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Burundi grenade attacks kill four, including a child 07 Feb 2016 - 05:26 pm

NAIROBI: Four people were killed in Burundi on Saturday night, including a child selling boiled eggs at a bar, when three grenades hit...

China school sees monkey business in New Year 07 Feb 2016 - 05:00 pm

Instructors and monkeys pictured during a mock mathematics class at a monkey training school in Dongying, eastern China's Shandong province. AFP, Wang Zhao ...

Professor who said Christians, Muslims worship same God to leave school 07 Feb 2016 - 04:51 pm

Wheaton College professor Larycia Hawkins talks about the school's decision to fire her. Credit: Rich Hein, Sun-Times By Joseph Ax NEW YORK: A...

Fire kills 10 in southern Pakistan: police 07 Feb 2016 - 04:34 pm

Representative image Karachi: A fire started by a falling oil lamp engulfed several huts in a Pakistan fishing village and killed 10 people...

Air strike kills mother and child in Libya's Derna: witness 07 Feb 2016 - 03:50 pm

BENGHAZI: Unidentified aircraft attacked the Libyan city of Derna early on Sunday, killing at least four people including a woman and her child,...

NATO condemns North Korea's rocket launch 07 Feb 2016 - 03:37 pm

BRUSSELS: The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) condemned North Korea's rocket launch on Sunday, saying it was in direct violation of United Nations...

Several dual citizens in Iran face espionage charges: Official 07 Feb 2016 - 03:27 pm

DUBAI: There are several detained dual citizens in Iran, most of whom face espionage charges, the judiciary spokesman was quoted as saying on...

Erdogan calls on US to choose between Turkey or Syrian Kurds 07 Feb 2016 - 03:11 pm

Istanbul: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (pictured) expressed anger over a US official's visit to a Kurdish militia group controlling the Syrian town...

Sudanese migrant stabs Israeli soldier, is shot dead: Police 07 Feb 2016 - 02:59 pm

JERUSALEM: A Sudanese migrant stabbed and wounded a soldier in Israel on Sunday and was shot dead, police said, adding the suspect appeared...

Seven arrested in Spain over suspected jihad links 07 Feb 2016 - 02:18 pm

Madrid: Spanish police said they arrested seven people on Sunday with suspected links to Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State jihadist groups. The arrests...

Two migrant women dead from cold in Bulgaria: Minister 07 Feb 2016 - 01:58 pm

File photo of a Syrian woman as she stands in a building at Bulgaria's Harmanli Refugee camp on April 22, 2015. AFP Sofia:...

Unidentified aircraft bombs Libya's Derna, 3 dead: Witness 07 Feb 2016 - 01:43 pm

BENGHAZI: Unidentified aircraft carried out an air strike on the Libyan city of Derna on Sunday, killing at least three people, an eye-witness...

UAE says ready to send ground troops to Syria 07 Feb 2016 - 01:36 pm

UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr Anwar Gargash has said his country would send troops to fight ISIS. Credit: Christopher Pike,...

Loan rejection may been early warning of Taiwan building collapse 07 Feb 2016 - 01:20 pm

Relatives of trapped residents wait for information on the second day of search and rescue operations in Tainan on Feb 7, 2016. AFP/Sam...

Rescuers race to save over 120 buried after Taiwan quake 07 Feb 2016 - 01:13 pm

Rescuers search for survivors from a collapsed building following a 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck on 06 February in Tainan City, southern Taiwan, 07...

Dutch to probe 'civilian deaths' in Iraq air strikes 07 Feb 2016 - 12:50 pm

Iraqi security forces walk during patrol in the city of Ramadi, February 3, 2016. Picture taken February 3, 2016. REUTERS The Hague: The...

Algerian lawmakers to vote on constitutional reforms 07 Feb 2016 - 12:42 pm

A general view of the upper parliament chamber is pictured in Algiers, Algeria February 2, 2016. REUTERS Algiers: Algeria's parliament is expected to...