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Sanders Stuns Clinton with Michigan Upset 09 Mar 2016 - 10:48 am

Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders speaks to supporters on the night of the Michigan, Mississippi and other primaries at his campaign...

Merkel support hits highest level this year before state votes 09 Mar 2016 - 10:29 am

German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks during an elections campaign event of her Christian Democratic Union (CDU) for state elections in the southwestern German...

Chinese couple sells newborn to buy iPhone 09 Mar 2016 - 10:22 am

Beijing: A Chinese couple was sentenced to three years in jail for selling their new-born daughter online to buy an iPhone and a...

Tripoli volatile as push for unity government stalls 09 Mar 2016 - 09:58 am

Children on the beach watch as Libyans take part in a local windsurfing competition in Tripoli in this April 19, 2014 file photo....

Tunisia forces kill six militants in border town raid - army 09 Mar 2016 - 09:56 am

Soldiers patrol after Monday's attack by Islamic State militants on army and police barracks in the town of Ben Guerdan, Tunisia, near the...

IS commander 'likely killed' in Syria air strike: US official 09 Mar 2016 - 09:42 am

Washington: The Islamic State group's battle-tested equivalent of a defense minister has probably died in a US air strike in Syria, a US...

Yemen war generates widespread suffering, but few refugees 09 Mar 2016 - 09:38 am

A boy reacts to the camera as he plays on a street in the old quarter of Yemen's capital Sanaa March 8, 2016....

A quarter of a million Syrian children living under siege: charity 09 Mar 2016 - 09:25 am

Refugee children wait near the Turkish border crossing gate as Syrians fleeing the northern embattled city of Aleppo wait on February 6, 2016...

French PM kicks off defence of unpopular labour reforms 09 Mar 2016 - 12:02 am

France's Socialist Prime Minister Manuel Valls and his labour and economy ministers were holding separate meetings with leading unions to garner support for...

Cost of Syria’s war to blight future generations, charity says 09 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Children react as a Red Crescent convoy carrying humanitarian aid arrives in Kafr Batna, in the rebel-held Eastern Ghouta area, on the outskirts...

Reagan would have no chance in nasty US campaign: Biden 09 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

US Vice President Joe Biden accompanied by his wife Jill Biden arrive at Israel's Ben Gurion International airport on March 8, 2016. Biden...

Venezuela opposition starts multi-pronged push to oust Maduro 09 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

The secretary general of the Democratic Unity Roundtable (MUD), Jesus "Chuo" Torrealba (L), and the president of the Venezuelan National Assembly, Henry Ramos...

New Portuguese president - whip hand and high stakes 09 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa greets photographers after winning the Portuguese presidential election. AFP By Axel Bugge LISBON: Portugal’s months-long political uncertainty enters a...

Syrian Kurds accuse insurgents of shelling district with chemical agents 09 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Young girls walk next to ruined houses and shops on March 8, 2016 during International Women's day in Cizre district. Residents of Cizre...

Canada plans significant increase to immigration in 2016 09 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

The government will admit 18,000 privately sponsored refugees this year, which is three times the level of previous years, Immigration Minister John McCallum...

UN, rights groups say EU-Turkey migrant deal may be illegal 09 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Migrants, who are waiting to cross the Greek-Macedonian border, fight between themselves at a makeshift camp near the village of Idomeni, Greece March...

WHO advises pregnant women not to travel to Zika oubreak areas 09 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Apregnant woman waiting to be attended at the Maternal and Children's Hospital in Tegucigalpa January 21, 2016. AFP Geneva: The World Health Organization...