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Record heat sparks warnings, boosts fires in western United States 19 Jun 2016 - 05:51 pm

Members of the elite Dalton Hotshots crew hike back to their truck at the end of a shift, June 18, 2016 at the...

IS tries to break siege in Libya's Sirte 19 Jun 2016 - 05:45 pm

A member of the security team walks past the remains of a burnt car after a suicide car bomber hit a Libyan police...

Regime airstrikes kill 10 in Syria's Raqqa 19 Jun 2016 - 05:00 pm

RAQQA: At least 10 people were killed in regime airstrikes in the northern Syrian city of Raqqa on Sunday, according to local sources....

Iraq faces humanitarian disaster after Fallujah breakthrough 19 Jun 2016 - 04:57 pm

Displaced Iraqis from the embattled city of Fallujah tip over an empty water container at a camp suffering from water and food shortages...

Bulgaria puts Sofia airport tender on hold 19 Jun 2016 - 04:35 pm

SOFIA: Bulgaria has put a tender to operate Sofia airport on hold after a consortium that built a runway at one of the...

Angry Assange starts 5th year cooped in Ecuadoran embassy in London 19 Jun 2016 - 04:31 pm

Julian Assange (file photo) London: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange started his fifth year camped out in the Ecuadoran embassy in London on Sunday,...

Polls show Spain's left-wing bloc could clinch majority 19 Jun 2016 - 04:16 pm

A combination of file photos shows leader of the Popular Party (PP) and Spain's caretaker Prime Minister and party candidate, Mariano Rajoy (L)...

Who will replace Rajan? India searches for Central Bank chief 19 Jun 2016 - 04:10 pm

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan is seen in a TV camera's viewfinder as he attends a news conference after the...

3 Ukrainian soldiers killed in separatist east 19 Jun 2016 - 02:30 pm

Kiev: Three Ukrainian soldiers have been killed and another injured in fresh clashes between pro-Russian rebels and government forces in the country's separatist...

30,000 displaced from Iraq's Fallujah in 3 days: NGO 19 Jun 2016 - 01:35 pm

Displaced Iraqis from the embattled city of Fallujah wait for water to be delivered at a camp suffering from water and food shortages...

Turkish border guards fire on fleeing Syrians, 8 dead: monitor 19 Jun 2016 - 01:13 pm

File photo/ For representation only Beirut: Eight displaced Syrians, including four children, were killed by Turkish border guards while trying to flee their...

6.6 magnitude earthquake hits off Vanuatu 19 Jun 2016 - 01:10 pm

Sydney: A 6.6 magnitude earthquake struck off the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu on Sunday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said. There...

Chinese villagers protest after police detain elected leader 19 Jun 2016 - 12:52 pm

Lin Zuluan talks to journalists after being elected as village chief in Wukan village, Guangdong province March 31, 2014. REUTERS/Alex Lee/File photo BEIJING:...

Trump says Britain should leave EU: Interview 19 Jun 2016 - 12:47 pm

LONDON: Donald Trump told Britons on Sunday he supported Brexit, repeating just days before the vote on June 23 that he thinks the...

Poles want to stay in UK regardless of "Brexit": survey 19 Jun 2016 - 12:40 pm

Warsaw: Eighty percent of the estimated 800,000 Poles living in Britain want to stay there even if it leaves the EU, while just...

Turkish army destroys Islamic State targets in Syria's north 19 Jun 2016 - 12:35 pm

By Seyit Ahmet Aytac ANKARA: Turkish army howitzers have destroyed six Islamic State targets in northern Syria, military sources said Sunday. Speaking on...

ANALYSIS - Election victory seen to restore faith in Malaysia PM 19 Jun 2016 - 12:31 pm

Supporters of United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) candidate Budiman Mohamad Zohdi hold party branded umbrellas outside a polling station during a by-election in...

Israeli troops arrest 11 Palestinians in West Bank 19 Jun 2016 - 12:15 pm

AFP/ File photo Ramallah: Israeli occupation troops early Sunday arrested11 Palestinians from different parts in the West Bank. The Palestinian Prisoner Club said...