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23 dead, 500,000 flee as Cyclone Roanu hits Bangladesh 22 May 2016 - 12:00 am

People take shelter at a camp during the cyclone Roanu in Chittagong, Bangladesh, 21 May 2016. At least 20 people are reported killed...

Obama departs on trip to Vietnam, Japan 22 May 2016 - 12:00 am

File picture of Barack Obama and Michelle Obama walking to their limousine at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland on March 25, 2016,...

UK “Remain” camp gains ground in EU poll, bookmakers lengthen Brexit odds 22 May 2016 - 12:00 am

Britain's former prime minister Gordon Brown delivers a speech as he campaigns for Britain to stay in the EU, in London, Britain, 21...

International concern mounts over Venezuela 22 May 2016 - 12:00 am

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro speaking during a meeting with ministers at the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas on May 13, 2016. AFP PHOTO...

US defense secretary apologizes after American charged in Japanese woman’s death 22 May 2016 - 12:00 am

US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter (R) escorts Qatar's Minister of State for Defense Affairs Dr. Khalid bin Mohammed al-Attiyah (L) through an...

Egyptian investigators say too soon for conclusions on EgyptAir crash 22 May 2016 - 12:00 am

Relatives and friends pray for Abdlmehsen al-Suhail, a Kuwaiti passenger of the EgyptAir plane that crashed in the Mediterranean, on May 21, 2016,...

Yemeni government to give peace talks “last chance”: Foreign Minister Abdel-Malek al-Mekhlafi on Twitter 22 May 2016 - 12:00 am

Yemeni Foreign Minister Abdel-Malek al-Mekhlafi wrote on Twitter on Saturday that the government delegation would give the talks “a last chance” after President...

EgyptAir jet sent smoke-alarm warnings before crash 22 May 2016 - 12:00 am

Mother of the late Yara Hani Faraq Tawfiq, an Egyptian cabin crew member who was on board EgyptAir's MS804 flight that went missing...

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...