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Turkey detains pro-Kurdish MPs as crackdown continues 13 Dec 2016 - 05:16 pm
A woman stands in front of Turkish national flags that are displayed at the site of the December 10 blasts outside Besiktas' Vodafone Arena football stadium on December 13, 2016 in Istanbul.
Twin blasts hit Istanbul on December 10, 2016 killing 37 police
Chronology of the Kurdish crisis in Turkey 13 Dec 2016 - 05:12 pm
People wave flags with pictures of imprisoned Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan during a May Day rally in Istanbul, Turkey, May 1, 2016 (REUTERS / Murad Sezer)
Thousands flee Aleppo onslaught as battle reaches climax 13 Dec 2016 - 04:55 pm
Syrian residents, fleeing violence in the restive Bustan al-Qasr neighbourhood, arrive in Aleppo's Fardos neighbourhood on December 13, 2016, after regime troops retook the area from rebel fighters. Syrian rebels withdrew from six more neighbourhoods in t
Civilians 'killed on spot' as Aleppo battle nears end 13 Dec 2016 - 04:48 pm
Syrian pro-regime fighters gesture as residents, fleeing violence in the restive Bustan al-Qasr neighbourhood, arrive in Aleppo's Fardos neighbourhood on December 13, 2016, after regime troops retook the area from rebel fighters. Syrian rebels withdrew fr
Wish the pope a happy 80th, Vatican says 13 Dec 2016 - 04:38 pm
Pope Francis reading a book to Syrian refugee children at  Vatican (AFP)
Italy jails captain for migrant disaster that killed 900 13 Dec 2016 - 04:19 pm
(FILES) This file photo taken on April 20, 2015 shows two men, identified as Mohammed Ali Malek (2nd L).  AFP / ALBERTO PIZZOLI
Putin has 'good, businesslike' relations with Tillerson: Kremlin 13 Dec 2016 - 04:13 pm
(FILES) This file photo taken on August 30, 2011 shows Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (L) speaking with ExxonMobil President and Chief Executive Officer Rex Tillerson during the signing of a Rosneft-ExxonMobil strategic partnership agreement in So
Five Catalans who burned photos of Spanish king arrested 13 Dec 2016 - 04:07 pm
City councillor of Barcelona's city hall and member of radical left-wing Catalan independentist political party CUP (Popular Unity Candidates) Maria Robira (R) and CUP's deputy Mireia Vehi burn a picture of Spain's King during an anti-monarchy demonstrati
Mosul: images of war for a war of images 13 Dec 2016 - 03:58 pm
A member of the Iraqi security forces guards a checkpoint near Hammam al-Alil, south of Mosul, Iraq December 11, 2016. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
Aftershocks drive Indonesians from homes in quake-hit Aceh 13 Dec 2016 - 03:47 pm
This picture taken on December 12, 2016 shows two girls on a motorcycle as they pass a collapsed building after a 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck the town of Pidie, Indonesia's Aceh province in northern Sumatra, on December 7, 2016.  AFP / CHAIDEER MAHYUD
Donald Trump picks Rex Tillerson to lead State Department 13 Dec 2016 - 03:40 pm
(FILES) This file photo taken on June 2, 2015 shows Exxon Mobil Chairman and CEO Rex Tillerson addressing the World Gas Conference in Paris. President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday tapped ExxonMobil chief Rex Tillerson, an oilman with deep ties to Russia,
2 Yazidi women accept EU's Sakharov Prize for human rights 13 Dec 2016 - 03:33 pm
Nadia Murad Basee Taha (L) and Lamiya Aji Bashar, both Iraqi women of the Yazidi faith, pose with the 2016 Sakharov Prize during an award ceremony at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, December 13, 2016. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler
Turkey detains 2 pro-Kurdish party MPs 13 Dec 2016 - 02:42 pm
Photo: AFP.
Turkish jets hit 157 IS targets in northern Syria 13 Dec 2016 - 01:35 pm
Photo: AA.
Syrian opposition loses 3 districts in eastern Aleppo 13 Dec 2016 - 01:31 pm
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Roadside bomb kills 4 soldiers in Egypt’s Sinai 13 Dec 2016 - 01:28 pm
Photo: AA.
Turkish warplanes hit 12 PKK targets in northern Iraq 13 Dec 2016 - 01:26 pm
Photo: AA.
Syria forces kill at least 82 Aleppo civilians in recent days: UN 13 Dec 2016 - 01:21 pm
Smoke rises as seen from a government-held area of Aleppo, Syria December 12, 2016. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki