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Ukraine’s president sees finance minister as option to replace PM 14 Mar 2016 - 06:10 pm

Ukrainian Finance Minister Natalia Yaresko. Reuters photo By Pavel Polityuk and Alessandra Prentice KIEV: Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko sees Finance Minister Natalia Yaresko...

Nearly 1,000 people executed in Iran in 2015: UN expert 14 Mar 2016 - 06:04 pm

"At least 966 persons -- the highest rate in over two decades -- were executed in 2015," Ahmed Shaheed, the UN's top expert...

Half of Calais migrant “Jungle” camp to be cleared within days 14 Mar 2016 - 05:58 pm

A migrant walks past a makeshift restaurant in the so-called Jungle migrant camp in Calais on February 23 2016, AFP, Denis Charlet CALAIS,...

German trial of ex-Auschwitz medic suspended again 14 Mar 2016 - 05:57 pm

A court in the eastern town of Neubrandenburg halted proceedings against Hubert Zafke, 95, indefinitely after he received a doctor's note saying he...

Canada PM Trudeau to talk climate, peacekeepers at UN 14 Mar 2016 - 05:46 pm

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks at the Global Progress luncheon sponsored by the Center for American Progress March 11, 2016 in Washington...

Ivory Coast attack toll climbs to 18 14 Mar 2016 - 05:37 pm

Ivorian boys sit outside the Etoile du Sud hotel in Grand Bassam, Ivory Coast, 14 March 2016. According to reports 18, including three...

EU suspends Burundi government aid over violence 14 Mar 2016 - 05:33 pm

"The situation in Burundi remains of serious concern for the EU," the bloc's foreign affairs head Federica Mogherini said in a statement. AFP ...

Russia says no new UN sanctions on Iran over missile tests 14 Mar 2016 - 05:30 pm

Vitaly Churkin, Russian Ambassador to the UN speaks during a Security council meeting at the UN Headquarters in New York on July 29,...

Palestinian-American member of ISIS surrenders in Iraq 14 Mar 2016 - 05:04 pm

Source: twitter.com/@RudawEnglish IRBIL, Iraq – An Iraqi Kurdish general says a Palestinian-American member of the Islamic State group has given himself up to...

INSIGHT: Inside Kasich's long-shot strategy to beat Trump to the GOP nomination 14 Mar 2016 - 04:39 pm

Republican Presidential candidate Ohio Gov. John Kasich speaks to supporters at the Ehrnfelt Recreation Center on March 13, 2016 in Strongsville, Ohio. Kasich...

About 1,000 migrants on Greek border seek new route into Macedonia 14 Mar 2016 - 04:33 pm

A woman caries a tray of tea in a makeshift camp on March 14, 2016 at the Greek-Macedonian border, near the Greek village...

Turkish warplanes strike northern Iraq after Ankara bombing blamed on Kurdish militants 14 Mar 2016 - 03:28 pm

Men hold Turkish flags over the coffin of a victim in a mosque in Ankara, on March 14, 2016, a day after a...

Brexit could lead to higher air fares: study 14 Mar 2016 - 03:17 pm

London: Flights between Britain and Europe could jump in price if the country votes to leave the European Union, according to a report...

Turkey pounds Kurdish bases after Ankara bombing 14 Mar 2016 - 03:12 pm

Forensic experts investigate the scene of the explosion on March 14, 2016 in Ankara the day after a suicide car bomb ripped through...

London mayor Johnson blasts Obama over reported UK visit 14 Mar 2016 - 03:10 pm

London Mayor Boris Johnson speaks at a "Out" campaign event, in favour of Britain leaving the European Union, at Europa Worldwide freight company...

UAE fighter jet crashed in Yemen, 2 pilots died 14 Mar 2016 - 02:55 pm

Yemenis hold a piece allegedly belonging to a UAE fighter jet that went missing in the southern port city of Aden, Yemen, 14...

Assad's fate key question as Syria talks open 14 Mar 2016 - 02:23 pm

Syrian chief negotiator Bashar al-Jaafari, (L), Ambassador of the Permanent Representative Mission of the Syria to UN New York, and UN Special Envoy...