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East Germany’s “Purple Witch” Margot Honecker dies in Chile aged 89 07 May 2016 - 05:15 pm

An undated file photograph showing former East Germany's First Lady Margot Honecker in Germany. Media reports state that Margot Honecker, widow of the...

Can Clinton's focus on experience succeed against Trump where others failed? 07 May 2016 - 05:14 pm

Hillary Clinton is attempting to wrest control of an election conversation in which Donald Trump has proven adept at placing himself at the...

Pope asks missionary doctors to pray he becomes 'poorer' 07 May 2016 - 04:54 pm

Pope Francis kisses a disabled boy during a special audience with members of Doctors with Africa CUAMM at the Vatican, May 7, 2016....

New York man found in bay wearing cement shoes was asphyxiated 07 May 2016 - 04:37 pm

A New York City Medical Examiner van leaves the apartment building of a case site in the Manhattan borough of New York, March...

Mozambique’s tuna fleet rusts as an African success story fades 07 May 2016 - 04:29 pm

Security guards patrol past the EMATUM fishing fleet docked in Maputo Mozambique May 3, 2016. REUTERS / Grant Lee Neuenburg Mozambique admits to...

Canada wildfire growing as weather heats up, more escape convoys planned 07 May 2016 - 04:25 pm

A handout photograph made available on 07 May 2016 by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Alberta (RCMP) and dated 06 May 2016 showing...

LED-lit pigeons illuminate New York skies in art exhibit 07 May 2016 - 04:18 pm

LED lights attached to pigeons leave light trails in the sky while they fly as part of the "Fly By Night" art installation...

Britain’s ruling party defends linking Muslim London mayor to extremism 07 May 2016 - 03:58 pm

Britain's new London Mayor Sadiq Khan, (2R) speaks with Metropolitan Police Commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe (R) and London Fire Commissioner Ron Dobson (L) folowing...

WhatsApp judge wins little love in Brazil; but respect in his hometown 07 May 2016 - 03:53 pm

A Whatsapp App logo is seen behind a Samsung Galaxy S4 phone that is logged on to Facebook in the central Bosnian town...

Chinese billionaire treats 3,000 workers to paella in Spain 07 May 2016 - 03:17 pm

Employees of Chinese company Tiens wave a Chinese flag during a reception in Madrid on May 6, 2016. (AFP / GERARD JULIEN) By...

Juncker says Italy-Austria border controls 'political catastrophe' 07 May 2016 - 02:52 pm

EU Parliament's speaker Martin Schulz (R) and EU Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker (L) hold a press conference on the Charlemagne Prize 2016, in...

Brazil Senate committee advances Rousseff impeachment 07 May 2016 - 02:35 pm

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff attends a ceremony to launch a new phase of the state-funded housing program, at the Planalto Presidential Palace in...

Wildfire in Canada may burn 200,000 hectares 07 May 2016 - 01:37 pm

Aerial view of highway 63 south of Fort McMurray taken from a CH-146 Griffon helicopter on May 5, 2016. The Canadian Armed Forces...

Khan: immigrant son's rise from London housing estate to city hall 07 May 2016 - 01:35 pm

Britain's Labour Candidate for Mayor of London Sadiq Kahn (R) leaves polling station with his wife Saadiya after casting his vote, in south...

Hundreds of demonstrators to protest against plan to fence off Italian-Austrian border crossing 07 May 2016 - 12:57 pm

File picture of a border sign at Austria. Reuters ZURICH: Around 400 protesters are expected to gather at the Brenner Pass between Italy...

Opinion poll shows tight contest in Australian election race 07 May 2016 - 12:14 pm

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull stands outside Australia's Parliament House in Canberra May 4, 2016 following the announcement Australia's 2016-17 Federal Budget. AAP/Sam...

Morocco jails brother of presumed Paris attacks ringleader 07 May 2016 - 11:24 am

Moroccan intelligence helped put French investigators on the trail of Abdelhamid Abaaoud, a 28-year-old Belgian of Moroccan origin. AFP/Lionel Bonaventure Rabat: A Moroccan...