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Merkel urges Turks not to bring conflicts to Germany 28 Aug 2016 - 06:46 pm

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) is surrounded by visitors during the German government's open day at the Chancellery in Berlin on August 28,...

Gabon opposition candidate says he has been elected president 28 Aug 2016 - 05:05 pm

A man shows a ballot paper during a counting in a polling station at the Montagne sainte neighborhood in Libreville on August 27,...

Libyan forces push into last IS-held areas of Sirte 28 Aug 2016 - 04:02 pm

Members of the forces loyal to Libya's UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) walk toward their position in the coastal city of Sirte,...

Uzbek president Karimov taken to hospital -government 28 Aug 2016 - 04:00 pm

Uzbekistan's President Islam Karimov makes a statement at the Kremlin in Moscow, April 15, 2013. (REUTERS/Grigory Dukor/File Photo) ALMATY: Uzbek President Islam Karimov...

Philippines: 21 Abu Sayyaf killed in past five days 28 Aug 2016 - 02:45 pm

Philippine soldiers carry a body bag containing the body of a member of militant group Abu Sayyaf after their armed encounter at the...

Iraq: 5 soldiers killed in Islamic State attack in Anbar 28 Aug 2016 - 02:35 pm

Iraqis mourn over a coffin during the funeral of members from the Iraqi government forces from the Popular Mobilization units who were killed...

12 killed in Egypt car crash 28 Aug 2016 - 02:25 pm

CAIRO: At least 12 people were killed in a deadly car crash in southern Egypt on Sunday, according to a medical source. A...

Turkish army says 25 Kurdish killed in Syria strikes: state media 28 Aug 2016 - 02:12 pm

Istanbul: The Turkish army on Sunday said it had killed 25 Kurdish in air strikes on Syria as part of its unprecedented operation...

Bangladesh police identify dead militants linked to Dhaka cafe attack 28 Aug 2016 - 01:58 pm

Bangladesh policemen escort the bodies of suspected militants following an operation to storm a militant hideout in Narayanganj, some 25 kms south of...

Singapore says 40 more locally transmitted Zika cases 28 Aug 2016 - 01:45 pm

(FILES) This photograph taken in Singapore on April 5, 2016 shows a worker fumigating an area against mosquitoes which carry the dengue virus...

Shoddy home renovations may have contributed to Italy quake toll 28 Aug 2016 - 12:41 pm

Firefighters remove a painting from rubble of a damaged house in San Lorenzo, near the Italian village of Amatrice, on August 27, 2016,...

Half of Germans against Merkel serving fourth term -poll 28 Aug 2016 - 12:35 pm

German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks during the news conference in Warsaw, Poland, August 26, 2016. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel's domestic...

Iraq asks Saudi Arabia to replace Saudi ambassador -Iraqi state TV 28 Aug 2016 - 12:31 pm

BAGHDAD: Iraq's foreign ministry has asked Saudi Arabia to replace its ambassador in Baghdad, Thamer al-Sabhan, Iraqi state TV said on Sunday. Iraqi...

Turkish army pounds north Syria, monitor says 20 civilians killed 28 Aug 2016 - 12:27 pm

Smoke rises after after members of Free Syrian Army (FSA) detonate Daesh mines in Jarabulus district of Aleppo, Syria after taking control of...

South Africa finance minister to be charged for graft: Newspaper 28 Aug 2016 - 10:26 am

South African Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan reacts during a media briefing in Sandton near Johannesburg March 14, 2016. (REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo) JOHANNESBURG: South...

Haj visas forged by international crime syndicate 28 Aug 2016 - 09:49 am

Riyadh: The Ministry of Haj and Umrah of Saudi Arabia discovered that an international ring has forged Haj visas for the current year,...

Venezuela sends opposition leader back to jail, expels Ecuadoran lawmakers 28 Aug 2016 - 09:45 am

Supporters of Venenzuelan president Nicolas Maduro hold a portrait of late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez during a rally in Caracas on August 27,...