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Iraq

Iraqi army advance meets resistance in Mosul

ISIL fighters have countered the advance of Iraqi troops in Mosul with car bombs and ambushes. The army's progress in the group's northern Iraq stronghold has come under attack.

Syria

Children killed in airstrike on Damascus nursery

Activists are blaming government forces for the shelling in a rebel-held district of the Syrian capital, which reportedly happened during morning playtime.

USA

Trump back on campaign after Reno gun drama

The US Republic Party's presidential candidate is targeting Democratic strongholds ahead of Tuesday's vote.

Turkey

Western support for Kurds is abetting terrorism - Erdogan

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told a university audience in Istanbul he doesn't care if critics call him "a dictator".

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Syria

All-out campaign announced to retake Raqqa

The US-backed 'Syrian Democratic Forces' (SDF) have are planning a campaign to retake the city of Raqqa, the stronghold of the ISIL militants in Syria.

Syria

Fighting resumes in Aleppo

It comes as a ten-hour ceasefire by Russian and Syrian government forces in the Syrian city comes to an end. Moscow says it was the final chance for rebels to leave besieged areas.

Italy

Violent scenes on the streets of Florence

Police used shields to block young men who were charging them in an attempt to reach a building where Prime Minister Matteo Renzi was at a political meeting.

China

Monkey business as Trump is picked as US president

Predictive pets have gone bananas for the US election

Turkey

Europe protests against Turkish arrests

Demonstrations have taken place in Istanbul, Diyarbakir, Germany and France over the ongoing arrests of politicians and journalists in Turkey.

Greece

Tsipras reshuffles the Greek cabinet

Analysts see it as an attempt to shore up his government's popularity and speed up reforms Athens has agreed to implement under its latest international bailout deal.

Turkey

More arrests and court hearings in Turkey

Nine journalists from Turkey's pro-opposition newspaper Cumhuriyet have been remanded in custody in Istanbul.

United Kingdom

Is this the end for Brexit?

The UK is entering a period of political uncertainty prompted by plans for negotiating a Brexit, or British exit from the European Union.

Turkey

Turkey rocked by protests after high-profile arrests

The Turkish authorities have arrested the leaders of the country's main pro-Kurdish opposition party as part of a terrorism inquiry.

Turkey

The UN hits out at Turkey

Ankara's detention or suspension of more than 110, 000 officials since a failed coup in July may go "beyond what is permissible", the organisation says.

Spain

Spain's new cabinet is sworn in

Opposition parties say Mariano Rajoy's new team shows no sign of being open to the dialogue his minority government will need to survive.

Turkey

Arrests leave a 'dark stain' on Turkey's history - HDP

Turkey's main pro-Kurdish political party has pledged to show a "democratic reaction" after its two co-leaders and at least 11 lawmakers were detained in raids overnight.

Italy

"We will rebuild everything", Renzi tells Italy

The Italian PM spoke in the wake of a 6.6 magnitude tremor that struck his country on Sunday morning in the same central regions that have been rocked by repeated tremors since August 24.

Israel

Original rock of tomb of Jesus revealed

In the innermost chamber of the site said to be the tomb of Jesus, a restoration team has peeled away a marble layer for the first time in centuries in an effort to reach what it believes is the origi

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Berlin invaded by zombies

A crowd of “zombies” descended on central Berlin on Saturday (October 29) as Halloween revellers in spooky costumes came together for the eighth annual “zombie…

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Norcia after new earthquake strikes Italy

Emergency workers tended to residents, some of them elderly, in the square of the Italian town of Norcia after a powerful earthquake, with a preliminary magnitude of…

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