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Brazil's Catholic Church rejects Zika abortion argument 11 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Brasília: The Catholic Church in Brazil on Wednesday rejected calls supported by the United Nations to allow abortion in cases of the birth...

'500 dead' in Syria regime's Aleppo assault 11 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Syrian rebel fighters, a civilian and a rescue worker, carry the body of a victim following a reported Syrian regime air strike in...

EU pressurises Greece on migrant crisis 11 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Brussels: The EU piled pressure on Greece on Wednesday over the migrant crisis, telling Athens to improve conditions for refugees to shore up...

Concert hall at centre of Paris attacks to reopen late 2016 11 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

A makeshift memorial in front of the Bataclan concert hall in Paris. AFP, MIGUEL MEDINA Paris: The Bataclan concert hall in Paris, where...

WHO delivers medical aid to Yemen's Taez 11 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

File photo: Yemenis accompany their donkeys carrying food parcels as they walk through the mountains along the only path accessible between the southern...

Ex-Hewlett-Packard boss Fiorina ends White House bid 11 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Carly Fiorina at a Center for Strategic and International Studies forum, “Smart Women, Smart Power” in Washington, April 6, 2015. REUTERS, Yuri Gripas ...

Bernie Sanders raises $5 mn since New Hampshire victory 11 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Washington: White House hopeful Bernie Sanders raised a staggering $5 million in the 18 hours since winning New Hampshire's primary, his campaign announced...

58 die in Nigeria suicide bomb attacks 11 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

A bombing scene in Nigeria claimed by Boko Haram. Reuters Maiduguri, Nigeria: Two female suicide bombers on Wednesday killed at least 58 at...

Spanish court scraps Dutch man's sex offence sentence due to new DNA proof 11 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Mark Dixie, who was found guilty in 2008 of murdering model Sally Anne Bowman. Photograph by Metropolitan Police Madrid: Spain's Supreme Court on...

Congo opposition calls for general strike to make Kabila stand down 11 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

File photo of Joseph Kabila wishing people By Aaron Ross KINSHASA: Opposition leaders in Democratic Republic of Congo called for a general strike...

Obama plan to ease new U.S. visa limits faces skeptics in Congress 11 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama’s plan to loosen some requirements of a visa law spurred by the deadly attacks in Paris...

Italy arrests dozens of mobsters from women-run Mafia clan 11 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

The December 2013 arrests of 30 of Matteo Messina Denaro's affiliates and family members – among them his sister, Patrizia, above – are...

Putin may benefit from meeting of pope and patriarch 11 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Meeting will be first ever between a pope and Russian patriarch. In the works for two years, came after months of secret planning....

Colombia's FARC vow full end to use of child soldiers 11 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Representative image Havana: Colombia's FARC rebel force promised Wednesday to end recruitment of all child soldiers to its ranks, in a further bid...

Greek islanders march against migrant facility 11 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Riot police clash with residents in Pylio outside a military camp, where Greek authorities are preparing to establish a refugee hot spot, in...

Rabies spread by bats kills 12 in Peruvian Amazon 11 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Rabies spread by bats kills 12 in Peruvian Amazon. Representative image. AFP LIMA: At least 12 people in remote indigenous communities in the...

Wild elephant goes on rampage in Indian town 10 Feb 2016 - 06:57 pm

Indian bystanders watch as a wild elephant with a tranqulizer dart in its back side walks along a street in an Indian town...

Turkish PM slams 'hypocritical' calls to open borders 10 Feb 2016 - 06:54 pm

The Hague: Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu Wednesday slammed as "hypocritical" calls by some countries urging Ankara to open its borders to Syrian...