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US Catholics welcome Pope’s love treatise but want clarity 09 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

Going to the heart of how divorced adherents are treated, Pope Francis called in a lengthy document on Friday for a more compassionate...

Tightened global nuclear security measure takes effect in May: officials 09 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

Members of the media wear protective suits at the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima prefecture in March 2013. REUTERS Issei...

Head-on train collision injures 245 in Costa Rica 09 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

REPRSENTATIVE IMAGE. A scene from a train accident happened in Bravaria, Germany last year. Reuters/Michael Dalder San José: Two trains collided head-on outside...

King Salman announces Saudi-Egypt bridge in rare Cairo visit 09 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

A handout picture released by the Egyptian Presidency on April 8, 2016 shows The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, Saudi King Salman...

IS agrees to free abducted Syrian cement workers: monitor 09 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

Syrians stand in front of heavily damaged buildings on April 8, 2016 in al-Qaryatain, a town in the province of Homs in central...

King Salman announces Saudi-Egypt bridge in rare Cairo visit 09 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

At about 4.00 am (0300 GMT) troops "received a tip off about an impending attack in Maiduguri city by four suspected Boko Haram...

South Korea missile-defense deployment ‘going to happen’: Carter 09 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter speaks at The Council On Foreign Relations on April 8, 2016 in New York City. The secretary...

NATO, Russia council to meet for first time since mid-2014 09 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg looks on during a joint press conference with Afghan president Ashraf Ghani at Kabul Presidential Palace on March...

Algeria bars French journalists amid Panama Papers row 09 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

The French daily Le Monde on Tuesday published a front-page photo of showing Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika among leaders involved in the leak,...

Vatican trip could boost Sanders’ fight against Clinton 09 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton in a campaign fight. Reuters By James Oliphant and Alana Wise WASHINGTON: U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders...

Greece expels second wave of migrants to Turkey under EU deal 08 Apr 2016 - 06:59 pm

Refugees are escorted by Turkish police as they arrive by ferry from the Greek island of Lesvos (Lesbos) at the Dikili harbour in...

Kerry vows to up pressure on IS during visit to Iraq 08 Apr 2016 - 06:53 pm

US Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Iraq's Parliament Speaker Salim al-Jabouri (L) on April 8, 2016 at the US embassy in...

Pakistan tribal police appoint first ever female officers 08 Apr 2016 - 06:40 pm

Newly-recruited Pakistani Christian tribal police women Riffat Abid (R) and Naila Jabbar (2L) teach children at their home in Landi Kotal in Khyber...

Paris attacks suspect Mohamed Abrini arrested 08 Apr 2016 - 06:35 pm

An undated combo handout photograph made available by the Belgian Federal Police showing Mohamed Abrini via EPA Brussels: Paris attacks suspect Mohamed Abrini...

Thailand bans old edition of Marie Claire for insulting monarchy 08 Apr 2016 - 06:10 pm

November 2015 edition of Marie Claire. Photo coutesy: MarieClaire.co.uk BANGKOK: Thailand banned imports and sales of a six-month-old edition of women’s magazine Marie...

Civil unrest, El Nino hit Burundians hard, thousands in need of aid: Red Cross 08 Apr 2016 - 06:00 pm

Sick Burundian refugees sleep as they wait for treatment at a makeshift clinic on the shores of Lake Tanganyika in Kagunga village in...

Clashes kill at least 12 ahead of Yemen ceasefire 08 Apr 2016 - 05:56 pm

Yemeni pro-government forces, loyal to fugitive President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi, gather at the military base of Nehm, in the Sanaa province east of...