades have a tea in a building under construction on October 29, 2016 in the neighbourhood of Dahiyet al-Assad, southwest of Aleppo, after they retook control of the area./ AFP / Omar haj kad
3 Palestinians injured in clashes with IOF along Gaza border 29 Oct 2016 - 11:32 am
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Rebels in Aleppo attack, Putin cautious on new Russian raids 29 Oct 2016 - 11:27 am
Rebel fighters from the Jaish al-Fatah (or Army of Conquest) brigades drive a pick-up on October 29, 2016 in the neighbourhood of Dahiyet al-Assad, southwest of Aleppo, after they retook control of the area.  AFP / Omar haj kadour
Lebanon to elect president but divisions run deep 29 Oct 2016 - 11:00 am
A giant poster that reads 'Strong Lebanon' and bears the portrait of Lebanese presidential candidate Michel Aoun is seen on a bridge on the Zalka highway, north of the capital Beirut on October 28, 2016.  AFP / JOSEPH EID
Trump looks for boost from Clinton's new email problem 29 Oct 2016 - 10:53 am
Republican Presidential candidate Donald J. Trump applauds supporters after a rally at the McGrath Amphitheater on October 28, 2016 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.  David Greedy / AFP
Iraqi army says 3 more villages captured from Islamic State 29 Oct 2016 - 10:30 am
An Iraqi soldier and a civilian ride a motorbike as smoke rises behind them, on the road between Qayyarah and Mosul on October 28, 2016.  AFP / BULENT KILIC
Iraq forces launch operation to cut Mosul off from Syria 29 Oct 2016 - 10:27 am
A member of Iraqi forces, wearing a skull mask, waits at a checkpoint for people fleeing the main hub city of Mosul on October 28, 2016 between Qayyarah and Mosul during an operation to retake the city from the Islamic State (IS) group. AFP / BULENT KILIC
UN says IS slaughtered at least 232 people near Mosul last week 28 Oct 2016 - 12:28 pm
A Kurdish Peshmerga fighter looks through a Milan missile before recapturing from Islamic state militants the Fadiliya village in Nawaran, north of Mosul, Iraq, October 27, 2016. REUTERS/Air Jalal
Yemen rebel missile shot down near Mecca: coalition 28 Oct 2016 - 11:41 am
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