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Polish minister says looking for solutions to constitutional row 25 May 2016 - 10:11 am

Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo (R) attends a meeting with European Commission Vice-President Frans Timmermans on May 24, 2016 in Warsaw. AFP /...

Afghan Taliban appoint new leader after deadly drone strike 25 May 2016 - 09:57 am

Kabul: The Afghan Taliban on Wednesday announced Haibatullah Akhundzada as their new chief, elevating a low-profile religious figure after officially confirming the death...

Strike-hit France smashes blockades as fuel runs dry 25 May 2016 - 09:55 am

Riot police prepare to intervene to disperse refinery worker holding a blockade of the oil depot of Douchy-Les-Mines to protest against the government's...

Young Vietnamese quiz Obama on rap and good looks 25 May 2016 - 09:50 am

US President Barack Obama (C) walks on stage to meet Vietnamese youths, members of the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) program at...

Israeli rights group gives up on army complaints system 25 May 2016 - 09:29 am

Jerusalem: A leading Israeli human rights group announced Wednesday it was giving up taking complaints over soldiers' conduct to the military, after years...

Vietnamese dissident a reluctant tourist during Obama visit 25 May 2016 - 09:20 am

Nguyen Quang A watches TV at his home in Hanoi, Vietnam, April 19, 2016. Reuters/Kham By Martin Petty HANOI: Vietnamese dissident Nguyen Quang...

Anti-Trump protesters hurl rocks as Trump wins Washington primary 25 May 2016 - 09:09 am

Police remove protesters during a rally by Republican US presidential candidate Donald Trump and his supporters in Albuquerque, New Mexico, US, May 24,...

Yemen peace talks "closer" to agreement: UN envoy 25 May 2016 - 09:00 am

UN Secretary-General Special Envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed opens with delegations from Sanaa at the Yemen peace talks in Switzerland December 15, 2015....

Suicide bomber kills 10 near Afghan capital: interior ministry 25 May 2016 - 08:58 am

Kabul: Ten people were killed in Afghanistan Wednesday when a suicide bomber on foot detonated his explosives, striking a vehicle carrying court employees...

Auctioneer Christie’s fined for putting undocumented ivory on sale 25 May 2016 - 12:00 am

Representative image. Reuters LONDON: Auctioneer Christie’s has been fined 3,250 pounds ($4,750) for selling elephant ivory without the correct documentation, London police said...

Cosby accuser was ‘paralyzed’ by pills during assault: detective 25 May 2016 - 12:00 am

Bill Cosby arrives at the Montgomery County Courthouse for a preliminary hearing, Tuesday, May 24, 2016, in Norristown, Pennsylvania. REUTERS/Matt Rourke/POOL By Joseph...

New Turkish cabinet reflects Erdogan’s growing power 25 May 2016 - 12:00 am

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim gestures as he presents Turkey?s 65th government's program to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) in Ankara,...

DNA samples taken as searchers hunt for EgyptAir plane 25 May 2016 - 12:00 am

Relatives of Egyptian passangers on EgyptAir's MS804 flight that went missing at sea, pray during a funeral service, at Saints Peter and Paul...

New refugees arrive to Spain from Greece 25 May 2016 - 12:00 am

Children walk at the Moria detention camp for migrants and refugees at the island of Lesbos on May 24, 2016. AFP / STR...

Doping: Beijing medals at risk for Russia after positive re-tests 25 May 2016 - 12:00 am

A view through a fence, decorated with the Olympic rings, shows a building of the federal state budgetary institution "Federal scientific centre of...

'Disappointed' Ban urges more aid commitment from world leaders 25 May 2016 - 12:00 am

urkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) and United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (L) shake hands after atending a joint news conference at...

Dutch and Belgium police raid major drug factories 25 May 2016 - 12:00 am

This file photo taken on December 14, 2012 shows Francois Thierry, head of the French Central Office for the Suppression of Illicit Drugs...

French strike hits refinery output in labour reform showdown 25 May 2016 - 12:00 am

French gendarmes take position after striking workers blockaded roads near the oil refinery at Fos-sur-Mer, near Marseille, France, May 24, 2016 as France's...