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Uber driver attacked in Kenya, his taxi torched - police 22 Feb 2016 - 03:55 pm

The logo of car-sharing service app Uber on a smartphone over a reserved lane for taxis in a street is seen in this...

Ugandan opposition leader arrested as election outcry grows 22 Feb 2016 - 03:48 pm

Uganda's main opposition leader Kizza Besigye in his car, is stopped by police officers as he tried to drive to Kampala on February...

U.S. targets Islamic State with 19 strikes in Iraq, Syria: Statement 22 Feb 2016 - 03:37 pm

WASHINGTON: The United States and its allies staged 19 strikes against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria on Sunday in its latest round...

Closing borders would cost EU 470 bn euros over 10 years: study 22 Feb 2016 - 03:33 pm

File photo/ Reuters Berlin: Ending Europe's open-borders Schengen agreement would cost EU economies at least 470 billion euros ($520 billion) over a decade,...

Indian forces kill all militants in Kashmir after 3-day gunbattle 22 Feb 2016 - 03:27 pm

epa05174978 Smoke rises from a building where militants have taken refuge during a fire fight on the third consecutive day in Sempora Pampore,...

Top commanders of anti-IS coalition meet in Kuwait 22 Feb 2016 - 03:14 pm

Chief of Staff of the Lebanese Armed Forces Brigadier-General Jean Kahwaji (L) and Netherlands Chief of Defence General Tom Middendorp (2ndL) attend a...

Pakistan to import 'game-changing' Hepatitis-C drug: officials 22 Feb 2016 - 03:11 pm

Islamabad: Pakistan has authorised the import of an expensive Hepatitis-C drug from the United States to improve treatment for the estimated eight million...

German government condemns 'cowardly' anti-migrant mob 22 Feb 2016 - 03:03 pm

People hold up banners reading "Arson is coward and no solution" (L) and "When houses burn one cannot applaud" as they demonstrate on...

Bolivia's Morales hopes late ballots will result in vote victory 22 Feb 2016 - 02:51 pm

Members of the electoral jury count votes of the Bolivian referendum in La Paz, Bolivia on February 21, 2016. (AFP / Aizar Raldes) ...

Syria shrine attack was deadliest in war with 120 dead: monitor 22 Feb 2016 - 02:26 pm

Map locating the Sayyida Zeinab Shiite shrine just south of Damascus, the target of deadly bomb attacks Sunday. (AFP Photo/Jonathan Jacobsen, Jihad Kachaami) ...

Haryana caste protesters keep up blockade; Delhi water restored 22 Feb 2016 - 02:15 pm

Demonstrators from the Jat community sit on top of a school bus as they block the Delhi-Haryana national highway during a protest at...

Jihadists cut regime supply route to Syria's Aleppo: monitor 22 Feb 2016 - 02:08 pm

Syrian government forces look at a bridge broken by Islamic State (IS) group fighters connecting the village of al-Tiba with Aleppo's thermal power...

Republican Marco Rubio winning Wall Street fundraising race 22 Feb 2016 - 02:04 pm

US Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio speaks during a rally at the Texas Station Hotel and Casino in North Las Vegas, Nevada February...

Traffic jams in Barcelona as metro strike hits major mobile fair 22 Feb 2016 - 02:01 pm

Traffic jam at Cerda square due to the metro strike in Barcelona, Spain, 22 February 2016. EPA/QUIQUE GARCIA Barcelona: Metro workers in Barcelona...

Malaysian Borneo's air quality hits hazardous levels as forest fires rage 22 Feb 2016 - 01:49 pm

KUALA LUMPUR: Forest fires spread over 500 acres in the north of the Malaysian state of Sarawak in Borneo island have raised air...

China's smoggy capital to double air monitoring stations 22 Feb 2016 - 01:36 pm

A man smiles as his picture is taken just after a flag-raising ceremony amid heavy smog at the Tiananmen Square, after the city...

Yemen army commander shot dead in Aden 22 Feb 2016 - 01:29 pm

Pro-Yemeni government fighters carry mortar shells during an offensive against Houthi rebel positions in the Nihem region, east of Sanaa, Yemen, 20 February...