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Myanmar torches drugs worth nearly $60 million 26 Jun 2016 - 12:05 pm

A pile of seized drugs burn after being set on fire during a ceremony to mark the UN's "International Day against Drug Abuse...

US base worker held for drink-driving on Japan's Okinawa 26 Jun 2016 - 12:00 pm

Tokyo: An American base employee on Japan's Okinawa was arrested for suspected drink-driving Sunday, a week after tens of thousands of angry residents...

Islamic State militants launch new attacks in eastern Afghanistan 26 Jun 2016 - 12:00 pm

File photo of ethnic Hazara demonstrators gathered in a protest demanding action to rescue Hazaras kidnapped from a bus by masked men who...

CRPF men' killing disservice to Islam, Kashmir: Mehbooba 26 Jun 2016 - 11:49 am

India's Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel attend a wreath laying ceremony of their colleagues, who were killed in a militant attack on...

Iraqi forces retake Islamic State holdout in Falluja, declare battle over 26 Jun 2016 - 11:41 am

Members of the Iraqi counter-terrorism forces outside a hospital in Fallujah used by the Iraqi forces for emergency cases on June 23, 2016. ...

UK opposition leader sacks foreign policy chief, deepens divisions 26 Jun 2016 - 11:08 am

British opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn delivers a speech following the pro-Brexit result of the UK's EU referendum vote, in central London...

British opposition Labour health policy chief resigns after Brexit vote 26 Jun 2016 - 10:44 am

Heidi Alexander. Photo credit: Twitter LONDON: The health policy chief of Britain’s Labour Party resigned on Sunday, saying the country needed a credible...

Top Taliban commander killed in northern Afghanistan airstrike 26 Jun 2016 - 10:31 am

Kabul: A top commander of the Taliban group was killed in an airstrike together with his six fighters in northern Kunduz province of...

Bus fire kills 30 in central China: Xinhua 26 Jun 2016 - 10:30 am

Beijing: At least 30 people were killed when a large bus burst into flames after crashing into the side of a road in...

Russian, regime raids killed 82 in IS-held east Syria: new toll 26 Jun 2016 - 10:22 am

Russian warplanes have been carrying out an air war in Syria since September 2015. AFP File Photo Beirut: At least 82 people including...

Polls open in Spain repeat elections 26 Jun 2016 - 10:09 am

A voter casts his ballot in Spain's general election in Pozuelo de Alarcon, near Madrid, Spain, June 26, 2016. REUTERS/Susana Vera Madrid: Polls...

Student killed in attack at Papua New Guinea university 26 Jun 2016 - 09:48 am

File photo of heavily-armed Papua New Guinea police as they prevent students from leaving the University of Papua New Guinea in Port Moresby,...

Far-left Podemos coalition scores big in Spain vote: exit poll 26 Jun 2016 - 09:30 am

Policy secretary of left-wing party Podemos Inigo Errejon (L) watches Leader of left wing party Podemos and party candidate, Pablo Iglesias, (C) vote...

Chinese ship to inaugurate wider Panama Canal 26 Jun 2016 - 09:21 am

A cargo ship named Cosco Houston, navigates through Cocoli locks during a test of the new set of locks of thePanama Canal expansion...

Bullet scars as Uganda remembers Israel's Entebbe raid 26 Jun 2016 - 08:42 am

(L to R) Eyal Oren, Shlomo Carmel, Jaffer Amin, Amjon Peled, Alex Davidi, unidentified, and Amir Ofer, members of the former Israeli Commandos...

Europe demands prompt divorce from divided Britain 26 Jun 2016 - 08:35 am

(L to R) Foreign ministers of Luxemborg Jean Asselborn, Italy Paolo Gentiloni, Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Belgium Didier Reynders, France Jean-Marc Ayrault and Netherlands...

Iran says five rebels killed in Kurdish region 26 Jun 2016 - 08:18 am

Tehran: Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards said it killed five armed rebels in recent clashes along its border with Iraqi Kurdistan, state media reported. ...