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14 killed as bus carrying foreign students crashes in Spain: regional official 20 Mar 2016 - 01:49 pm

Pic: 324 TV Barcelona: Fourteen people were killed and 43 injured on Sunday when a bus carrying foreign students crashed in northeastern Spain,...

Flight recorders badly damaged in Russia plane crash: regulator 20 Mar 2016 - 01:44 pm

People lay flowers in memory of the victims of the crashed Boeing 737-800 Flight FZ981 operated by Dubai-based Flydubai, outside the airport of...

Congo presidential election opens under communications blackout 20 Mar 2016 - 01:33 pm

Republic of Congo President Denis Sassou Nguesso votes at a polling station in Brazzaville, Congo, October 25, 2015. REUTERS/ROCH BAKU By Aaron Ross...

Merkel takes high-risk bet on Turkey in refugee crisis 20 Mar 2016 - 01:26 pm

Turkey's Prime minister Ahmet Davutoglu (C) talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) and Britain Prime minister David Cameron (L) during the European...

U.N. staffers pull out of Western Sahara mission - state media 20 Mar 2016 - 01:19 pm

RABAT: Dozens of United Nations international staffers pulled out of their Western Sahara mission on Sunday after Morocco demanded they leave because of ...

Swedish newspaper websites shut down in hacker attack 20 Mar 2016 - 01:15 pm

Stockholm: The online editions of Sweden's main newspapers were knocked out for several hours by unidentified hackers at the weekend, police said Sunday...

Stuck in hostels, Spain's new wave of politicians lament deadlock 20 Mar 2016 - 01:08 pm

Maria Such, a 25-year-old lawyer and the youngest new lawmaker in the Socialist (PSOE) party, poses for a photograph in front of the...

Flydubai says no change to flights after Russia crash 20 Mar 2016 - 01:03 pm

File picture of a Flydubai plane at the Dubai Air Show DUBAI: Flydubai said on Sunday it had not canceled or delayed any...

Indonesia says to summon China ambassador over Natuna Sea fishing boat incident 20 Mar 2016 - 12:42 pm

Aceh traditional fishermen unload the fish from the boat at the Traditional fishing port in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, 19 March 2016. EPA/HOTLI SIMANJUNTAK ...

EU-Turkey deal fails to stem refugee flight to Greece 20 Mar 2016 - 12:38 pm

A rescue boat (L) shines a light on a dinghy carrying refugees and migrants as it approaches the shore near the city of...

Pakistan frees 86 Indian fishermen 20 Mar 2016 - 12:16 pm

Karachi: Pakistan on Sunday released 86 Indian fishermen held for trespassing into its territorial waters, officials said, the second batch freed this month....

Pakistan frees 86 Indian fishermen 20 Mar 2016 - 12:16 pm

Karachi: Pakistan on Sunday released 86 Indian fishermen held for trespassing into its territorial waters, officials said, the second batch freed this month....

Fire hits home of witness to arson that killed Palestinian family 20 Mar 2016 - 11:46 am

Five-year-old Ahmed Dawabsha, a Palestinian boy who survived a firebombing by Jewish extremists, in the northern West Bank city of Nablus on March...

Philippines says defence strengthened under US 'rotational' deal 20 Mar 2016 - 11:31 am

Philippines Foreign Relations Secretary Albert Del Rosario listens as left as Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during a meeting between the U.S....

Exiled Tibetans to elect leader to sustain struggle against China 20 Mar 2016 - 11:16 am

Tibetans in exile stand in queue to get their ballot paper during the election for the Tibetan government-in-exile at a polling booth in...

Benin votes in second-round of presidential election 20 Mar 2016 - 11:00 am

Businessman Patrice Talon will team up with his beaten opponent Sebastien Ajavon to take on Prime Minister Lionel Zinsou in second round of ...

Kenya army says killed 21 Shebab in Somalia firefight 20 Mar 2016 - 10:58 am

AFP/ File photo Nairobi: The Kenyan military claimed on Sunday to have killed 21 Islamic insurgents in a firefight in neighbouring Somalia. Military...