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Greece steps up evacuation of migrant border camp 12 Apr 2016 - 04:52 pm

Refugee kids play near the railway at a makeshift refugee camp in the Idomeni village of Greece, near the Macedonian border on April...

50 states, organisations discuss support for Libya govt 12 Apr 2016 - 04:42 pm

Tunisian Foreign Minister Khemaies Jhinaoui (2-R) speak while Libyan deputy prime minister of the UN-backed government, Moussa al-Kony (C), United Nations humanitarian coordinator...

Pakistani rights groups say civilian casualties likely among militants killed 12 Apr 2016 - 04:38 pm

Islamabad: Pakistani rights groups on Tuesday said it was likely that many civilians were among 34 people killed by the military last week...

NATO, Russia council to meet on April 20 in Brussels 12 Apr 2016 - 04:34 pm

BRUSSELS: NATO envoys will hold their first formal meeting with Russia in almost two years on April 20, the Western alliance said on...

Belgium police arrests 3 Paris attacks suspects 12 Apr 2016 - 04:08 pm

Brussels: Belgian police arrested three people in a Brussels suburb on Tuesday during a new raid linked to the investigation into the November...

Lebanon charges Australian mother, TV crew in abduction case 12 Apr 2016 - 03:44 pm

Beirut: A Lebanese court has charged an Australian woman and a four-person Australian television crew for abducting her two children in Beirut, a...

Ukraine set for new government, FinMin Yaresko to lose post 12 Apr 2016 - 03:41 pm

Members of parliament set up the banner reading '167 billion dollars were stolen because of offshores from Ukraine' during a session of the...

Romania ordered to pay $776,000 to revolution victims 12 Apr 2016 - 03:03 pm

BUCHAREST, Romania: Europe's top human rights court has ordered Romania to pay compensation to the families of 45 people who died during the...

Bombing kills 5 Yemeni soldiers in Aden 12 Apr 2016 - 02:45 pm

Aden: At least five Yemeni soldiers were killed in a suicide bombing in Aden Tuesday. A suicide bomber blew himself up among a...

Iraq PM delivers cabinet nominees to parliament speaker 12 Apr 2016 - 02:37 pm

Baghdad: Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has delivered a list of ministerial candidates to parliament, speaker Salim al-Juburi said on Tuesday. "We received...

Fire damages Tokyo's famous Golden-gai district 12 Apr 2016 - 02:24 pm

Firefighters gather at the scene of a blaze at the Golden Gai alley in the Shinjuku district in Tokyo on April 12, 2016....

Car bomb in Lebanon's Sidon kills Palestinian official 12 Apr 2016 - 01:44 pm

Lebanese emergency personnel extinguish fire from a burning car following an explosion in southern port city of Sidon on April 12, 2016. (AFP...

Blast kills Palestinian official in Lebanon's Sidon 12 Apr 2016 - 12:34 pm

BEIRUT: An explosion in the southern Lebanon city of Sidon killed an official from the Palestinian Fatah movement on Tuesday, an official from...

Italy FM in Libya for talks with unity government 12 Apr 2016 - 12:27 pm

Italy's Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni (L) holds a press conference upon his arrival in the Libyan capital Tripoli on April 12, 2016. Gentiloni...

Turkish army hits targets in Syria after cross-border fire hits Turkey 12 Apr 2016 - 12:25 pm

File picture of Turkish prime minister Ahmet Davutoglu. ANKARA: The Turkish army on Tuesday shelled Islamic State targets in northern Syria in response...

Duchess's 'Marilyn' moment causes a stir in India 12 Apr 2016 - 12:17 pm

Britain's Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and his wife Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge pay tributes during their visit to Gandhi Smriti in New...

Five killed in Burundi market attack: goverment 12 Apr 2016 - 12:12 pm

Nairobi: Gunmen in Burundi killed at least five people and wounded seven when they opened fire on a market late Monday, government officials...

UAE joins international think-tank on education 12 Apr 2016 - 11:38 am

Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Microsoft announced that the United Arab Emirates will be a founding member of a global initiative called Leading Countries...