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US judge gives VW to April 21 for emissions fix plan 25 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

San Francisco: A US judge on Thursday gave Volkswagen until April 21 to come up with a plan to fix some 600,000 cars...

Blizzard sweeps through the U.S. Midwest, rain drenches South 25 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

This December 9 2013 photo shows American Airlines and US Airways signs stand next to each others at Denver International Airport Colorado AFP...

IS under pressure as troops advance on Palmyra, Mosul 25 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Employees work at strengthening the Mosul Dam in northern Iraq, February 3, 2016. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in late January handed...

Human rights on trial in Egypt as NGO funding case revived 25 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Since toppling elected president Mohamed Mursi of the Muslim Brotherhood in mid-2013, general-turned-president Abdel Fattah Sisi (pictured) has overseen a crackdown on opposition...

UN envoy sees next Syria talks tackling thorny issues 25 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

“I am expecting and hoping ... that the next round of talks will not be focusing on principles again - we have had...

Lawyer for Paris bombing suspect assaulted 25 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

L to R: French prosecutor Francois Molins spokesperson Thierry West and Belgian prosecutor Frederic Van Leeuw leave after addressing a press conference in...

Morocco says UN Western Sahara decision ‘irreversible’ 25 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Moroccan Prime Minister Abdelillah Benkirane speaks at the parliament March 12, 2016. AFP RABAT: Morocco’s decision to reduce United Nations staff at the...

With Brazil in crisis, who has time for the Olympics? 25 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Laid-off outsourced workers, who were contracted to work for Petrobras, arrive to the Petrobras headquarter during a protest against recent layoffs in Rio...

Handful of nations see many unintended pregnancies despite contraception 25 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE: A pregnant woman waiting to be attended at the Maternal and Children's Hospital in, Tegucigalpa. January 21. 2016. AFP By Sebastien...

UN chief in Lebanon to 'improve' conditions for Syria refugees 25 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. AFP, Don EMMERT Beirut: UN chief Ban Ki-moon Thursday started a two-day visit to Lebanon aimed at improving...

US indicts Iranians for hacking dozens of banks, New York dam 25 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

A most wanted poster provided by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) shows the Iranian hackers wanted for a coordinated campaign of...

US blacklists firms, individuals over Iran missile program 24 Mar 2016 - 06:27 pm

An Iranian precision guided ballistic missile is launched as it is tested at an undisclosed location, October 11, 2015 farsnews.com handout via REUTERS, ...

UN rights chief hails 'hugely significant' Karadzic genocide verdict 24 Mar 2016 - 06:10 pm

Geneva: The UN rights chief on Thursday hailed the genocide conviction of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic as "hugely significant", saying it...

Karadzic guilty of genocide, jailed for 40 years 24 Mar 2016 - 06:02 pm

Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic sits in the courtroom for the reading of his verdict at the International Criminal Tribunal for Former...

Suicide bomber Laachraoui was model student at Brussels Catholic school 24 Mar 2016 - 05:53 pm

This undated file photo released on March 21, 2016 by the federal police on demand of Brussels' king prosecutor shows a combination of...

Karadzic 'criminally responsible' for Srebrenica genocide: ICTY 24 Mar 2016 - 05:39 pm

Belgraders in a bar watch a television broadcast of United Nations war crimes tribunal passing judgment to former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic,...

Kyrgyz leader accuses opponents of fomenting unrest 24 Mar 2016 - 05:39 pm

Kyrgyzstan's President Almazbek Atambayev addresses a news conference following a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the Chancellery in Berlin, April 1,...