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Thousands evacuated as Iraqi forces advance against IS 10 Mar 2016 - 05:05 pm

Iraqi army vehicles and a helicopter deploy in the front line in al-Anbar desert, 50 kms north east of Haditha, where the country's...

Seven Kurdish militants killed in clash in southeast: sources 10 Mar 2016 - 04:58 pm

Turkish soldiers patrol in Sur district, which is partially under curfew, in the Kurdish-dominated southeastern city of Diyarbakir, Turkey February 26, 2016. REUTERS/SERTAC...

China gets go-ahead for contentious Sri Lanka port city 10 Mar 2016 - 04:52 pm

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena (L) shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a signing ceremony in the Great Hall of the...

Suu Kyi nominates close aide for Myanmar president 10 Mar 2016 - 04:21 pm

Myanmar Pro Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi (C) arrives for her National League for Democracy (NLD) party meeting in the city development...

North Korea fires missiles, liquidates South Korea's assets 10 Mar 2016 - 03:51 pm

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un looks through a pair of binoculars during an inspection of the Hwa Islet Defence Detachment standing guard...

'Thunder' in Saudi desert as huge military drill ends 10 Mar 2016 - 02:16 pm

A handout picture provided by the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) on March 9, 2016 shows The Custodian of Two Holy Mosques King Salman...

INSIGHT: Ohio's "dirty little secret": blue-collar Democrats for Trump 10 Mar 2016 - 02:07 pm

Curtis Green, vice president of the United Steelworkers' local union, poses for pictures in Canton, Ohio, March 4, 2016. Picture taken March 4,...

Israeli official links Netanyahu's cancelled US trip to defence aid hold-up 10 Mar 2016 - 01:52 pm

Israel prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) hugs US vice president Joe Biden as his wife Jill stands nearby upon their arrival in Jerusalem...

Four on trial for helping Copenhagen attacks gunman 10 Mar 2016 - 01:33 pm

Danish policemen stand guard in front of the city court in Copenhagen, Denmark, where a trial is to open on March 10, 2016...

EU tells Russia to free hunger-striking Ukrainian pilot Savchenko 10 Mar 2016 - 01:27 pm

Former Ukrainian army pilot Nadezhda Savchenko looks out from a glass-walled cage as she attends a court hearing in the southern border town...

Insurgents in Syria attack government positions 10 Mar 2016 - 01:00 pm

BEIRUT: Insurgent groups attacked several Syrian government positions in Hama province on Thursday in what a rebel commander said was the biggest rebel...

India vows to recover $1 bn from troubled Vijay Mallya 10 Mar 2016 - 12:41 pm

Kingfisher Airlines Chairman Vijay Mallya speaks to the media during a news conference in Mumbai, India, in this November 15, 2011 file photo....

Ukraine finance minister says IMF aid delay is worrying 10 Mar 2016 - 12:27 pm

Ukraine's Finance Minister Natalia Yaresko speaks during a news conference in Kiev, Ukraine, December 30, 2015. Reuters/Valentyn Ogirenko KIEV: Ukrainian Finance Minister Natalia...

Blackbuck killings: Salman pleads not guilty 10 Mar 2016 - 12:22 pm

Bollywood actor Salman Khan leaves the airport in Jodphur on his way to a court to give a statement related to a poaching...

India unveils new licensing, pricing norms for hydrocarbons 10 Mar 2016 - 12:13 pm

Reliance Industries KG-D6's floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel is seen off the Bay of Bengal. Reuters/Reliance Industries/Handout/Files New Delhi: Taking up...

Rights group attacked in Russia's Caucasus after assault on journalists 10 Mar 2016 - 11:46 am

A small bus on fire which was carrying foreign and Russian journalists, and activists from a non-governmental organization, is seen after been attacked...

Closing Balkan migrant route 'does not solve the problem': Merkel 10 Mar 2016 - 11:08 am

A girl walks in the mud on March 9, 2016, in a makeshift camp at the Greek-Macedonian border, near the Greek village of...

Names of 22,000 IS members leaked to news channel: report 10 Mar 2016 - 10:02 am

London: Tens of thousands of documents containing the names, addresses, phone numbers and family contacts of jihadis who joined the Islamic State group...