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Schwarzenegger: Let’s slap a public health warning on fossil fuels 12 Nov 2017 - 10:15 pm
Former California governor and 'Mr. Universe' Arnold Schwarzenegger attends the COP23 UN Climate Change Conference 2017, hosted by Fiji but held in Bonn, Germany, November 12, 2017. Reuters/Wolfgang Rattay
Quake strikes Iran’s border towns with Iraq, several killed 12 Nov 2017 - 09:54 pm
Wounded people arrive to receive treatment at Sulaymaniyah Hospital after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake hit northern Iraq in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq on November 12, 2017. (Feriq Fereç - Anadolu Agency)
Some Iranian villages damaged by earthquake of 7.3 in Iraq 12 Nov 2017 - 09:53 pm
Peninsula
Last exit from Myanmar, Rohingya wait for weeks on beach 12 Nov 2017 - 09:34 pm
Bare chest of Ismot Ara, 7, a sick Rohingya refugee girl is pictured as she sits on the doorway of her makeshift shelter at Kutupalong refugee camp near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh November 12, 2017. Reuters/Navesh Chitrakar
Israel signals free hand in Syria as US, Russia expand truce 12 Nov 2017 - 09:24 pm
An Israeli flag flutters above the wreckage of an Israeli tank sitting on a hill in the Israeli-occupied sector of the Golan Heights on October 18, 2017 (AFP / Jalaa Marey)
Trump offers to mediate in South China Sea row 12 Nov 2017 - 08:19 pm
U.S. President Donald Trumpposes with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and his partner Cielito Avanceno before the Special Gala Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of ASEAN in Manila, Philippines November 12, 2017. Reuters/Aaron Favila
Seven found dead after Rio de Janeiro police operation 12 Nov 2017 - 07:53 pm
A favela is pictured in Rio De Janeiro, June 28, 2014 (Reuters / Alessandro Garofalo)
Tourists taking pictures trampled by elephant in Zambia 12 Nov 2017 - 07:29 pm
Elephants Pictured at Maramba River Lodge in Livingstone  (Photo courtesy: Lusaka Times? @lusakatimes)
Swiss journalists accredited to cover Louvre museum arrested in Abu Dhabi for filming marketplace 12 Nov 2017 - 07:01 pm
A general view shows part of the Louvre Abu Dhabi Museum designed by French architect Jean Nouvel on November 11, 2017 during its official opening to public on Saadiyat island in the Emirati capital. AFP / Giuseppe Cacace
At least 14 dead after boat capsizes in Krishna river near Vijayawada 12 Nov 2017 - 06:43 pm
The accident took place in Krishna river about 25 kilometers (15 miles) from Vijayawada city, district administrative chief B. Lakshmikantham told Reuters. (Photo courtesy: @NDRFHQ,  National Disaster Response Force)
Trump should be 'ashamed' of attacks on ex-intel chiefs: former CIA head 12 Nov 2017 - 05:18 pm
Former CIA chief John Brennan
Canada’s Trudeau charms Manila while ordering fried chicken from Jollibee 12 Nov 2017 - 04:29 pm
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau orders food at a counter during his visit at a Jollibee fast food restaurant in Tondo city, metro Manila, Philippines November 12, 2017. (REUTERS/Czar Dancel)
Spain PM Rajoy calls on companies not to leave Catalonia 12 Nov 2017 - 03:48 pm
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy gestures during a Catalan regional People's Party meeting in Barcelona, Spain, November 12, 2017. REUTERS/Albert Gea
Iraq helicopter crash kills three 12 Nov 2017 - 02:08 pm
Peninsula
Donald Trump arrives in Philippines for summit: AFP 12 Nov 2017 - 02:04 pm
Student activists hold anti US President Donald Trump banners during a lightning rally before the start of the 31st Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit, in Manila on November 12, 2017.  / AFP / Noel CELIS
Tijuana drawing shoppers who once flocked across US border to San Diego 12 Nov 2017 - 12:30 pm
People line up on the pedestrian crossing lines on the Mexican side of the San Ysidro Port of Entry on November 1, 2017, in Tijuana, northwestern Mexico. AFP / GUILLERMO ARIAS
India rejects UN official's criticism of sanitation drive 12 Nov 2017 - 12:11 pm
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Russian base jumper dies in Nepal's Everest region 12 Nov 2017 - 11:47 am
Russian base jumper Valery Rozov is pictured preparing to jump off the north face of Mount Everest into Tibet in China on May 5, 2013. / AFP.