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'Token' Belarussian MP hopes to give opposition a voice 18 Sep 2016 - 11:02 am

File photo of Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko at a news conference in Minsk. Reuters By Andrei Makhovsky MINSK: The election in Belarus of ...

C.Africa militia kills at least 20, several wounded 18 Sep 2016 - 10:48 am

Bangui, Central African Republic: Militia fighters in the Central African Republic have killed at least 20 people and wounded several more in attacks...

US-led forces strike Syrian troops, prompting emergency UN meeting 18 Sep 2016 - 10:34 am

Smoke rises over a damaged site as Civil Defence members try to put out a fire after an airstrike on al-Jalaa street in...

Norwegian, Indonesians, savour first day of freedom in Philippines 18 Sep 2016 - 10:23 am

Government Peace Adviser Jesus Dureza sits on the tarmac shortly after arriving at the airport in Jolo town in Sulu province on the...

Death toll in Pakistan suicide bombing rises to 36 18 Sep 2016 - 10:16 am

Pakistani mourners gather for the funeral prayers of victims of a sucide bombing in Bajaur Agency near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border on September 17,...

Pro-Putin party seen winning even greater sway in Russia's parliament 18 Sep 2016 - 09:49 am

People hold ballots at a polling station during a parliamentary election in Moscow, Russia, September 18, 2016. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin By Andrew Osborn MOSCOW:...

Saudi Ministry of Interior: Security patrol came under fire from unknown source 18 Sep 2016 - 09:39 am

Jeddah: Security Spokesman for the Saudi Ministry of Interior said that a security patrol which was performing routine function, in a Dammam district...

Merkel faces setback in Berlin vote due to migrant fears 18 Sep 2016 - 09:25 am

German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends news conference after the European Union summit- the first one since Britain voted to quit- in Bratislava, Slovakia,...

Australia offers condolences over air strike on Syrian troops 18 Sep 2016 - 09:01 am

File photo of people walking on rubble after an airstrike in Syria. Reuters By Harry Pearl SYDNEY: The Australian Department of Defence has...

Seventeen Indian soldiers, 4 militants killed in Kashmir attack 18 Sep 2016 - 08:48 am

File photo of Indian army soldiers in Uri. Reuters By Fayaz Bukhari SRINAGAR, India: Militants attacked an Indian army brigade headquarters near the...

New York City shaken by 'intentional' explosion, 29 injured 18 Sep 2016 - 08:43 am

New York City police and firefighters stand near the site of an explosion in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, New York, US September...

Egyptian jailed for 15 years for joining Islamic State 17 Sep 2016 - 06:48 pm

CAIRO: An Egyptian court slapped Saturday a suspect with a 15-year jail term for links with Islamic State group. The Cairo Criminal Court...

Bomb explodes in New Jersey before Marines charity 5K; no injuries 17 Sep 2016 - 06:41 pm

SEASIDE PARK, New Jersey: Authorities say a pipe bomb exploded in a Jersey Shore town shortly before thousands of runners were due to...

Iraq: 500 refugee families return to Fallujah 17 Sep 2016 - 06:35 pm

ANBAR, Iraq: Iraqi refugees have started to return to the western city of Fallujah, which was recaptured from the Daesh group in May....

Putin offers tacit support for 'pro-Russia' US candidate 17 Sep 2016 - 06:08 pm

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump appears at a campaign rally in Miami, Florida, US, September 16, 2016. (REUTERS/Mike Segar) Moscow: Russian President Vladimir...

20,000 refugee supporters march through London 17 Sep 2016 - 06:02 pm

Demonstrators take part in a march calling for the British parliament to welcome refugees in the UK in central London on September 17,...

Attack on US cop leaves two dead, including gunman 17 Sep 2016 - 05:33 pm

Washington: A series of shootings that began with an apparently unprovoked attack on a Philadelphia policewoman left two people dead and five injured,...

Pakistan court orders confiscation of Musharraf's property 17 Sep 2016 - 04:43 pm

Pervez Musharraf (Reuters / file photo) Islamabad: A Pakistani court trying former military ruler Pervez Musharraf over a deadly raid on Islamabad's radical...