NOVEMBER 14, 2016
German foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier believes Turkey is at a “crossroads.” “Which direction will the country go?” he asked the German parliament last week. “Towards a firm democracy with a respected parliamentary opposition, or away from this approach?”
Photo:Members of the United Nations Security Council speaks to the press after meeting with President Joseph Kabila in Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on 12 November 2016.
11 November 2016
A 24-year-old United States national has been charged after allegedly attempting to bring approximately five kilograms of cocaine through Sydney International Airport yesterday (Thursday, 10 November 2016).
12 November 2016
Following five days of the United Nations-brokered reunification talks that generated “significant progress,” the leaders of the Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriot communities have decided to take a recess and reconvene on 20 November.
Photo:House destroyed with a bulldozer in Qarah Tappah May 2016.
NOVEMBER 13, 2016
Photo:A woman crouches on the floor making bread outside her family’s tent in the newly built Hasansham camp, after fleeing fighting near her home on the outskirts of Mosul last week.
Photo:Remnant of a weapon that struck the town of Qayyarah on September 21, 2016 and photographed that day. The chemical agent inside has been diluted with water by local residents.
NOVEMBER 11, 2016
Photo:Demonstrators chant slogans while flashing the Oromo protest gesture during Irreecha, the thanksgiving festival of the Oromo people, in Bishoftu town, Oromia region, Ethiopia, October 2, 2016.
NOVEMBER 9, 2016
