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Venezuela sends opposition leader back to jail, expels Ecuadoran lawmakers 28 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

Former mayor Daniel Ceballos (C) looks out from a window next to his wife Patricia Ceballos, mayor of San Cristobal and their children...

Daraya under govt control after last rebels evacuated: Syria army 27 Aug 2016 - 06:55 pm

Syrian government troops are seen reflected on the window of a bus carrying people as part of an evacuation from the town of...

Traffic chaos as truck hits, collapses bridge on UK highway 27 Aug 2016 - 06:50 pm

Source: Twitter @MikeyKayNYC LONDON: Witnesses and British emergency services say a truck has struck an overpass and collapsed a pedestrian bridge onto one...

U.N. Syria envoy presses for speedy Aleppo aid delivery 27 Aug 2016 - 06:09 pm

Men inspect a damaged site after double airstrikes on the rebel held Bab al-Nairab neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria, August 27, 2016. REUTERS/Abdalrhman Ismail ...

Obama presses Congress for Zika funding as worries grow 27 Aug 2016 - 05:36 pm

US President Barack Obama arrives at The White House on August 26, 2016 in Washington DC. Obama visited wounded service members at Walter...

Turkey army, Kurd-backed forces clash in north Syria 27 Aug 2016 - 05:08 pm

Turkish military tanks are seen at the Karkamis district of Turkey's Gaziantep during the "Operation Euphrates Shield" on August 25, 2016. Ensar Özdemir...

Barrel bombs kill at least 15 civilians in Syria's Aleppo: monitor 27 Aug 2016 - 03:49 pm

Syrian rescue workers search for victims through the rubble of a building destroyed during a reported barrel bomb attack in a rebel-held neighbourhood...

Italy's quake survivors fear family villages will become ghost towns 27 Aug 2016 - 03:43 pm

A damaged car is seen after a strong earthquake hit Pescara del Tronto, Italy on August 25, 2016. Alessio Paduano - AA SANT'ANGELO,...

4 Chad troops killed by 'Boko Haram mine' 27 Aug 2016 - 03:30 pm

N'Djamena: Four Chadian soldiers have been killed after a mine planted by Boko Haram Islamists destroyed their vehicle, a security source said on...

Australian burkini designer tells France respect women 27 Aug 2016 - 02:49 pm

Aheda Zanetti (L), designer of the Burkini swimsuit, adjusts one of the swimsuits on model Salwa Elrashid at her fashion store in Sydney,...

'UK boy' seen in new Islamic State execution footage 27 Aug 2016 - 02:38 pm

LONDON: A new propaganda video released by Islamic State depicts five boys, one of them apparently British, executing Kurdish prisoners. The children, who...

Evacuation of Daraya begins in deal to end siege 27 Aug 2016 - 02:29 pm

People gather before being evacuated from the besieged Damascus suburb of Daraya, after an agreement reached on Thursday between rebels and Syria's army,...

22 Islamic State members killed in northern Iraq 27 Aug 2016 - 02:19 pm

A fighter from the Islamic State, formerly known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), mans an anti-aircraft gun mounted...

Italy weeps for earthquake dead 27 Aug 2016 - 02:12 pm

Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi (L) and his wife Agnese (C) react during a funeral service for victims of the earthquake, at a...

Free Syrian Army clears mines from former Islamic State city 27 Aug 2016 - 01:29 pm

Members of Free Syrian Army (FSA) stand guard in Jarabulus district of Aleppo, Syria after taking control of the district's centrum from Daesh...

Turkey allows policewomen to wear Islamic headscarf 27 Aug 2016 - 01:24 pm

Istanbul: Turkey has for the first time allowed policewomen to wear the Islamic headscarf as part of their uniform, according to a ruling...

At least 16 dead in Moscow warehouse fire: ministry 27 Aug 2016 - 01:16 pm

Moscow: At least 16 migrant workers died in a fire that broke out at a Moscow warehouse on Saturday morning, Russian authorities said....

Turkey sends more tanks into Syria after IS-held town capture 27 Aug 2016 - 12:24 pm

Turkish military tanks are seen at the Karkamis district of Turkey's Gaziantep during the "Operation Euphrates Shield" on August 25, 2016. (Ensar Özdemir...