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Bone fragment of murdered archbishop of Canterbury begins English pilgrimage 24 May 2016 - 08:49 am

Hungarian relic of Thomas Becket (C) is displayed during a ceremony at Westminster Cathedral in London, Britain May 23, 2016. REUTERS/Neil Hall LONDON:...

Akusztika Environmental Doha van launched 24 May 2016 - 12:35 am

Minister of Municipality and Environment H E Mohamed bin Abdullah Al Rumaihi (right) and Hungarian Ambassador Istvan Elter (centre) cut the ribbon to...

World leaders meet in Istanbul to fix “broken” aid system 24 May 2016 - 12:00 am

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (R) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) attend the World Humanitarian Summit, in Istanbul, Turkey, 23 May 2016....

New '$4 bn' fund launched to educate children hit by crises 24 May 2016 - 12:00 am

Children stand in their house during the ceasefire in Yemen capital Sanaa April 11, 2016. REUTERS / Khaled Abdullah Istanbul: Global organisations including...

Greece to intensify evacuation of squalid migrant border camp 24 May 2016 - 12:00 am

A child washes himself next to a watering hole in the refugees camp at the Greek-FYR of Macedonia border near the village of...

Egypt prosecutor seeks data on crashed plane from French counterpart 24 May 2016 - 12:00 am

This handout picture taken on May 22, 2016 and released by the French Navy (Marine Nationale) on May 23, 2016, shows French soliders...

Bahrain not allowing activist's toddler out of jail: rights group 24 May 2016 - 12:00 am

Shiite mother Zainab al-Khawaja was jailed in March after being convicted of insulting the country's King Hamad by ripping a photograph of him,...

EU to train Libyan coast guard to fight migrant smuggling 24 May 2016 - 12:00 am

Illegal migrants who attempted to sail to Europe sit in a boat returning them to Libya as it is docked, after their boat...

Mansour death deals blow to Afghan peace prospects: Experts 24 May 2016 - 12:00 am

A man reads a newspaper containing news about Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour at a stall in Peshawar, Pakistan, May 23, 2016....

Analysis: Who do you think you are kidding, Mr Johnson? 24 May 2016 - 12:00 am

British Member of Parliament and former London Mayor Boris Johnson arrives in Uxbridge in West London during a visit to Uxbridge Libray, West...

US lifts arms ban on old foe Vietnam as China tensions simmer 24 May 2016 - 12:00 am

US President Barack Obama (C) shakes hands with local residents as he leaves a restaurant which serves bun cha - a traditional Vietnamese...

Russia summons US attache over plane incident 24 May 2016 - 12:00 am

Moscow: Russian said on Monday it had summoned a US defence attache, claiming an American military aircraft had carried out a reconnaissance mission...

Maldives ex-president says granted UK refugee status 24 May 2016 - 12:00 am

Mohamed Nasheed gestures at a political march around the island in Male, October 18, 2013. Reuters / Dinuka Liyanawatte London: Mohamed Nasheed, the...

UN urges 'safe corridors' for Iraqi civilians in Fallujah 24 May 2016 - 12:00 am

Stephane Dujarric United Nations, United States: The United Nations called Monday for "safe corridors" to be set up to allow Iraqi civilians to...

French Mideast initiative doomed without US support: expert 23 May 2016 - 06:48 pm

Hussein Ibish Washington: Next month France will host the latest diplomatic attempt to salvage the moribund Israel-Palestinian peace process but, according to scholar...

Italy arrests 10 mafia suspects in football match-fixing probe 23 May 2016 - 06:41 pm

Deputy prosecutor of the National Antimafia Directorate Maria Vittoria de Simone (L) and the prosecutor DDA in Naples, Filippo Beatrice (C), speak at...