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Myanmar's NLD seeks to bolster Suu Kyi's dominant cabinet role 31 Mar 2016 - 11:12 am

National League for Democracy (NLD) party leader Aung San Suu Kyi leaves the parliament building after a meeting with members of her party...

South Korea constitutional court upholds strict anti-prostitution law 31 Mar 2016 - 11:06 am

Skyline of Seoul, seen at dusk on November. AFP /Ed Jones Seoul: South Korea's Constitutional Court on Thursday upheld a strict anti-prostitution law...

One dead, dozens wounded in wave of bombs in south Thailand 31 Mar 2016 - 11:05 am

PATTANI: Several bombs have gone of in Thailand’s insurgency-plagued south killing one person and wounding dozens in a new wave of violence, the...

Nuclear security measure to take effect in 'near future': IAEA head 31 Mar 2016 - 11:04 am

File picture of IAEA director Yukiya Amano By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON: Only six more nations need to ratify an amendment to a nuclear...

Azerbaijan demands Armenian troops withdraw from disputed region 31 Mar 2016 - 10:59 am

Azerbaijani President Ilam Aliyev speaks at the State Department in Washington, DC, March 30, 2016. AFP / Jim Watson Washington: Azerbaijan demands the...

IS commander killed in strike near Syria's Raqa: Monitor 31 Mar 2016 - 10:57 am

Beirut: A drone strike near the Islamic State group's de facto Syrian capital Raqa killed a jihadist commander heading to Aleppo province on...

Gunmen storm Libya TV station as UN-backed govt told to leave 31 Mar 2016 - 10:56 am

Libya's UN-backed Prime Minister-designate, Fayez al-Sarraj is greeted and presented with a shield by officials upon his arrival in Tripoli on March 30,...

Yemen rebels in deadly counterattack on Red Sea coast 31 Mar 2016 - 10:50 am

Sanaa: Yemeni rebels have mounted a deadly counterattack against government troops advancing down the Red Sea coast from the Saudi border ahead of...

Boost to vote hopes as Haiti electoral body sworn in 31 Mar 2016 - 10:47 am

Former haitian soldiers patrol streets in Port-au-Prince on February 5th, 2016, during a protest against President Michel Martelly and for a transitional government...

Malaysian PM Najib's brother received funds before 2013 elections: WSJ 31 Mar 2016 - 10:44 am

Malaysia's CIMB Chairman Nazir Razak reacts at the launch of the report ''Re-drawing the ASEAN Map: How companies are crafting new strategies in...

Rare Amur leopard euthanized at Oregon zoo 31 Mar 2016 - 10:43 am

An endangered Amur leopard is seen at the Oregon Zoo in an undated handout photo provided by the zoo. Reuters/Oregon Zoo/Michael Durham/Handout PORTLAND,...

Italy police arrest suspected “hospital ward” serial killer 31 Mar 2016 - 10:33 am

ROME: A woman suspected of murdering 13 patients in a Tuscan hospital in 2014 and 2015 has been arrested, Italian police said in...

First units of Russian demining experts arrive in Syria to demine Palmyra: Agencies 31 Mar 2016 - 10:29 am

MOSCOW: First units of Russian demining experts have arrived in Syria to demine the historic part of the ancient city of Palmyra, Russian...

Suspended Gurdaspur SP to be quizzed by NIA again 31 Mar 2016 - 10:27 am

New Delhi: Suspended Gurdaspur Superintendent of Police Salwinder Singh and his cook were on Thursday brought to the NIA headquarters for questioning even...

Hungarian Nobel laureate Kertesz dies aged 86 - state news agency MTI 31 Mar 2016 - 10:18 am

File picture of Hungarian Nobel laureate Kertesz By Marton Dunai BUDAPEST: Hungarian novelist and Auschwitz survivor Imre Kertesz, winner of the 2002 Nobel ...

Turkey, Greece scramble to start EU deal as migrant arrivals rise 31 Mar 2016 - 10:02 am

Refugees walk along a beach before trying to travel to the Greek island of Chios from the western Turkish coastal town of Cesme,...

Six killed including two Turks in Somalia killings 31 Mar 2016 - 09:50 am

African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) peacekeepers from Burundi patrol in a truck after fighting between insurgents and government soldiers erupted on the...

Japan nuclear dilemma to undercut power reforms 31 Mar 2016 - 09:41 am

Members of the media wear protective suits at the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima prefecture in this March 2013 file...