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'No compromise' on Assad ouster, says Syria opposition negotiator 18 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

Mohammed Alloush, Chief negotiator for the main Syrian opposition body and rebel group Army of Islam, listens during a briefing after a round...

One Neapolitan to go: Pizza delivery cops nab mafia boss 18 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

Rome: A mafia chief in southern Italy has been arrested by detectives disguised as pizza boys who delivered food to his home as...

Local Zika outbreaks in United States "likely" 17 Apr 2016 - 06:44 pm

Test tubes with blood samples from patients who have been tested for Zika are seen at the maternity ward of the Hospital Escuela...

Ecuador quake toll rises to 233 dead 17 Apr 2016 - 06:26 pm

View of a fallen building after a 7.8-magnitude quake in Portoviejo, Ecuador on April 17, 2016. At least 77 people were killed when...

Aleppo clashes kill 22 civilians, threatening Syria truce 17 Apr 2016 - 05:54 pm

Ruined building is seen after the Russian airstrikes targeted residential areas at opposition controlled Meshed neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria on April 16, 2016. ...

Three more refugee camps in southeast Turkey coming up 17 Apr 2016 - 05:37 pm

ANKARA: Turkey's Housing Development Administration is building three container cities for Syrian refugees in southeastern Hatay and Kahramanmaras provinces, head of the organization...

Philippine presidential candidate attacked over rape remarks 17 Apr 2016 - 05:28 pm

Presidential Candidate Rodrigo Duterte speaks to reporters during his campaign / AFP / NOEL CELIS Manila: Leading Philippines presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte, whose...

Palestinians mark Prisoners' Day with calls for justice 17 Apr 2016 - 05:23 pm

Protesters hold pictures of Palestinian prisoners in the Israeli jails during a protest to mark the annual prisoners day in the West Bank...

Golan Heights will never be returned to Syria: Netanyahu 17 Apr 2016 - 05:20 pm

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C), poses with ministers prior to the weekly cabinet meeting in the Israeli controlled Golan Heights, Israel, 17...

France's Hollande visits Syrian refugee children in Lebanon 17 Apr 2016 - 05:12 pm

French President Francois Hollande (L) meets with a Syrian family at the informal Dalhamiyeh Syrian refugee camp near the city of Zahle in...

Burundi: Official says 4 members of ruling party killed 17 Apr 2016 - 05:00 pm

BUJUMBURA, Burundi: A Burundi official said Sunday that four members of the country's ruling party were killed in an attack in continuing violence...

Macedonia, Kosovo ease border crossings 17 Apr 2016 - 04:46 pm

Agim Nuhiu, Macedonian Deputy Interior Minister BELGRADE, Serbia: As of Sunday, citizens of Macedonia and Kosovo are allowed to cross each other’s border...

Baghdad security stepped up before vote on assembly head 17 Apr 2016 - 04:40 pm

BAGHDAD: Iraqi security forces stepped up security in Baghdad on Sunday -- especially near the Green Zone -- one day before parliamentarians are...

Kerala polls: How top 10 politicos stack up 17 Apr 2016 - 04:32 pm

Voters queue at a polling station in Trivandrum in Kerala. (file photo / AFP) By Sanu George Thiruvananthapuram: The upcoming assembly elections in...

Libyan smuggling route grows 1 year after mass drownings 17 Apr 2016 - 04:27 pm

Would-be migrants wait to be transported to a migration center after a police raid on their hideout in Tripoli, Libya, 17 April 2016. ...

Airport protesters accuse Hong Kong leader of breaching safety rules 17 Apr 2016 - 04:24 pm

Flight attendants hold placards to demonstrate against hand carry baggage privileges that were allegedly extended by airline staff to Hong Kong's Chief Executive...

Toyota halts production after earthquake 17 Apr 2016 - 03:39 pm

Emergency personnel near a damaged house in a residential area of Mashiki, Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, 15 April 2016 following a 7.1 magnitude...

Hundreds rally in Baghdad backing Sadr deadline on cabinet change 17 Apr 2016 - 12:42 pm

Iraqis wave their national flag as they demonstrate in Baghdad's Tahrir Square on April 16, 2016, against the Sadrist Movement, sectarian quotas and...