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Syrian peace talks in quagmire as rebels prepare for more war 20 Apr 2016 - 04:59 pm

A rebel-fighter monitors the sky holding a FN-6 man-portable air-defence system (MANPADS) in the Syrian village of Teir Maalah, on the northern outskirts...

Philippine army urges no payments to free foreign captives 20 Apr 2016 - 04:50 pm

MANILA: The Philippines discouraged ransom payments on Wednesday for captives held by Islamist militants in a bid to stop a kidnap "industry" emerging...

Quake hit Ecuadorean beach town grapples with crisis 20 Apr 2016 - 04:23 pm

Rescue workers carry a corpse from earthquake rubbble in Pedernales, Ecuador on April 20, 2016. AFP / RODRIGO BUENDIA PEDERNALES, Ecuador: The rustic...

World's oldest message in a bottle discovered 20 Apr 2016 - 04:18 pm

London: A 108-year-old postcard offering a shilling in exchange for its return to an English marine research institute is now officially the world's...

How Swedish start-up Neo Technology helped crack the Panama Papers 20 Apr 2016 - 03:59 pm

A tourist takes a selfie next to a sign that shows the Mossack Fonseca law firm's name outside their office building in Panama...

U.N. deeply concerned as exodus from Aleppo grows 20 Apr 2016 - 03:44 pm

Harakat Nour al-Din al-Zenki fighters walk near damaged buildings in Handarat area, north of Aleppo, Syria, April 19, 2016. REUTERS/Abdalrhman Ismail GENEVA: The...

Indian father chops off alleged rapist's hands 20 Apr 2016 - 03:43 pm

New Delhi: A father chopped off the hands of a teenager who allegedly raped his baby daughter before dumping him alive near a...

Heat wave kills more than 160 in southern, eastern India 20 Apr 2016 - 03:40 pm

A young girl carries bottles filled with drinking water beside the railway station in Agartala, India, April 20, 2016. (REUTERS/Jayanta Dey) By OMER...

500 witnesses to be called for Bangkok bombing trial 20 Apr 2016 - 03:38 pm

Suspects of last year's Bangkok blast Bilal Mohammed (L) (also known as Adem Karadag) and Yusufu Mieraili are escorted by prison officers as...

'Hijab Day' at Paris university divides opinion 20 Apr 2016 - 03:24 pm

Paris: Students at an elite Paris university sparked bitter debate Wednesday by inviting classmates to wear the Muslim veil for a day in...

EU to decide on Turkey visas in May amid migrant row 20 Apr 2016 - 03:23 pm

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu speaks at the Council of Europe parliamentary assembly in Strasbourg, eastern France, on April 19, 2016. AFP /...

Obama meets King Salman at start of Saudi Arabia visit 20 Apr 2016 - 02:57 pm

U.S. President Barack Obama walks with Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud at Erga Palace upon his...

Shinzo Abe to visit Russia on May 6 20 Apr 2016 - 02:36 pm

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will visit the Black Sea resort city of Sochi...

Two Syrian Kurdish security forces killed by government forces 20 Apr 2016 - 02:33 pm

Picture from Qamishli in north-east Syria via twitter BEIRUT: Two members of the Syrian Kurdish security force, known as the Asayish, were killed...

DR Congo: Police tear-gas protesters as row over Kabila rumbles on 20 Apr 2016 - 02:04 pm

Joseph Kabila Lubumbashi, DR Congo: Police in south-east DRCongo fired tear gas to break up a demonstration Wednesday by 5,000 people in the...

Australian TV crew, mother held in Lebanon to be released 20 Apr 2016 - 02:02 pm

Lebanese policemen surround Australian TV presenter Tara Brown while escorting her from a Lebanese courthouse to Baabda Prison for women, in Baabda east...

New fears for press freedoms as Hong Kong editor sacked 20 Apr 2016 - 01:58 pm

Hong Kong: The sacking of a respected Hong Kong newspaper editor triggered a furious backlash from journalists and pro-democracy campaigners Wednesday, in what...