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Greece, EU/IMF lenders make progress but still no deal 21 Apr 2016 - 05:34 pm

The Greek national flag outside the Embassy of Greece on June 29 2015 in Berlin. AFP Photo / John MacDougall By Lefteris Papadimas...

Spain heads towards new election as parties rule out last-minute deal 21 Apr 2016 - 03:51 pm

King Felipe VI of Spain (L) shakes hands with president of Spanish Parliament, Patxi Lopez before holding a meeting at La Zarzuela palace...

Russia to quit Ukraine before sanctions talks: Poroshenko 21 Apr 2016 - 03:28 pm

President Petro Poroshenko of Ukraine attends a joint press conference with the Romanian President on April 21, 2016 at the the Cotroceni Presidential...

13 killed in blast at Pemex plant in Mexico 21 Apr 2016 - 03:03 pm

Smoke billows from the Pajaritos's PEMEX petrochemical plant in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz state, Mexico on April 20, 2016. A spectacular explosion at an oil...

Abdeslam charged over Brussels shootout: lawyer 21 Apr 2016 - 02:35 pm

Brussels: Key Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam has been charged over a deadly shootout with police in Brussels a week before the suicide...

Ansar Dine says holding three Red Cross workers in Mali 21 Apr 2016 - 02:33 pm

Bamako: Islamist group Ansar Dine said Thursday it was holding three Red Cross workers captured in northeastern Mali last weekend and called for...

Refugee crisis shows how fate of Turkey, EU are linked 21 Apr 2016 - 12:33 pm

Children play football at a makeshift camp for migrants and refugees at the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of Idomeni on April 20,...

UK parliament criticized over ‘legitimizing’ PKK 21 Apr 2016 - 11:36 am

By Michael Sercan Daventry LONDON: Britain’s grandiose Houses of Parliament are a universally recognized symbol associated with the legislature's reputation as the “mother...

Russia warns U.S. over naval incident as NATO tensions laid bare 21 Apr 2016 - 11:25 am

An U.S. Navy picture shows what appears to be a Russian Sukhoi SU-24 attack aircraft flying over the USS Donald Cook in the...

Number of migrants crossing Aegean to Europe falling significantly: NATO's Stoltenberg 21 Apr 2016 - 11:14 am

A Turkish coast guard ship patrols on the Aegean Sea, off the Turkish coast 20 April 2016. EPA/JOHN MACDOUGALL / POOL ANKARA: The...

Norway violated mass killer Breivik's human rights, court rules 21 Apr 2016 - 10:23 am

his file photo taken on March 15, 2016 shows Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik making a Nazi salute as he arrives to...

French defence minister says Islamic State can be eradicated 21 Apr 2016 - 10:01 am

French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian reacts during a news conference at the French Defence Ministry in Paris, France, January 20, 2016. REUTERS/CHARLES...

Three dead, dozens injured in blast at chemical plant in Mexico 21 Apr 2016 - 09:59 am

Smoke rises from the explosion site at Mexican national oil company Pemex's Pajaritos petrochemical complex in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz state, Mexico, April 20, 2016....

Ecuador's president announces economic measures in wake of killer quake 21 Apr 2016 - 09:42 am

Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa looks on as he attends a press conference in Quito, Ecuador, 20 April 2016. EPA/FREDY CONSTANTE Quito: Ecuador's president...

Australian TV crew fly home after Beirut kidnap deal 21 Apr 2016 - 09:08 am

Australian TV presenter Tara Brown (back) and Sally Faulkner, an Australian woman accused of abducting her children from her ex husband, are released...

Island states come to UN ready to move on climate deal 21 Apr 2016 - 08:50 am

Participants are seen in silhouette as they look at a screen showing a world map with climate anomalies during the World Climate Change...

Australia admits government hack attacks, boosts cyber security 21 Apr 2016 - 08:23 am

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announces the federal government's Cyber Security Strategy at the Australian Technology Park in Sydney, Australia, 21 April 2016....

Ukraine warns it may take 'years' to end separatist war 21 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

Stepan Poltorak, Ukraine's defence minister . Reuters Kiev: Ukraine's defence minister warned Wednesday it may take years to settle the ex-Soviet republic's pro-Russian...