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Chief Syria opposition negotiator quits over failed peace talks 30 May 2016 - 09:30 am

A file picture dated 15 April 2016 shows Mohammed Alloush, Chief negotiator for the main Syrian opposition body and rebel group Army of...

Fujimori says ready for presidency in final debate 30 May 2016 - 09:28 am

Peruvian presidential candidate for the Pupolar Force Party Keiko Fujimori gestures during the final electoral debate before elections in Lima, Peru, 29 May...

Israel charges Palestinian professor despite successful appeal 30 May 2016 - 08:58 am

Israeli security force member fires a tear gas canister towards Palestinian protesters in the occupied West Bank on March 30, 2016 (AFP Photo/Abbas...

Turkish shelling kills 28 Islamic State fighters north of Aleppo-TV 30 May 2016 - 08:48 am

File photo of a Turkish soldier standing guard is seen from the Syrian town of Khirbet Al-Joz at the Turkish-Syrian border, in Latakia....

Indian missiles, copters, subs - Anil Ambani's ambitious defense plan 30 May 2016 - 08:42 am

Anil Ambani, chairman of the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, poses for photographers before addressing the annual shareholders meeting in Mumbai August 27,...

Airstrikes kill 29 militants in Afghanistan 30 May 2016 - 08:39 am

File photo of UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters over Afghanistan. Lucas Jackson/Reuters Kabul: At least 29 militants were killed in separate airstrikes in northern Baghlan...

Iraqi forces enter IS-bastion Fallujah: commanders 30 May 2016 - 08:33 am

Baghdad: Iraqi forces entered the Islamic State group bastion of Fallujah from three directions on Monday in a new phase of the operation...

Iraq Kurds launch offensive east of Mosul 30 May 2016 - 12:00 am

Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighters fire an anti-tank cannon on the front line near Hasan Sham village, some 45 kilometres east of the city...

Hollande, Merkel call for European unity at Verdun centenary 30 May 2016 - 12:00 am

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) delivers a speech near French President Francois Hollande (L) in the Douaumont's Ossuary during a centenary of the...

Restoration work starts at Jerusalem's Holy Sepulchre shrine 30 May 2016 - 12:00 am

Israeli police officers come out of the Tomb of Jesus as they pass under a metal scaffolding built at the entrance ahead of...

Iran orders social media sites to store data inside country 30 May 2016 - 12:00 am

Representative image. AFP Thomas Coex DUBAI: Iran has given foreign messaging apps a year to move data they hold about Iranian users onto...

UN concerned about rising political tensions in Cambodia 30 May 2016 - 12:00 am

Mao Hoeun (C-L), Chay Sarith (C-R), two Cambodian men suspected of attacking opposition lawmakers Kong Saphea and Nhay Chamroeun, walk while guarded by...

Mexican soccer player, striker for Olympiakos, kidnapped 30 May 2016 - 12:00 am

This file photo taken on April 26, 2014 shows Tigre's Alan Pulido celebrating after scoring against Atlas during their 2014 Mexican Clausura tournament...

Bonnie weakens to tropical depression in South Carolina 30 May 2016 - 12:00 am

At 11 am (1500 GMT), Bonnie was about 30 miles (50 kilometers) northeast of Charleston, South Carolina, with maximum sustained winds of 35...

Uganda angered at claim of halt to North Korea military ties 30 May 2016 - 12:00 am

South Korean President Park Geun-hye (2-R) speaks to Koreans living in Uganda's capital city during a meeting in Kampala, Uganda, 28 May 2016....

Five UN soldiers killed in central Mali attack 30 May 2016 - 12:00 am

United Nationssoldiers patrol in the northern Malian city of Kidal on July 27, 2013. AFP / Kenzo Tribouillard BAMAKO: Five United Nations peacekeepers...

Turkey marks Constantinople "conquest" 30 May 2016 - 12:00 am

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) and his wife Emine (L) greet supporters during a rally marking the 563rd anniversary of the conquest...

Pope gives awards to Richard Gere, George Clooney and Salma Hayek 30 May 2016 - 12:00 am

US actor George Clooney and his wife Amal Alamuddin at a meeting with the Scholas Occurrentes, an educational organization founded by Pope Francis,...