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Iran offers to mediate between Syrian Kurds, Turkey 12 Oct 2019 - 02:40 pm
Smoke rises from the Syrian town of Tal Abyad, in a picture taken from the Turkish side of the border where a pigeon is seen in Akcakale on October 10, 2019, on the second day of Turkey's military operation against Kurdish forces.   AFP / BULENT KILIC
First female head of Nobel's literature award body has died 12 Oct 2019 - 02:12 pm
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Iran decries 'cowardly attack' on oil tanker; vows response after facts probed 12 Oct 2019 - 01:44 pm
An undated picture shows the Iranian-owned Sabiti oil tanker sailing in the Red Sea.
Syria Kurds deny Turkey has taken battleground border town 12 Oct 2019 - 01:36 pm
Turkish-backed Syrian rebels patrolling the town of Yabisah, west of Tal Abyad, on the border with Turkey.   AFP / Bakr ALKASEM
Heavy rain, winds lash Tokyo as powerful typhoon approaches 12 Oct 2019 - 11:48 am
A pedestrian with a broken umbrella braves the elements in the Aoyama district of Tokyo on October 12, 2019, as the effects of Typhoon Hagibis begin to be felt in Japan's capital. (AFP / Odd ANDERSEN)
China's president in India for summit amid Kashmir tensions 11 Oct 2019 - 08:20 pm
China's President Xi Jinping shakes hands with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi during their visit to the Pancha Rathas complex in Mamallapuram on the outskirts of Chennai, India, October 11, 2019. (India's Press Information Bureau/Handout via REUTERS
Terror probe after mass stabbing at UK shopping centre 11 Oct 2019 - 08:01 pm
A police officer points a taser while the other holds a man down outside Arndale shopping center, where several people have been stabbed, in Manchester, Britain October 11, 2019 in this still image taken from a social media video. (JOHN GREENHALGH via REU
Typhoon may bring 30 inches of rain, strong winds to Tokyo 11 Oct 2019 - 07:28 pm
People use umbrellas to shelter from the rain as they cross a street next to the Shinjuku JR Tokyo Station on October 11, 2019. (AFP / FRANCK FIFE)
Ex-Ukraine envoy removed by Trump arrives to testify in impeachment probe 11 Oct 2019 - 06:35 pm
Former US Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch arrives at the US Capitol October 11, 2019 in Washington. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP)
Prince William and Kate to visit Pakistan 11 Oct 2019 - 06:03 pm
Britain's Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William, Duke of Cambridge at Ascot (Reuters/Matthew Childs/File picture)
Five stabbed at Manchester shopping centre 11 Oct 2019 - 05:47 pm
Police officers are seen outside the Arndale shopping centre after several people were stabbed in Manchester, Britain October 11, 2019. (REUTERS/Peter Powell)
Ethiopia 'proud as a nation' of Abiy Nobel win: PM's office 11 Oct 2019 - 01:10 pm
Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. / AFP / MICHAEL TEWELDE / File Photo
Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed wins 2019 Nobel Peace Prize 11 Oct 2019 - 11:56 am
Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. (REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah/File Photo)
How Trump used the US government to chase conspiracy theories 10 Oct 2019 - 09:38 pm
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Knife-wielding man wounds Indonesia's security minister 10 Oct 2019 - 09:38 pm
Indonesian Chief Security Minister Wiranto is pictured as he being attacked during his visit in Pandeglang, Banten province, October 10, 2019 in this photo taken by Antara Foto. (via Reuters)
Congo Republic president's adviser awarded oil licenses at heart of Eni probe 10 Oct 2019 - 09:38 pm
The logo of Italian energy company Eni is seen at a gas station in Rome, Italy September 30, 2018. Reuters/Alessandro Bianchi
Outrage in Bosnia, Kosovo over Handke's Nobel win 10 Oct 2019 - 06:39 pm
Austrian writer Peter Handke poses in Chaville, in the Paris surburbs, on October 10, 2019 after he was awarded with the 2019 Nobel Literature Prize. AFP / Alain Jocard
Indigenous leader killed in Ecuador unrest 10 Oct 2019 - 06:39 pm
An indigenous community member reacts during an indigenous assembly to protest against Ecuador's President Lenin Moreno's austerity measures in Quito, Ecuador, October 10, 2019. Reuters/Ivan Alvarado