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Hundreds join crucial battle for Syria's Aleppo 08 Aug 2016 - 03:13 pm

Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters inspect a dead body of what they said was an Islamic State fighter inside a shop in Manbij,...

Saudi Arabia cooperates with Germany in investigating attacks 08 Aug 2016 - 03:08 pm

A fluttering saudi flag. (file photo) BERLIN: Saudi Arabia, in a rare comment on its security operations, has confirmed it is working with...

'Bring us home,' plead Filipino migrants stranded in Saudi Arabia 08 Aug 2016 - 03:01 pm

An Asian labourer looks up as he works at the construction site of a building in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia August 4, 2016. (REUTERS/Faisal...

Suicide bombing at Pakistani hospital in Quetta kills 53 08 Aug 2016 - 01:22 pm

Pakistani relatives mourn beside the body of a blast victim after a bomb explosion at a government hospital premises in Quetta on August...

Computer outage grounds departing Delta Airlines flights 08 Aug 2016 - 12:54 pm

A passenger talks on her phone at a Delta Airlines gate. (REUTERS/George Frey/File Photo) Washington: A computer outage has delayed the departure of...

Mexico landslides leave 40 dead as new storm forms 08 Aug 2016 - 12:00 pm

View of the community of Tlaola, Puebla in eastern Mexico on August 7, 2016. (AFP / JOSE CASTAARES) Puebla, Mexico: Landslides triggered by...

At least 40 killed in SW Pakistan hospital blast: minister 08 Aug 2016 - 10:44 am

Pakistani security officials and lawyers gather around the bodies of victims killed in a bomb explosion at a government hospital premises in Quetta...

Modi calls for protecting Dalits, ending discrimination 08 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

"I want to tell all such people, if you want to attack, attack me, not my Dalit brothers. If you want to shoot,...

Austria threatens to block acceleration of Turkish EU talks 08 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

Ministers from German-speaking European countries take part in a news conference after a meeting in Balzers, Liechtenstein, August 5, 2016. Pictured are (L-R):...

Israel issues administrative detention orders against 28 Palestinians 08 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

Israeli Security forces block the road as Palestinians and a group of foreign activists carry posters of Bilal Kayed who stage hunger strike...

Hunger a weapon of war in Syria, Yemen, Nigeria 08 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

This file photo taken on December 4, 2014 shows displaced women carrying sacks of food aid received during a distribution at the Cathedral...

Ecuador appeals to tourists to return as earthquake hits economy 08 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

Maria Duarte, Minister of Urban Development and Housing of Ecuador, looks on during an interview with the Thomson Reuters Foundation in New York,...

Indigenous tribe applauds state move to cancel Brazil Amazon dam 08 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

Debris of a house is pictured at Bento Rodrigues district, which was covered with mud after a dam owned by Vale SA and...

Kenya’s traditional midwives in frontline of drive to cut maternal deaths 08 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

A traditional birth attendant at Migosi Sub-county Hospital in Kisumu County. Photo taken in July 2016 by Anthony Langat By Anthony Langat KISUMU,...

Abused at home, Myanmar women seek power to walk out on domestic violence 08 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

Women sell Thanakha wood at the Kyaik-Khauk pagoda festival in Tanlyin township, outside Yangon, February 2, 2015. Reuters/Soe Zeya Tun By Ei Cherry...

Female asylum seekers in Greece face sexual harassment, assault 08 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

Migrants waiting to cross the Greek-Macedonian border fight between themselves at a makeshift camp near the village of Idomeni, Greece, March 8, 2016....

Erdogan says if people want death penalty parties will abide 08 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

This handout picture taken and released by the Turkey's Presidential Press Service on August 7, 2016 at Yenikapi district of Istanbul shows Turkish...