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Vatican set to approve Mother Teresa elevation to sainthood 15 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

This file photo taken on February 03, 1986 shows Mother Teresa and Pope John Paul II waving to well-wishers, at the Nirmal Hriday...

Mauritania commits to ending modern-day slavery 15 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Former Mauritanian slaves walk outside of Mauritania's capital Nouakchott November 21, 2006. REUTERS, Rafael Marchante By Emma Batha LONDON: Mauritania has vowed to...

“You know who you are”: UN chief points finger at nations with no women lawmakers 15 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon opens the 60th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women March 14, 2016 at the United...

Turkey points finger at Kurdish rebels over Ankara bombing 15 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Turkey Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said "serious, almost certain findings" from the investigation pointed to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and vowed...

Putin orders withdrawal of Russian forces from Syria 15 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Russian President Vladimir Putin (C) meets with Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu (R) and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (L) at the Kremlin in Moscow...

Horse-sized dinosaur shows how T. rex became king 15 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

This March 4, 2016 photo provided by the Smithsonian Institution shows Hans Sues, Chair, Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian...

Israel approves tough law to keep out Palestinian workers 15 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu listens to Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan (R) during a press conference on October 8, 2015, at his...

Syria: key dates since the Russian intervention 15 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad with Russian President Vladimir Putin. AFP file Photo, Sergei Karpukhin Moscow: Russia, a loyal ally of the regime of...

Brazil judge sends Lula charges to Petrobras magistrate 15 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

A woman praised the chief investigating judge in the Petrobras scandal, Sergio Moro, as "Our national pride" during a protest at Copacabana beach...

White House hopefuls in last push before 'Super Tuesday 2' 15 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

US presidential hopeful Senator Bernie Sanders speaks at a rally March 14, 2016 in Youngstown, Ohio. White House hopefuls hit the ground in...

Germany's AfD hails polls as 'good day for democracy' 14 Mar 2016 - 06:57 pm

The chairwoman of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) Frauke Petry attends a press conference at the Federal Press Conference building in Berlin, Germany,...

UN talks aim for Syria roadmap, no “Plan B” but war 14 Mar 2016 - 06:45 pm

UN mediator Staffan De Mistura said some ideas had been floated in a meeting he described as a preparatory session, ahead of a...

Merkel firm on refugee stance despite vote 'debacle' 14 Mar 2016 - 06:34 pm

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) was at the receiving end of voter anger, suffering defeats in two out of three...

Plane crash in northern Kenya kills two French filmmakers: police 14 Mar 2016 - 06:29 pm

REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE: The scene of a cargo airplane that crashed after take-off near Juba Airport in South Sudan, November 4 2015. Reuters NAIROBI:...

3D images of Syria archaeological treasures go online 14 Mar 2016 - 06:27 pm

Palmyra Paris: 3D reconstructions of some of Syria's most spectacular archaeological sites go online Tuesday after a big push to digitalise the war-torn...

French government scales back labour reform bill 14 Mar 2016 - 06:23 pm

“I want a new start for this bill,” French Prime Minister Manuel Valls told union officials. “To reform is a demanding process. It’s...

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...