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U.S. jet strikes target Islamic State from Mediterranean 04 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

The aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman performs a full power run during sea trials in the Atlantic Ocean in this July 8,...

Pakistan increases defense spending by 11 percent 04 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

Security official place bags containing budget documents to the parliament where Pakistani Finance Minister Ishaq Dar presented the national budget for the fiscal...

Pakistan budget seeks decade-high growth as IMF loan nears end 04 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

Employees sort documents before they are distributed for the presentation of the 2016-17 budget in the National Assembly in Islamabad, Pakistan, June 3,...

India's Modi to arrive in Doha on Saturday as he embarks on a five-nation tour 04 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

File photo of India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi. New Delhi: India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi will embark on a five-nation trip this weekend...

Rio Games refugee team will have 10 athletes: IOC 03 Jun 2016 - 04:20 pm

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach attends a news conference in Lausanne, Switzerland, June 3, 2016. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse By Karolos Grohmann LAUSANNE,...

Saudi’s Jubeir says Arab peace plan best option for Israel 03 Jun 2016 - 04:14 pm

French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault (L) shakes hands with Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir prior to an international and interministerial conference in a...

National team 'no longer German', says right-wing leader 03 Jun 2016 - 04:05 pm

Alexander Gauland. Reuters Berlin: A German right-wing populist politician who caused outrage by racially disparaging footballer Jerome Boateng followed up Friday by saying...

Mexican “Spiderman” weaves web of knowledge for science students 03 Jun 2016 - 03:59 pm

Moises Vazquez, 26, known as Spider-Moy, a computer science teaching assistant at the Faculty of Science of the National Autonomous University of Mexico...

Niger confirms bird flu outbreak in poultry 03 Jun 2016 - 03:48 pm

Workers from the Animal Protection Ministry cull chicks to contain an outbreak of bird flu at a farm in Ivory Coast, August 14,...

Major powers to study incentives to revive Mideast peace process: France 03 Jun 2016 - 03:36 pm

French Foreign minister Jean-Marc Ayrault, French President Francois Hollande and United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon pose prio to an international and interministerial...

Croatia PM Oreskovic calls on his two deputies to resign 03 Jun 2016 - 03:33 pm

Croatia PM Tihomir Oreskovic at the Presidental office in Zagreb, December 23, 2015. Reuters / Antonio Bronic ZAGREB: Croatian Prime Minister Tihomir Oreskovic...

Greece: 4 dead, 340 people rescued from migrant boat 03 Jun 2016 - 03:21 pm

A woman pulls a corner of her headscarf as she stands with refugees and migrants upon their arrival with a boat near the...

Dig for victory! Hungarian grave diggers compete to be the best 03 Jun 2016 - 03:15 pm

A gravedigger sits in his vehicle as he waits for the start of the first Hungarian grave digging championship, part of an international...

Flood shuts Paris Musee d'Orsay until Tuesday 03 Jun 2016 - 03:05 pm

Tourists stand in front of the closed doors of the Orsay museum on June 3, 2016 in Paris, after the rain-swollen River Seine...

British paedophile to be sentenced for Malaysia abuses on Monday: judge 03 Jun 2016 - 02:59 pm

Law Hong Soon, (C) deputy chief of criminal investigation in the Royal Malaysian Police, speaks during a press conference in Kuala Lumpur on...

104 migrant bodies washed up on Libyan beach 03 Jun 2016 - 02:58 pm

A member of the Libyan coast guard conducts a daily routine check on one of the patrol boats in Tripoli, Libya April 19,...

Missing Japanese boy found safe after forest ordeal 03 Jun 2016 - 02:53 pm

This picture shows a house in a military exercise area where missing boy Yamato Tanooka was found by Self-Defense Forces personnel in the...

Iran says Airbus deal still awaiting US green light 03 Jun 2016 - 02:50 pm

Tehran: A $10 billion deal between Iran and European aircraft manufacturer Airbus for 118 aircraft is still pending authorisation from the United States,...