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Saving the wildlife 'miracle' of Congo's Garamba park 18 Feb 2016 - 08:17 am

A young female elephant lies on the ground, sedated, to be fitted with a geographical positioning system (GPS) collar at the Garamba National...

Apple's Cook in biggest policy challenge yet, on encryption 18 Feb 2016 - 08:14 am

Washington: Apple chief Tim Cook is taking on the US government on encryption, in the latest and biggest challenge for the CEO who...

Tusk warns 'no guarantee' of Brexit deal as Merkel backs Cameron 18 Feb 2016 - 08:08 am

European Union Council President Donald Tusk talks to journalists prior to his meeting at the European Union Council building in Brussels on February...

Two dead, couple missing as bad weather hits Scottish hills 18 Feb 2016 - 08:05 am

-File photo- A woman clears the snow from a car in Westhill in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. AFP London: A climber and a hillwalker died...

Blast at Turkish cultural centre in Stockholm: police 18 Feb 2016 - 08:02 am

Stockholm: An explosion damaged a Turkish cultural centre in a Stockholm suburb on Wednesday night, the police said, highlighting growing tensions with the...

Panic and horror strike again in Turkey's jittery capital 18 Feb 2016 - 07:59 am

Firefighters try to extinguish the flames at the scene of a car bomb detonation close to buildings of the Turkish military, in Ankara,...

UN envoy says 'deep divisions' blocking Yemen talks 18 Feb 2016 - 07:56 am

A Yemeni vendor reads a local newspaper as he waits for customers at a market in the old city of Sana'a, Yemen, 17...

500 rebels cross Turkish border towards Syrian town of Azaz 18 Feb 2016 - 07:53 am

anks of the Turkish army shoot in the direction of Syria, near the Syrian border some kilometres from the Oncupinar crossing gate in...

Neo-Nazi lawmakers ejected from parliament briefing 18 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Leader of the ultra nationalist party Golden Dawn Nikos Michaloliakos addresses a parliament session in Athens at the end of March 2015. AFP ...

Turkey vows to stop Kurdish militia gaining border foothold 18 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

A Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) fighter looks at makeshift tents between the Syrian and Turkish borders of residents who fled Maskana town...

Pope's flash of anger in crowd 'human': Vatican 18 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Pope Francis scolded a "selfish" admirer during a visit to the Mexican city of Morelia. AFP Mexico City: The Vatican defended Pope Francis's...

Ex-PM Tymoshenko's faction quits Ukraine governing coalition 18 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Yulia Tymoshenko, former prime minister and Fatherland party leader with a new hairdo during Parliament session in Kiev, Ukraine, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2016....

Tourist dead in knife attack on Rio's Copacabana beach 18 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

People watch fireworks during New Year's celebrations at Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro on January 1, 2016. AFP, Yasuyoshi Chiba Rio de...

Apple Opposes Order to Unlock San Bernardino Shooter IPhone 18 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Apple Inc. rejected a court order to help U.S. investigators unlock an iPhone used by one of the shooters in a terrorist attack...

Small businesses cower after Moscow’s night of bulldozers 18 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

The mass demolition that occurred in Moscow on Monday night is a sign of Russia’s harsh new economic reality. REUTERS, SERGEI KARPUKHIN Authorities...

Death toll rises to 28 in Ankara blast 18 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Ankara: At least 28 people were killed and 61 wounded by a car bomb targeting the military in the heart of the Turkish...

UN Yemen aid ship stuck in Saudi over 'undeclared' cargo 18 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

The MV Mainport Cedar was travelling from Djibouti to an approved stop at Yemen's Red Sea port of Hodeida when it "was diverted...

Burundi, DR Congo ask UN council to take action against Rwanda 18 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Burundi's UN Ambassador Albert Shingiro Burundi's permanent representative to the UN, (pictured here shaking hands with Samantha Power, US ambassador to the UN, ...