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The odd story of a crow that meddled in a crime scene 29 May 2016 - 04:47 pm

Canuck the crow, pictured in January with a knife. The crow picked up a different knife at a tense crime scene this week....

Bomb kills five in Borno State northeast Nigeria 29 May 2016 - 04:24 pm

Soldiers on duty in Borno State (file photo). Lagos: Five people were killed when an improvised explosive device exploded in northeast Nigeria, in...

ANALYSIS: US takes out Taliban leader at critical time 29 May 2016 - 04:15 pm

By Aamir Latif, Sinan Polat, Mohammad Fahim Abed and Sayed Khodaberdi Sadat KABUL/KARACHI, Pakistan: Pakistani police have lodged a criminal case against unnamed...

Iraq forces poised for Fallujah assault 29 May 2016 - 03:58 pm

Iraq's counter-terrorism service (CTS) reach al-Sejar village in Iraq's Anbar province, on the boundaries of Fallujah, on May 28, 2016, as they take...

Gazan women shoot for hope with wheelchair basketball 29 May 2016 - 03:34 pm

A Palestinian woman takes a shot during a wheelchair basketball coaching session, headed by US coach Jess Markt, in Khan Younis in the...

12 Boko Haram fighters Killed in Niger 29 May 2016 - 02:34 pm

NIAMEY: Security forces in Niger killed around 12 fighters of the Islamist militant group Boko Haram who launched an attack in the southeastern...

5 soldiers killed 4 Wounded in Ukraine 29 May 2016 - 02:28 pm

A local man looks at the damage at his home after a recent shelling in Donetsk, Ukraine, 28 May 2016. EPA/ALEXANDER ERMOCHENKO KIEV:...

British coastguard rescues 19 migrants from the English Channel 29 May 2016 - 02:26 pm

London: The British coastguard said it rescued 19 migrants on Sunday from the Channel after their inflatable boat began to take on water....

Australia to discuss face mask ban after violent rally 29 May 2016 - 02:08 pm

Photo: AFP MELBOURNE, Australia: Australian authorities revealed Sunday that a ban on face masks at protests will be discussed after violence erupted between...

Artillery, air operations 'kill 40 Islamic State militants' in Syria 29 May 2016 - 02:00 pm

ANKARA: Turkish military sources on Sunday said a total of 40 Islamic State were killed in northern Syria during an operation by the...

Turkish jets destroy PKK positions in northern Iraq 29 May 2016 - 01:57 pm

ANKARA: Six targets belonging to the PKK organization have been destroyed by Turkish fighter jets in the Sinat-Haftanin and Metina areas of northern...

Next Philippine leader seeks early talks with communist rebels 29 May 2016 - 12:50 pm

Philippines' president-elect Rodrigo Duterte speaks during a press conference in Davao City, in southern island of Mindanao on May 26, 2016. AFP /...

Polish minister says missile shield no threat to Russia: report 29 May 2016 - 12:50 pm

WARSAW: The U.S. missile shield to be located in Poland does not pose a threat to Russia's security, Poland's state-run news agency PAP...

US-led coalition troops assisting Kurds in new offensive: Spokesman 29 May 2016 - 12:45 pm

Kurdish Peshmerga forces keep watch in a village east of Mosul, Iraq, May 29, 2016. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari By Isabel Coles HASSAN SHAMI, Iraq: ...

Austrian far-right says 'countless' signs of election fraud 29 May 2016 - 12:42 pm

Vienna: Austria's far-right is probing "countless" cases of fraud in last week's presidential election that saw its candidate lose by a narrow margin,...

Jordan’s King Abdullah appoints PM to oversee parliament elections: Political source 29 May 2016 - 12:35 pm

File photo of King Abdullah of Jordan BEIRUT: Jordan’s King Abdullah appointed veteran politician Hani Mulqi as prime minister after dissolving parliament on...