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Italian city on Swiss border to set up camp for blocked migrants 18 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

Migrants will be provided with legal aid on Italy’s asylum process at the camp, Corda said. Under European Union law, migrants must seek...

Refugee team mural unveiled in Rio 18 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

Brazilian artist Marcelo Eco works on a mural depicting indigenous people in protest against the construction of hydroelectric power plants in the Amazon...

Fire on ferry off Puerto Rico; over 500 rescued 18 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

A passenger ferry with hundreds of passengers has caught fire off Puerto Rico and the U.S. Coast Guard and local crews were rescuing...

Brazil orders US swimmers' passports seized, doubts 'mugging' 18 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

Ryan Lochte (USA) and Michael Phelps (USA) with their gold medals after the men's 4x200m freestyle relay final in the Rio 2016 Summer...

Oscar-nominated director Arthur Hiller dies 18 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

Los Angeles: Oscar-nominated director and former Academy president Arthur Hiller died on Wednesday in Los Angeles of natural causes. He was 92. The...

July was Earth's hottest month in modern times 17 Aug 2016 - 06:29 pm

"The globally averaged temperature over land and ocean surfaces for July 2016 was the highest for both the month of July and for...

Trump campaign chief Manafort: Dark knight of lobbyists 17 Aug 2016 - 04:45 pm

Paul Manafort (AFP / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / CHIP SOMODEVILLA) New York: Paul Manafort, Donald Trump's campaign chairman thrust into the headlines...

Three killed in shipping collision in Turkey's Bosphorus 17 Aug 2016 - 03:39 pm

A Turkish flag is pictured on a boat with the Bosphorus bridge in the background in Istanbul, Turkey, August 6, 2016. (REUTERS/Osman Orsal) ...

Zimbabwe police break up anti-Mugabe protest 17 Aug 2016 - 03:35 pm

Zimbabwe's main opposition Movement For Democratic Change (MDC) supporters march against what they say is the mishandling of the economy by President Robert...

Philippines' Duterte says he's willing to face probe into drug killings 17 Aug 2016 - 01:05 pm

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte (C) arrives at a military camp in the town of Jolo, Sulu province, in the southern island of Mindanao...

Trump shakes up senior campaign staff: reports 17 Aug 2016 - 12:59 pm

Republican U.S. presidential nominee Donald Trump holds a campaign rally at the ?Ziegler Building at the Washington County Fair Park & Conference Center...

Italy rules out burkini ban, wants home-trained imam 17 Aug 2016 - 11:44 am

Tunisian women wearing a burkini at Ghar El Melh beach near Bizerte, north-east of the capital Tunis, on August 16, 2016 . (AFP...

Baby girl born mid-air on flight to Philippines 17 Aug 2016 - 11:42 am

New Delhi: A woman gave birth to a premature but healthy baby girl mid-flight while travelling from the United Arab Emirates to the...

Turkey set to release 38,000 prisoners, makes space in jails after coup 17 Aug 2016 - 10:44 am

(Reuters) By Daren Butler ISTANBUL: Turkey will release some 38,000 prisoners under a penal reform announced on Wednesday as the arrests of tens...

Radical UK preacher Anjem Choudary faces jail 17 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

Anjem Choudary leaves London Central Mosque after speaking at a rally calling for British Muslims not to vote as part of the Stay...

Singapore arrests two over Pokemon Go fight 17 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

A woman playing Pokemon Go (AFP/File photo) Singapore: Two Singaporean men have been arrested after getting into a fight triggered by the hugely...

Turkey court shuts down pro-Kurdish newspaper 17 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

A journalist of pro-Kurdish Ozgur Gundem gives an interview to a German TV channel. (REUTERS/Murad Sezer/filephoto) Ankara: A Turkish court on Tuesday ordered...