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Cameroon delays quizzing of bomber claiming to be Chibok schoolgirl as doubts mount 29 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Boko Haram released a video of the kidnapped schoolgirls last year, where they appeared reasonably fit and well in a wooded location, followed...

Turkey, US agree Cyprus deal possible this year 29 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

US Secretary of State John Kerry and Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu during a press availability at the State Department in Washington, DC...

Burundi, Morocco troops accused of C.African Republic abuse: UN 29 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE: Rwandese peacekeeper in UN missio, South Sudan. AFP By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations said on Monday it had...

Brazil party set to abandon Rousseff, eyes presidency 29 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff delivers a speech during meeting with a group of jurists and lawyers who came to the Planalto Palace in...

Suspected US Capitol gunman wounded and captured: police 29 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

This file photo taken on March 22, 2016 shows a Capitol Police officer watches from the US Capitol building in Washington, DC. The...

Turkey summoned German ambassador over satirical report: Spiegel 29 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Erdogan has harshly criticised Western diplomats after several showed up on Friday to support Can Dundar, editor-in-chief of the Cumhuriyet newspaper, and his...

Bill against dissident MPs passes first reading in Israel parliament 29 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) chats with the coalition chairman Tzahi Hanegbi (R) as they attend a meeting of the Likud party...

Several months and millions of dollars later, New Zealand votes to keep its flag 29 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

New Zealand All Blacks fan Brett Plumer nails a national flag to his house in Auckland September 9, 2011 ahead of the Rugby...

Taiwan toddler beheaded in random killing 29 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Taiwan's outgoing President Ma Ying-jeou called on authorities late Monday to conduct a thorough investigation into the murder, while police island-wide were instructed...

Saudi-led alliance says completes Yemen prisoner swap 29 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

A Houthi follower stands between Yemen's national flags as he takes photos with his phone during a rally marking one year of Saudi-led...

Capture of Palmyra shows Russian forces still key in Syria 29 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad with Russian President Vladimir Putin. AFP file Photo, Sergei Karpukhin Moscow: Russia's role in helping Syrian forces recapture the...

Syrian forces pursue campaign against Islamic State after retaking Palmyra 29 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

A Syrian boy walks past the wreckage of a tank in a rebel-held area of Daraa, in southern Syria, on March 28, 2016....

Pakistan army crackdown as families bury victims of Easter blast 29 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Pakistani civil society members sing the national anthem at the site of a suicide blast in Lahore on March 28, 2016. Pakistan's army...

Clinton to push Trump, Republicans on US Supreme Court fight 29 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

By Megan Cassella WASHINGTON: Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton will assail the prospect of a Donald Trump-appointed U.S. Supreme Court justice on Monday, her...

Protests as China's Xi arrives in Prague 29 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Chinese President Xi Jinping (C-L) and Czech President Milos Zeman poses for media at Lany chateau, Czech Republic, 28 March 2016. China's President...

Pakistan plans new paramilitary crackdown after Easter bombing kills 70 29 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

People react over the coffin of a victim a day after a suicide bomb attack at a park, in Lahore, Pakistan, 28 March...

A Van Gogh seized by the Bolsheviks remain in America 29 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Undated photo courtesy Yale University Art Gallery in New Haven, Connecticut shows impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh's 1888 oil on canvas "Le cafe...