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British opposition Labour health policy chief resigns after Brexit vote 26 Jun 2016 - 10:44 am

Heidi Alexander. Photo credit: Twitter LONDON: The health policy chief of Britain’s Labour Party resigned on Sunday, saying the country needed a credible...

Top Taliban commander killed in northern Afghanistan airstrike 26 Jun 2016 - 10:31 am

Kabul: A top commander of the Taliban group was killed in an airstrike together with his six fighters in northern Kunduz province of...

Bus fire kills 30 in central China: Xinhua 26 Jun 2016 - 10:30 am

Beijing: At least 30 people were killed when a large bus burst into flames after crashing into the side of a road in...

Russian, regime raids killed 82 in IS-held east Syria: new toll 26 Jun 2016 - 10:22 am

Russian warplanes have been carrying out an air war in Syria since September 2015. AFP File Photo Beirut: At least 82 people including...

Polls open in Spain repeat elections 26 Jun 2016 - 10:09 am

A voter casts his ballot in Spain's general election in Pozuelo de Alarcon, near Madrid, Spain, June 26, 2016. REUTERS/Susana Vera Madrid: Polls...

Student killed in attack at Papua New Guinea university 26 Jun 2016 - 09:48 am

File photo of heavily-armed Papua New Guinea police as they prevent students from leaving the University of Papua New Guinea in Port Moresby,...

Far-left Podemos coalition scores big in Spain vote: exit poll 26 Jun 2016 - 09:30 am

Policy secretary of left-wing party Podemos Inigo Errejon (L) watches Leader of left wing party Podemos and party candidate, Pablo Iglesias, (C) vote...

Chinese ship to inaugurate wider Panama Canal 26 Jun 2016 - 09:21 am

A cargo ship named Cosco Houston, navigates through Cocoli locks during a test of the new set of locks of thePanama Canal expansion...

Bullet scars as Uganda remembers Israel's Entebbe raid 26 Jun 2016 - 08:42 am

(L to R) Eyal Oren, Shlomo Carmel, Jaffer Amin, Amjon Peled, Alex Davidi, unidentified, and Amir Ofer, members of the former Israeli Commandos...

Europe demands prompt divorce from divided Britain 26 Jun 2016 - 08:35 am

(L to R) Foreign ministers of Luxemborg Jean Asselborn, Italy Paolo Gentiloni, Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Belgium Didier Reynders, France Jean-Marc Ayrault and Netherlands...

Iran says five rebels killed in Kurdish region 26 Jun 2016 - 08:18 am

Tehran: Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards said it killed five armed rebels in recent clashes along its border with Iraqi Kurdistan, state media reported. ...

'Silver tsunami' threatens to wipe out S. Korean rural communities 26 Jun 2016 - 08:12 am

In a photo taken on May 27, 2016 an elderly woman walks past a poster at a health centre in Gunwi, Seoul. AFP...

Australia PM says re-elect us to counter Brexit chaos 26 Jun 2016 - 08:10 am

Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull after addressing the Coalition Campaign launch in Sydney on June 26, 2016. AFP / SAEED KHAN Sydney: Australia's prime...

‘Brexit’ threatens to undermine US-Britain special relationship 26 Jun 2016 - 01:22 am

By Matt Spetalnick and Yara Bayoumy Britain’s decision to quit the European Union could send damaging shockwaves through the bedrock Anglo-American “special relationship,”...

New York Times fashion photographer Bill Cunningham dies at 87 26 Jun 2016 - 12:51 am

New York Times photographer Bill Cunningham crosses the street after taking photos during New York Fashion Week in the Manhattan borough of New...

Merkel sees no need to rush Britain into quick EU divorce 26 Jun 2016 - 12:17 am

German chancellor Angela Merkel attends a press conference in Potsdam, eastern Germany, on June 25, 2016. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that Britain's...

Iceland elects president in vote eclipsed by football fever 26 Jun 2016 - 12:13 am

Presidential candidate Gudni Johannesson casts his ballot at a polling station in Reykjavik, on June 25, 2016. Iceland began voting in a presidential...