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South Africa compensates 750 families for apartheid land loss 21 May 2016 - 06:54 pm

South African President Jacob Zuma on his recent visit to Qatar . The Peninsula / Salim Matramkot Johannesburg: Some 750 South African families...

Clinton's swelling war chest belies fundraising challenges 21 May 2016 - 06:42 pm

Hillary Clinton (file photo / AFP) By Zachary Mider Hillary Clinton started May with a big financial advantage over her likely rival in...

Twenty dead, 500,000 flee as Cyclone Roanu hits Bangladesh 21 May 2016 - 05:34 pm

Bangladeshi rescue workers search for survivors after Cyclone Roanu hit Chittagong on May 21, 2016. Cyclone Roanu struck the Bangladesh coast on May...

Apple CEO Cook meets Indian Prime Minister Modi in New Delhi 21 May 2016 - 05:23 pm

A handout photograph released by the Indian Press Information Bureau (PIB) shows Apple Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook, during a meeting with the...

Iraq: Border with Jordan to open soon, after year of closure 21 May 2016 - 05:06 pm

By KARIN LAUB AMMAN, Jordan: Iraq's border crossing with Jordan is expected to open in about two weeks, after an almost year-long closure,...

At least 60,000 dead in Syria regime prisons 21 May 2016 - 04:30 pm

Beirut: At least 60,000 people have died in Syrian government prisons over the past five years from torture or due to dire humanitarian...

Burundi talks resume without opposition 21 May 2016 - 04:17 pm

Arusha, Tanzania: Peace talks aimed at solving Burundi's year-long crisis resumed on Saturday in Tanzania, but with the opposition barred from the meeting,...

Filipino Muslims ask Duterte to pardon wrongly accused 21 May 2016 - 04:07 pm

By Hader Glang ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines: Human rights advocates have called on Philippines President-elect Rodrigo Duterte to grant amnesty to hundreds of Moro...

Three troops killed by roadside bomb in Egypt’s Sinai 21 May 2016 - 03:56 pm

(R) the Egyptian army officer Rifaat Karim.Photo: Facebook By Mahmoud Gharib CAIRO: An Egyptian army officer and two soldiers were killed Saturday when...

Europe's neutral anomaly fetes 200 years beyond borders 21 May 2016 - 03:48 pm

By Alastair Macdonald KELMIS, Belgium:A small town in Belgium that spent a century living outside the map of Europe's great power system celebrates...

Kazakh police break up anti-government demonstrations 21 May 2016 - 03:12 pm

Riot police officers detain demonstrators during a protest against President Nursultan Nazarbayev's government and the land reform it has proposed, in Almaty, Kazakhstan,...

Iraq forces killed at least 2 protesters in Baghdad 21 May 2016 - 03:03 pm

Members of the Saraya al-Salam (Peace Brigades), a group formed by Iraqi Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, sit on the back of a...

Malaysian police nab 14 terror suspects for Islamic State links 21 May 2016 - 02:54 pm

By P Prem Kumar KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian security forces have detained 14 people suspected of links to Islamic State in a counter-terrorism operation,...

Lebanese charity says unfairly hit by U.S. anti-Hezbollah law 21 May 2016 - 02:30 pm

Women smoke Shisha's in Assaha restaurant, which is owned by the Mabarrat foundation, in Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon May 20, 2016. REUTERS/Jamal Saidi...

Foreign aid reaches flooded Sri Lankan capital, 71 dead 21 May 2016 - 02:28 pm

Sri Lankan navy medical staff attend to flood victims at a refugee camp in the Kolonnawa suburb of Colombo on May 21, 2016....

Brother of Brussels suicide bomber set for Rio Olympics 21 May 2016 - 02:16 pm

A picture made available on 20 May 2016 of Belgium's Mourad Laachraoui (C) during his men's -54kg category final against Spain's Jesus Tortosa...

Myanmar votes down ‘Rohingya’ citizenship verification 21 May 2016 - 02:06 pm

Photo: AFP By Kyaw Ye Lynn YANGON, Myanmar: Myanmar’s parliament has voted down a powerful nationalist ethnic party’s proposal for an urgent citizenship...