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Saudi king reshuffles cabinet and reforms ministries 07 May 2016 - 06:54 pm

Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz at the Presidential Palace in Cairo. AFP PHOTO / EGYPTIAN PRESIDENCY RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s King Salman, the Custodian...

Coalition airstrikes kill 48 Islamic State fighters in Syria: Anadolu 07 May 2016 - 06:09 pm

People look on as war-planes carry out bombing nearby in Kilis on May 7, 2016. One person was killed and seven more wounded...

Italy's Berlusconi warming to Chinese bid for AC Milan: source 07 May 2016 - 06:01 pm

Silvio Berlusconi. Reuters Photo MILAN: Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi's family company is likely to open exclusive talks next week with a...

Erdogan accuses Europe of 'sidelining democracy' in its fight against terrorism 07 May 2016 - 05:49 pm

Turkey President Tayyip Erdogan addresses the mediain Ankara, Turkey, March 23, 2016. Murat Cetinmuhurdar/ Presidential Palace Handout via Reuters Istanbul: Turkish President Recep...

Syrian regime forces open fire on Hama jail inmates 07 May 2016 - 05:49 pm

HAMA, Syria: Anadolu Agency has obtained video footage from local activists that purportedly shows Assad regime forces firing on prison inmates at Hama’s...

Embattled PM's coalition triumphs in Malaysian state poll 07 May 2016 - 05:39 pm

Malaysian siblings Soyong Labor, 92, (R) Khairiah Labor, 84, (C) and Enong Labor, 82, (L) pose for photos showing their ink marked fingers...

London's new Muslim mayor vows to serve `every single community' 07 May 2016 - 05:27 pm

London's Mayor elect, Sadiq Khan, leaves Southwark Cathedral in London, Britain, May 7, 2016. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls By Thomas Penny and Jessica Shankleman Sadiq...

East Germany’s “Purple Witch” Margot Honecker dies in Chile aged 89 07 May 2016 - 05:15 pm

An undated file photograph showing former East Germany's First Lady Margot Honecker in Germany. Media reports state that Margot Honecker, widow of the...

Can Clinton's focus on experience succeed against Trump where others failed? 07 May 2016 - 05:14 pm

Hillary Clinton is attempting to wrest control of an election conversation in which Donald Trump has proven adept at placing himself at the...

Pope asks missionary doctors to pray he becomes 'poorer' 07 May 2016 - 04:54 pm

Pope Francis kisses a disabled boy during a special audience with members of Doctors with Africa CUAMM at the Vatican, May 7, 2016....

13 Iranian Revolutionary Guards killed in Syria 07 May 2016 - 04:42 pm

File photo of Irani Revolutionary Guards. Reuters / Morteza Nikoubazl Tehran: Thirteen military advisers with the Iranian Revolutionary Guards have been killed in...

Taliban attack district in eastern Afghanistan 07 May 2016 - 04:40 pm

KABUL: Twenty-nine insurgents and one policeman were killed in a coordinated attack by the Taliban aimed at capturing the eastern Kunar province’s Ghaziabad...

New York man found in bay wearing cement shoes was asphyxiated 07 May 2016 - 04:37 pm

A New York City Medical Examiner van leaves the apartment building of a case site in the Manhattan borough of New York, March...

Mozambique’s tuna fleet rusts as an African success story fades 07 May 2016 - 04:29 pm

Security guards patrol past the EMATUM fishing fleet docked in Maputo Mozambique May 3, 2016. REUTERS / Grant Lee Neuenburg Mozambique admits to...

Canada wildfire growing as weather heats up, more escape convoys planned 07 May 2016 - 04:25 pm

A handout photograph made available on 07 May 2016 by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Alberta (RCMP) and dated 06 May 2016 showing...

LED-lit pigeons illuminate New York skies in art exhibit 07 May 2016 - 04:18 pm

LED lights attached to pigeons leave light trails in the sky while they fly as part of the "Fly By Night" art installation...

Britain’s ruling party defends linking Muslim London mayor to extremism 07 May 2016 - 03:58 pm

Britain's new London Mayor Sadiq Khan, (2R) speaks with Metropolitan Police Commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe (R) and London Fire Commissioner Ron Dobson (L) folowing...

WhatsApp judge wins little love in Brazil; but respect in his hometown 07 May 2016 - 03:53 pm

A Whatsapp App logo is seen behind a Samsung Galaxy S4 phone that is logged on to Facebook in the central Bosnian town...