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Cooler weather expected to help firefighters battle Canada blaze 19 May 2016 - 12:09 pm

The devastated neighbourhood of Abasand is shown after being ravaged by a wildfire in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, in this May 13, 2016...

Egypt, France exchange condolences over vanished EgyptAir plane 19 May 2016 - 11:54 am

Passengers walk at Cairo airport on May 19, 2016. An EgyptAir flight from Paris with 66 people on board vanished from radar screens...

Apple will open India office to develop its Maps feature 19 May 2016 - 11:29 am

Apple Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook (L) leaves the city hotel in Mumbai, on the first day of his visit to India, 18...

NATO finalises build-up details to counter Russia 19 May 2016 - 11:26 am

Brussels: NATO foreign ministers meet Thursday to finalise the alliance's biggest military build-up since the end of the Cold War to counter what...

EgyptAir plane crashed off Greek island of Karpathos in Egyptian airspace: Greek civil aviation source 19 May 2016 - 11:19 am

Unidentified relatives and friends of passengers who were flying in an EgyptAir plane that vanished from radar en route from Paris to Cairo...

Human remains found near site where Mexico students went missing 19 May 2016 - 11:13 am

Relatives of the 43 missing students of the Ayotzinapa teacher training college march before receiving the final report on the disappearance of their...

Egypt prime minister says cannot rule out terrorism behind vanished plane 19 May 2016 - 10:55 am

A French officer of the Police aux Frontieres (PAF - Borders Police) stands guard at Roissy Charles de Gaule airport near Paris, France,...

Egypt’s aviation ministry says too early to confirm plane crashed 19 May 2016 - 10:38 am

Families of passengers who were flying in an EgyptAir plane that vanished from radar en route from Paris to Cairo react as they...

French PM urges 'harsh' punishment over anti-police violence 19 May 2016 - 10:35 am

Protesters clash with police inside a car during a demonstration, that had been banned, against police violence in the context of ongoing protests...

Pakistan in rare extradition of double murder suspect to UK 19 May 2016 - 10:22 am

Islamabad: Pakistan has extradited a man charged by British police with a double murder in a rare handover between the two countries, officials...

Congo’s president shows would-be successor who is in charge 19 May 2016 - 10:06 am

Congo President Joseph Kabila delivers his remarks during the opening ceremony of the Paris Agreement signing ceremony on climate change at the United...

US B-52 bomber crashes on Guam 19 May 2016 - 10:01 am

This handout photo from KUAM News taken on May 19, 2016 shows a US B-52 bomber just after it crashed at Andersen Air...

Media freedom still distant goal in Sudan: top editor 19 May 2016 - 09:59 am

AFP/ File photo Khartoum: The message is clear for Sudanese editor Osman Mirgani whose newspaper resumed printing last week after a five-month ban:...

Atomic bomb survivors: Obama apology nice, but priority is disarmament 19 May 2016 - 09:58 am

TOKYO: Japanese atomic bomb survivors say an apology from President Barack Obama for the U.S. bombing of Hiroshima would be welcome, but their...

India’s ruling BJP wins power in northeast, expands influence 19 May 2016 - 09:47 am

Election officials count votes in the West Bengal Assembly elections, at a counting centre in Kolkata, India May 19, 2016. REUTERS/RUPAK DE CHOWDHURI...

Egyptian armed forces received distress signal from missing EgyptAir plane 19 May 2016 - 09:44 am

An EgyptAir aircraft prepares to land at Cairo Airport, Egypt May 19, 2016. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh CAIRO: Rescue services from the Egyptian armed...

Taiwan's Ma sees unlikely comedy farewell video go viral 19 May 2016 - 09:37 am

File photo of Taiwan's outgoing president Ma Ying-jeou. Taipei: Slammed by critics for his lack of charisma, Taiwan's unpopular outgoing president Ma Ying-jeou...

Syrian regime, allies seize town near Damascus from rebels 19 May 2016 - 09:35 am

BEIRUT: Syrian government forces and allies including Lebanese Hezbollah fighters seized a strategic town southeast of Damascus from insurgents on Thursday, a monitoring...