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Iran rejects 'biased' UN human rights report 16 Mar 2016 - 11:51 am

Tehran: Iran on Wednesday rejected as biased and political the latest United Nations report on human rights in the Islamic republic. In 2015,...

Britain set to wield axe in annual budget 16 Mar 2016 - 11:35 am

The door to 11 Downing Street, the official residence of Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer, GeorgeOsborne, is seen before he emerges from behind...

Iraq preparing to push Islamic State away from oil region: report 16 Mar 2016 - 11:15 am

File photo of Iraqi government forces in the south of Baghdad. AFP BAGHDAD: Kurdish Peshmerga forces, an Iran-backed Shi'ite militia and Iraq's army...

Bali farmers insure rice fields in defense against El Nino 16 Mar 2016 - 11:15 am

A farmer clears weeds from his crop in a rice paddy field near Subang, Indonesia's West Java province, May 27, 2014. REUTERS/Beawiharta NUSA...

Austria wants to help Macedonia keep border shut, Die Welt reports 16 Mar 2016 - 11:12 am

Refugee children play with a stuffed toy at a muddy makeshift camp at the Greek-Macedonian border, near the village of Idomeni, Greece March...

Denmark world's happiest country, Burundi least: new report shows 16 Mar 2016 - 11:05 am

File picture for representation. Reuters By Philip Pullella ROME: Denmark overtook Switzerland as the world's happiest place, according to a report on Wednesday...

China says opens South China Sea tsunami alert centre 16 Mar 2016 - 10:50 am

A Chinese Coast Guard vessel is pictured on the disputed Second Thomas Shoal, part of the Spratly Islands, in the South China Sea...

Indonesia security forces kill two Chinese Uighur militants in Sulawesi shootout 16 Mar 2016 - 10:49 am

Jakarta: Indonesian security forces have killed two ethnic Uighur Chinese belonging to a militant network led by the country's most wanted man, police...

Aid reaches 13,000 families in Syria's Aleppo province: Red Cross 16 Mar 2016 - 10:38 am

Men unload aid boxes from a Red Crescent convoy in the rebel held besieged town of Jesreen, in the eastern Damascus suburb of...

Trump knocks Rubio out of Republican race, party in chaos 16 Mar 2016 - 10:16 am

Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks about the results of the Florida, Ohio, North Carolina, Illinois and Missouri primary elections during a...

China's Li warns Taiwan trade ties need political stability 16 Mar 2016 - 10:15 am

China's Premier Li Keqiang gestures as he speaks at a news conference following the closing ceremony of China's National People's Congress (NPC) at...

Philippine presidential frontrunner Poe favours free trade pacts 16 Mar 2016 - 10:05 am

A handout photo made available on 16 March 2016 by the Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC) Media Center shows NPC Presidential candidate, Senator Grace ...

Senegal, a beach town slowly wakes up to Islamist threat 16 Mar 2016 - 09:57 am

An armed security guard checks the underside of a vehicle at Lamantin Beach Hotel in Saly, a coastal resort town in Senegal popular...

Japan ruling party considers international arbitration over China dispute 16 Mar 2016 - 09:51 am

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) annual convention in Tokyo, Japan, March 13, 2016. REUTERS/YUYA SHINO Tokyo:...

Iran sees Russia's withdrawal from Syria as "positive sign" 16 Mar 2016 - 09:40 am

File picture of Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif at the foreign ministry in Madrid. Reuters/Andrea Comas DUBAI: Iran's foreign minister has called...

UN condemns Thai insurgents for seizing hospital during attack 16 Mar 2016 - 09:34 am

Member (R) of the security forces keeps watch as Thai Muslim men offer prayers during a peace gathering at the Cho Ai Rong...

Turkish police detain 20 in Istanbul raids targeting PKK - Anadolu 16 Mar 2016 - 09:31 am

ISTANBUL: Turkish police detained 20 suspects, including lawyers, in an operation involving raids across Istanbul targeting the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group,...

Ties will progress no matter who wins U.S. election: China's Li 16 Mar 2016 - 09:18 am

China's Premier Li Keqiang gestures as he speaks at a news conference following the closing ceremony of China's National People's Congress (NPC) at...