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EXPERT VIEWS: How can the world improve the lives of women and girls by 2030? 15 May 2016 - 03:14 pm

A woman holds her child at a train station at a makeshift camp for refugees and migrants at the Greek-Macedonian border near the...

Lightning kills 59 people in three days in Bangladesh 15 May 2016 - 03:10 pm

Photo: AFP Dhaka: Lightning strikes have killed an unprecedented 59 people in Bangladesh in three days as tropical thunderstorms hit the country before...

South Korea: North's attack drill on presidential office off 15 May 2016 - 02:33 pm

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un provides field guidance to the Tree Nursery No. 122 of the KPA, successfully built as a gift...

Syrian Army bracing to retake Darayya 15 May 2016 - 02:25 pm

By Mohamed Misto DAMASCUS: Syrian regime forces on Saturday began operations aimed at retaking Darayya, a suburb located some 8 kilometers southwest of...

Western states back Nigeria against 'murderous' rebels 15 May 2016 - 02:01 pm

A picture made available on 15 MAy 2016 shows Niger's President Mahamadou Issoufou (L-R), French President Francois Hollande, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, Tchad's...

Crimean Tatar from Ukraine wins Eurovision Song Contest 15 May 2016 - 01:59 pm

Ukrainians hold a Crimean Tatar Flag as they celebrate the win of Jamala in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2016, in...

German police arrest 120 in anti-coal demonstrations 15 May 2016 - 12:22 pm

Environmental activists stand on tracks leading to the coal-fired power station Schwarze Pumpe belonging to Swedish state-owned energy giant Vattenfall, in Schwarze Pumpe,...

Sore Russian officials bash Ukraine Eurovision win 15 May 2016 - 12:20 pm

Ukraine's Jamala reacts on winning the Eurovision Song Contest final at the Ericsson Globe Arena in Stockholm, Sweden, 14 May 2016. There were...

Kerry holds Saudi talks ahead of Syria, Libya meetings 15 May 2016 - 12:16 pm

US Secretary of State John Kerry (R) gestures next to Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir during a meeting on Syria in Geneva, on...

Suicide bombing claimed by IS kills 25 Yemen police recruits: medics 15 May 2016 - 12:04 pm

A young Yemeni holds a gun nearby a tribesman, loyal to the Shiite Houthi rebels, during a gathering to show support to the...

N.Korea frees Russian yacht, crew detained 'by mistake': Russian media 15 May 2016 - 11:57 am

An unnamed Russian embassy official in Pyongyang told TASS news agency that a Russian yacht was detained by North Korean coastguards as it...

China says Pentagon report 'severely damaged' relations 15 May 2016 - 11:57 am

Beijing: China on Sunday accused the US of deliberately distorting the facts in a report on the Asian giant's defence policy, warning Washington...

Netanyahu questions French impartiality after UNESCO vote 15 May 2016 - 11:53 am

AFP/ File photo Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday he told the French foreign minister that Paris's support of a UNESCO...

South Korea's President names new chief of staff, reshuffles top aides 15 May 2016 - 11:47 am

South Korean President Park Geun-hye poses for a photo with the new floor leaders and top policymakers of South Korea's three major political...

Suicide bombing kills at least six recruits in Yemen - medics 15 May 2016 - 11:13 am

ADEN: A suicide bomber blew himself up in the southern Yemeni city of Mukalla on Sunday, killing at least six recruits as they...

Straight-talking Swamy takes aim at India's old elite 15 May 2016 - 11:01 am

File photo of right-wing leader Subramanian Swamy. AFP New Delhi: He's been called India's Donald Trump: a media-savvy right-wing populist who is unafraid...