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Brazil's Rousseff suspended to face impeachment trial 12 May 2016 - 12:43 pm

Brazil's General Attorney Jose Eduardo Cardozo speaks to Senators during a voting session on the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff in Brasilia, Brazil,...

Ukrainian MPs clear path for Poroshenko ally to become top prosecutor 12 May 2016 - 12:41 pm

Member of parliament Ihor Kononenko (L) speaks to his counterpart Yuriy Lutsenko during a session of parliament in Kiev, Ukraine, February 4, 2016....

Turkey says it has met EU visa deal criteria, delay unacceptable 12 May 2016 - 12:37 pm

European Union (L) and Turkish flags fly outside a hotel in Istanbul, Turkey May 4, 2016. REUTERS/Murad Sezer By Ece Toksabay ANKARA: Turkey...

Islamic State bombs kill two near Baghdad one day after major attacks 12 May 2016 - 12:30 pm

BAGHDAD: Two suicide bombings claimed by Islamic State in a town near Baghdad killed two policemen and wounded eight others on Thursday, police...

Turkey recalls Bangladesh ambassador after Islamist leader hanged 12 May 2016 - 12:25 pm

File photo of Moulana Motiur Rahman Nizami, chief of the Jamaat-e-Islami, Bangladesh's biggest Islamic Political Party and an alliance of the ruling Bangladesh...

Trump, Republican leaders aim to make peace in Washington 12 May 2016 - 12:25 pm

A supporter of Republican US presidential candidate Donald Trump wearing a "Trump for President '16" t-shirt listens to the candidate speak at a...

Qaeda suicide bombers kill 13 troops near Yemen's Mukalla 12 May 2016 - 11:53 am

File photo of a Yemeni man visiting the graves of a relative killed during clashes in Taez, April 8 2016. AFP Aden: Al-Qaeda...

Suicide attacks kill two west of Baghdad following bloody day 12 May 2016 - 11:34 am

BAGHDAD: Two suicide bombers attacked a police station west of Baghdad on Thursday, leaving two security personnel dead and eight others wounded, police...

India passes bankruptcy law in long-awaited reform 12 May 2016 - 11:12 am

New Delhi: India has overhauled its archaic bankruptcy laws in a key reform that will make it vastly easier to wind down companies...

Cricketer in Bangladesh beaten to death with stump 12 May 2016 - 10:55 am

Dhaka: A teenage cricketer in Bangladesh was allegedly killed by a stump-wielding batsman after he taunted the umpire over a no-ball delivery, police...

Syria's besieged Daraya to get first aid since 2012: Red Cross 12 May 2016 - 10:19 am

AFP/ File photo Beirut: Aid agencies are to deliver relief supplies to the besieged Syrian rebel-held town of Daraya on Thursday, the first...

British 'barbarians' need manners lesson, says China paper in rudeness row 12 May 2016 - 10:16 am

Chinese President Xi Jinping with Queen Elizabeth II at a state banquet at Buckingham Palace, London, during the first day of his state...

Iran says pilgrims to miss hajj after no deal with Saudi 12 May 2016 - 10:09 am

Tehran: Iran has failed to reach agreement with Saudi Arabia on arrangements for its pilgrims to join the annual hajj in September following...

Majority of Brazil senators back Rousseff impeachment 12 May 2016 - 10:06 am

Senator and Brazilian former President Fernando Collor speaks during a Senate session which the will decide the future of the process of impeachment...

Critics demand improvements at Indonesia's 'zoo of death' 12 May 2016 - 09:56 am

Veterinarians treat Fitri, 35, a female elephant at a Surabaya zoo in East Java province July 26, 2011. REUTERS/Yusuf Ahmad/File Photo BY PRASTO...

China says has wide support for stance on South China Sea case 12 May 2016 - 09:27 am

Xu Hong, director-general of the Department of Treaty and Law of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, answers a question at a news conference...

Baghdad rocked by blasts as Islamic State claims city's bloodiest day in months 12 May 2016 - 09:25 am

Iraqis carry the coffin of a victim of a car bombing in Baghdad's Shiite area of Sadr City during a funeral for people...

Philippines' Duterte to visit pope, apologise for 'whore' insult: aide 12 May 2016 - 08:32 am

(FILES) This file photo taken on April 27, 2016 shows Philippine Presidential favourite Rodrigo Duterte speaking during the 2016 Presidential Dialogue in Manila....