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Fire engulfs Japan's World Heritage-listed Shuri Castle 31 Oct 2019 - 09:17 am
An aerial view shows the burned down Shuri Castle, listed as a World Heritage site, in Naha on the southern island of Okinawa, Japan October 31, 2019, in this photo taken by Kyodo. Mandatory credit Kyodo/via REUTERS
N.Korea's Kim sends condolences over deceased mother of S.Korea's Moon 31 Oct 2019 - 09:04 am
This undated picture released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on October 25, 2019 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un visiting Yangdok County Hot Spring Resort. South Korea OUT /
Fire on moving train kills 46 passengers in central Pakistan 31 Oct 2019 - 08:51 am
A fire burns a train carriage after a gas canister passengers were using to cook breakfast exploded, near the town of Rahim Yar Khan in the south of Punjab province, Pakistan October 31, 2019, in this still image take from video. REUTERS
US releases Baghdadi raid video, warns of likely retribution attack 31 Oct 2019 - 07:56 am
U.S. special forces move towards the compound of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi during a raid in the Idlib region of Syria in a still image from video October 26, 2019. Video picture taken October 26, 2019. U.S. Department of Defense/Handout vi
Focused look at human trafficking could reveal better data, top US official says 30 Oct 2019 - 11:43 pm
Empty bunk beds sit in a shelter for victims of human trafficking in Tapachula, Mexico, March 26, 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation / Christine Murray
Senegal launches online database to track the traffickers 30 Oct 2019 - 11:37 pm
Reuters file photo / Francis Mascarenhas
Facebook a 'megaphone for hate' against Indian minorities 30 Oct 2019 - 11:35 pm
Silhouettes of laptop users are seen next to a screen projection of Facebook logo in this picture illustration, March 28, 2018. Reuters / Dado Ruvic
Men sweeping? Women inheriting? Rural Kenya shakes up gender roles 30 Oct 2019 - 11:35 pm
Moses Njiru hangs laundry to dry at his home in Ishiara, in Kenya's Embu County, October 12, 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Carorline Wambui
UK truck deaths reignite calls to tackle nail bar slavery 30 Oct 2019 - 11:35 pm
Police are seen at the scene where bodies were discovered in a lorry container, in Grays, Essex, Britain October 23, 2019. Reuters/Hannah McKay
Hackles rise as Chicago teachers strike drags into day 10 30 Oct 2019 - 09:50 pm
Teachers and supporters march, days before the teacher's union was set to go on strike if a contract settlement was not reached, in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. October 14, 2019. Reuters/Brendan O'Brien
Malaysia cuts foreign workers, sparking labor shortage fears 30 Oct 2019 - 09:50 pm
Airlines passengers in Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Sepang, Malaysia, 01 March 2016. EPA / Fazry Ismail
Obama will kill the stock market. No, Trump will. No, Warren will 30 Oct 2019 - 08:55 pm
Elizabeth Warren addresses a crowd outside of the Francis Marion Performing Arts Center October 26, 2019 in Florence, South Carolina. Sean Rayford/Getty Images/AFP
'Vamos to Victory': Trump’s Spanish ads skirt immigration, warn of socialism 30 Oct 2019 - 08:55 pm
Members of the audience look on as Donald Trump delivers remarks at a Keep America Great rally at the Santa Ana Star Center in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, on September 16, 2019. Reuters/Tom Brenner
UK election may spur new political crisis 30 Oct 2019 - 08:26 pm
Big Ben is reflected in a puddle as a cyclist rides by in London on  June 27, 2016. AFP/ Leon Neal
Prosecutors probe mental health of Frenchman, 84, who attacked mosque 30 Oct 2019 - 07:01 pm
French police officers and people stand in front of the Mosque of Bayonne, southwestern France, on October 28, 2019, after two people were injured in a shooting. AFP / Gaizka Iroz
Muslim headscarf debate divides France, in climate of hate 30 Oct 2019 - 07:01 pm
A Muslim woman carries a child as people attend a Mass in tribute to priest Jacques Hamel in the Rouen Cathedral on July 31, 2016. AFP
Modi pushes India even further to the right as economy sputters 30 Oct 2019 - 07:01 pm
Narendra Modi
Teens defend Monty Python 'silly walk' at Greek anti-fascism parade 30 Oct 2019 - 07:01 pm
“The Ministry of Silly Walks” sketch performed at the 2014 Python reunion. Eduardo Unda-Sanzana /Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 2.0