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Air strikes hit rebel-held parts of Aleppo hours into truce 16 Jun 2016 - 05:03 pm

Vendors wait for customers near their stalls erected in front of damaged buildings during the holy month of Ramadan in the rebel held...

UK's pro-EU vote camp says suspends campaigning after MP shot 16 Jun 2016 - 04:58 pm

Leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) Nigel Farage waves a launch for an EU referendum poster from a bus at Parliament...

US jobless claims move higher 16 Jun 2016 - 04:45 pm

Washington: New claims for US unemployment insurance rose modestly last week but remained at low levels as the labor market remains firm. The...

Syria govt says rebels use "poisonous" weapons, insurgents deny 16 Jun 2016 - 04:10 pm

BEIRUT: Syrian state media said on Thursday rebels had used "poisonous substances" against Syrian troops east of Damascus on Wednesday, without specifying the ...

Merkel warns Brexit would deprive UK of EU gains 16 Jun 2016 - 04:09 pm

German chancellor Angela Merkel arrives for a press conference with Slovak Prime ministeron June 16, 2016 in Berlin. Germany OUT / AFP /...

Zimbabwe doctors say insurers owe $220 mln, will now take cash only 16 Jun 2016 - 02:24 pm

HARARE: Doctors in Zimbabwe will no longer accept patients with medical insurance from July 1 due to insurers owing them $220 million, the...

Tusk says 'difficult to be optimistic' on Brexit given polls 16 Jun 2016 - 01:57 pm

Finnish Prime Minister Juha Sipila (R) welcomes visiting EU Council President Donald Tusk at the PM's official residence Kesaranta in Helsinki, Finland, June...

150 Syrian refugees cross into Jordan 16 Jun 2016 - 01:35 pm

Amman: A total of 150 Syrian refugees from various age groups, entered into the Kingdom through various crossing points during the last 24...

Pieces of EgyptAir plane found at bottom of Med 16 Jun 2016 - 01:18 pm

(FILES) An image grab taken from a video uploaded on the official Facebook page of the Egyptian military spokesperson on May 21, 2016...

Thais needs 'more time' to fend off EU fishing ban: official 16 Jun 2016 - 01:16 pm

Bangkok: Thailand's fisheries director said Thursday his department needs more time to clean up the kingdom's scandal-mired seafood sector and avoid a looming...

Islamic State committing genocide against Yazidis: U.N 16 Jun 2016 - 01:15 pm

Bones, suspected to belong to members of Iraq's Yazidi community, are seen in a mass grave on the outskirts of the town of...

Orlando gunman writes ominous Facebook post before attack 16 Jun 2016 - 01:12 pm

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) officials collect evidence from the Pulse gay night club, the site of a mass shooting days earlier, in...

Niger says 34 migrants found dead in Sahara 16 Jun 2016 - 01:02 pm

NIAMEY, Niger: Twenty children were among 34 migrants found dead in the Sahara desert, the Niger government said late Wednesday. It is thought...

Russian far-right figure among fans expelled from France: sources 16 Jun 2016 - 12:36 pm

A teargas grenade explodes near an England fan ahead of England's EURO 2016 match in Marseille, France, June 10, 2016. REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier Marseille: ...

Human-eating lions condemned to life in captivity in India 16 Jun 2016 - 12:36 pm

Lion in Gir Forest, India. Reuters NEW DELHI: Officials at a forest reserve in western India have sentenced three lions to life in...

Two-year-old boy killed as he fled Iraq's Fallujah: Aid group 16 Jun 2016 - 12:18 pm

A member of Iraqi police forces gestures as he stands in front of a collapsed building in Fallujah's southern Shuhada neighbourhood to retake...

Spain PM protests Cameron 'Brexit' visit to Gibraltar 16 Jun 2016 - 12:07 pm

MADRID: Spanish Premier Mariano Rajoy says he hopes Britain stays in the EU but is unhappy with British Prime Minister David Cameron's brief...

Three Russian fans to face trial over Euro 2016 violence: official 16 Jun 2016 - 11:55 am

Marseille: Three of the 43 Russian supporters detained in France over the violence around the England-Russia Euro 2016 match will be tried Thursday,...