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Syria 'heart-eating' rebel killed: Monitor 06 Apr 2016 - 11:24 am

Beirut: A Syrian fighter who appeared in a gruesome video cutting out the heart of a regime soldier and eating it has been...

Migrant arrivals on Greek islands slow to a trickle 06 Apr 2016 - 11:23 am

Migrants wearing life jackets wait for a dinghy to sail off for the Greek island of Lesbos from the Turkish coastal town of...

Military jet with six aboard missing in Japan: media 06 Apr 2016 - 11:21 am

Tokyo: An air force jet with six people on board was missing in southwest Japan on Wednesday, public broadcaster NHK reported. The U-125...

Cambodian tigers declared 'extinct' as reintroduction plan unveiled 06 Apr 2016 - 11:09 am

Phnom Penh: Tigers are "functionally extinct" in Cambodia, conservationists conceded for the first time on Wednesday, as they launched a bold action plan...

Ukraine pilot Savchenko starts refusing all food and liquids 06 Apr 2016 - 11:08 am

File photo of Ukranian pilot Nadiya Savchenko. AFP Moscow: Ukrainian military pilot Nadiya Savchenko, convicted over the killing of two Russian journalists, began...

Turkey to work on new rules to strip citizenship for backing terrorism: Minister 06 Apr 2016 - 10:51 am

ISTANBUL: Turkey will work on new rules to strip citizenship from Turks found to be supporting terrorism, Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag said on...

China opens new lighthouse on contested South China Sea reef 06 Apr 2016 - 10:43 am

Subi reef, located in the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, is shown in this handout Center for Strategic and International...

France to urge OECD to put Panama on tax haven list: minister 06 Apr 2016 - 10:36 am

File picture of French Finance Minister Michel Sapin. Reuters Paris: France on Wednesday urged the OECD to place Panama on its "blacklist" of...

Ukraine president Poroshenko denies offshore vehicle was set up to minimise taxes 06 Apr 2016 - 10:34 am

Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko gestures during a news conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo April 6, 2016. REUTERS/Thomas Peter TOKYO:...

Syrian army and allies launch attack south of Aleppo 06 Apr 2016 - 10:32 am

File picture used for representation only. Reuters BEIRUT: The Syrian army and its allies launched a big attack overnight on insurgents south of...

Satellite operator drops Hezbollah TV 06 Apr 2016 - 10:23 am

Beirut: A leading Arab satellite operator cut transmission of Hezbollah's television channel Al-Manar on Wednesday amid soaring tensions between the Lebanese Shiite group's...

Millions drinking arsenic-laced water in Bangladesh: HRW 06 Apr 2016 - 10:18 am

Bangladeshi Anuwara Begum, in her 60s, cries remembering her son-in-law, a farmer who died from arsenic-related illnesses. Atish Saha for Human Rights Watch ...

Earthquake of magnitude 6.9 strikes northwest of Vanuatu - USGS 06 Apr 2016 - 10:10 am

SYDNEY: An earthquake of magnitude 6.9 struck northwest of the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said on Wednesday....

Hollande tells Germany: let’s bulk up defence to fight terrorism 06 Apr 2016 - 09:59 am

French President Francois Hollande gives a press conference following his meeting with Burkina Faso's President, on April 5, 2016 at the Elysee Presidential...

Puerto Rico lawmakers vote to stop loan repayments 06 Apr 2016 - 09:58 am

US Caribbean territory of Puerto Rico has been locked in recession for a decade. AFP Photo/Paul J Richards San Juan: Puerto Rico's lawmakers...

Anger simmers as Greek islands adapt to migrant deal 06 Apr 2016 - 09:42 am

Migrant who will be returned to Turkey hold placards during a demonstration inside the Moria registration centre on the Greek island of Lesbos,...

Peru erupts in anti-Fujimori protests days ahead of elections 06 Apr 2016 - 09:30 am

Demonstrators protest against presidential candidacy of Keiko Fujimori, at the San Martin Square, in Lima, Peru, 05 April 2016. EPA/ERNESTO ARIAS LIMA: Tens...

Japan PM defends US military alliance in rebuff to Trump 06 Apr 2016 - 09:17 am

File picture of Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe. AFP Tokyo: US military bases remain essential to Japan's security, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said...