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Freedom icon Walesa snubs invite to meet Pope Francis 27 Jul 2016 - 04:41 pm

Lech Walesa (Reuters / File photo) Kraków, Poland: Poland's freedom icon Lech Walesa said Wednesday he would stay away from a meeting with...

France priest killer was 'Syria obsessed time-bomb' 27 Jul 2016 - 04:08 pm

People walk past the church Sainte Therese in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray near Rouen in Normandy, France, July 27, 2016 a day after a French priest,...

Turkey orders 47 newspaper journalists, executives detained 27 Jul 2016 - 04:02 pm

People stage a demonstration in support of Turkey and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Gostivar, Macedonia on July 26, 2016. (Besar Ademi...

Turkey was planning anti-Gulen army purge before coup: Minister 27 Jul 2016 - 03:46 pm

A Turkish national flag is seen on Eyup sultan mosque on July 26, 2016 in Eyup district in Istanbul, following the failed military...

Bahrain tries cleric for money laundering 27 Jul 2016 - 03:42 pm

A supporter holds photo of Bahrain's leading Shi'ite cleric Isa Qassim during a sit-in outside his home in the village of Diraz west...

Air France strike hits 13 percent of flights 27 Jul 2016 - 03:40 pm

Passengers stand at an Air France desk in Nice Cote D'Azur International airport on the first day of a strike by Air France...

Suicide bomber was former Somali MP: Shabaab 27 Jul 2016 - 11:06 am

Somali soldiers pass near the wreckage of a car bomb outside the UN's office in Mogadishu on July 26, 2016. At least 13...

Bill Clinton tells a love story to make his case for Hillary 27 Jul 2016 - 10:47 am

Former President Bill Clinton waves after his speech during the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. July 26, 2016. (REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson) By...

Deadly bombings hit northeastern Syria city, monitor, state TV say 27 Jul 2016 - 10:42 am

Smoke billows near Castello road leading to Bani Zeid during an operation by Syrian government forces to retake control of the rebel-held district...

US expands Central American refugee screening program 27 Jul 2016 - 12:15 am

Two migrants from Guatemala sleep on train tracks in Arriaga, Mexico in August 2014. Reuters/ Jorge Dan Lopez By Julia Edwards and Patricia...

Brazil's Rousseff, Lula to boycott Olympic opening ceremony 27 Jul 2016 - 12:12 am

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva celebrating his 70th birthday with grandson, wife Marisa Leticia, Dilma Rousseff and Sao Paulo's mayor Haddad in Sao...

Jordan deal with donors means legal work for Syria refugees 27 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

Syrian refugees stand at the Zaatari refugee camp located close to the northern Jordanian city of Mafraq near the border with Syria on...

Merkel faces hot summer over refugee stance after attacks 27 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

German chancellor Angela Merkel attends a press conference in Potsdam, eastern Germany on June 25, 2016. AFP Berlin: A rash of attacks in...

Turkish opposition warns govt about witch hunt 27 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

FILE PHOTO: Leader of Republican Peoples Party Kemal Kilicdaroglu speaks during the Republic and Democracy Meeting in Istanbul Turkey on July 24, 2016....

Post-Brexit immigration hot topic as May heads for Poland 27 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

British Prime Minister Theresa May Warsaw: The post-Brexit future of thousands of Poles in Britain will likely be at the top of the...

US 'must resist' Turkey extradition bid: Erdogan's foe 27 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

Fethullah Gulen. Reuters file photo New York: The reclusive cleric accused by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of orchestrating a failed coup, demanded...