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Burkina capital hit by water shortage 01 May 2016 - 08:55 am

Ouagadougou: Burkina Faso will impose restrictions on water supplies in the capital Ouagadougou next week to tackle a serious shortage in the city...

Feline fascination: A man with 44 cats 01 May 2016 - 08:36 am

File picture for representation By Mohit Dubey Lucknow: Love of pets is not new to this part of the world - be it...

Taiwan sends patrol ships after boat seized by Japan 01 May 2016 - 08:28 am

Taipei: Taiwan Sunday sent two patrol ships to waters surrounding a Japanese atoll amid a dispute over the seizure of one of the...

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth features with Obamas in light-hearted charity video 01 May 2016 - 12:00 am

A handout screen grab from a video provided by the Kensington Palace showing President of the United States Barack Obama (front R) and...

Fake stones threaten to undermine Sri Lanka's gem trade 01 May 2016 - 12:00 am

n this photograph taken on February 27, 2016, a Sri Lankan artisan produces jewellery in a workshop in Bentota, some 65 kilometres south...

Germany’s Merkel under attack at anti-immigration rally marred by left-wing clashes 01 May 2016 - 12:00 am

People holidng banners that read 'FCK AFD' as thousands of demonstrators take part in a protest in Stuttgart, Germany, 30 April 2016 against...

Egypt puts on trial 237 activists for protests against Sisi: sources 01 May 2016 - 12:00 am

Thousands angered by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s decision to hand over two islands to Saudi Arabia called on April 15 for his government...

Around 20 Syrians readmitted to Turkey under EU migrant deal: Turkish PM 01 May 2016 - 12:00 am

According to the text of an address to the nation supplied in advance to the media, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said that...

Herzog invites Britain's Corbyn to Israel amid amti-Semitism row 01 May 2016 - 12:00 am

"I have been appalled and outraged by the most recent examples of anti-Semitism by senior Labour party officials in the United Kingdom," Israeli...

Fire ravages Muslim prayer hall in Corsica 01 May 2016 - 12:00 am

French forensics stand in front of a Muslim prayer room after it was destroyed by a fire, suspected to be arson in Ajaccio,...

Saudi hands over Houthi prisoners as Yemen peace efforts inch ahead: spokesman 01 May 2016 - 12:00 am

A Yemeni artist sprays a graffito in support of peace in the war-affected country, at a wall along a street in Sana'a, Yemen,...

Yemen foes hold 'productive' direct talks on key issues: UN 01 May 2016 - 12:00 am

Yemen's United Nations envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed arrives for a press conference at the ministery of information in Kuwait City on April...

UK’s “Remain” camp gains ground in EU poll: Opinium 01 May 2016 - 12:00 am

LONDON: The number of British people who want to stay in the European Union has risen over the past four weeks, an online...

Canada eager to consider investing in new Montreal rail network: Trudeau 01 May 2016 - 12:00 am

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. AFP / Sean Kilpatrick TORONTO: The Canadian government is eager to consider joining the pension fund Caisse de...

Arab League Council to hold emergency meeting at Qatar's request on Wednesday to discuss situation in Aleppo 01 May 2016 - 12:00 am

Cairo: The General Secretariat of the Arab League has decided holding of an emergency meeting of Arab League Council at the level of...

Moqtada al-Sadr: Iraq's powerful unpredictable cleric 01 May 2016 - 12:00 am

Prominent Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr speaks during news conference in Najaf south of Baghdad March 22, 2016. REUTERS / Alaa Al-Marjani Baghdad: Moqtada...

Sadr followers dig in inside Baghdad’s Green Zone, political crisis deepens 01 May 2016 - 12:00 am

Supporters of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr gather at Grand Festivities Square in Baghdad's Green Zone on April 30, 2016. Thousands of protesters carrying...