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US states on Zika's frontline see big gaps in funding, expertise 23 May 2016 - 08:30 am

US President speaks after a meeting about the Zika virus in the Oval Office of the White House on May 21, 2016. AFP...

India's mini space shuttle blasts off 23 May 2016 - 08:26 am

File photo of security guards before the launch of a spaceship in Sriharikota. Reuters Bangalore, India: India successfully launched its first model space...

Obama praises 'strengthening ties' between US and Vietnam 23 May 2016 - 08:23 am

US President Barack Obama (centre R) walks with Vietnam's National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan (centre L) during his visit to the...

India's Modi in Iran on trip to boost trade 23 May 2016 - 12:00 am

Tehran: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Iran on Sunday on a visit aimed at boosting trade after the lifting of international...

Afghan Taliban confirm death of Mullah Akhtar Mansour 23 May 2016 - 12:00 am

This photograph taken on May 21, 2016 shows Pakistani local residents gathering around a destroyed vehicle hit by a drone strike in which...

Militants attack Agip oil pipeline in Nigeria 22 May 2016 - 06:44 pm

YENAGOA, Nigeria: A crude oil pipeline in Nigeria's southern state of Bayelsa operated by the local subsidiary of Italy's Eni was attacked on...

Fate of Afghan Taliban's Mullah Mansoor still unclear 22 May 2016 - 06:03 pm

A picture made available on 22 May 2016 shows people shift bodies of the two people killed in a US drone one of...

FSA rebels to Syrian army: End assault within 48 hours or truce finished 22 May 2016 - 05:48 pm

AMMAN: Mainstream Syrian rebel groups said on Sunday they would no longer abide by a threadbare "cessation of hostilities" deal unless the Syrian...

Merkel expresses concern about situation of Kurds in Turkey 22 May 2016 - 05:47 pm

German Chancellor Angela Merkel leaves after giving a speech during festivities to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the DOSB (Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund, German...

Former minister killed in Libya IS clashes 22 May 2016 - 05:40 pm

Former minister, Mohammed Soualem Tripoli: A Libyan former minister was killed in clashes between unity government forces and fighters of the Islamic State...

13 ?Qaeda militants killed in eastern Yemen 22 May 2016 - 05:07 pm

Aden: 13 militants believed to be belonging to Al Qaeda organization were killed today in clashes with the army in the Yemeni eastern...

Crackdown looms for India's super-rich tax avoiders 22 May 2016 - 04:42 pm

The Lamborghini Huracan 610-4 Spyder is seen at a showroom during its launch in Bangalore on May 13, 2016. Lamborghini rolled out its...

Islamic State group leader urges attacks in Europe and US 22 May 2016 - 04:31 pm

By MAAMOUN YOUSSEF CAIRO: An Islamic State group spokesman has urged sympathizers in Europe and the U.S. to launch attacks on civilians there...

Rebels kill 5 Indian soldiers near border with Myanmar 22 May 2016 - 04:20 pm

By WASBIR HUSSAIN GAUHATI, India: Police say rebels have killed five Indian paramilitary soldiers in an ambush in the latest attack in India's...

Azhar imam to urge tolerance in historic pope meeting 22 May 2016 - 04:15 pm

Cairo: The deputy of Al-Azhar's grand imam in Egypt said on Sunday the top Muslim cleric will bear a message of tolerance when...

Burkina Faso holds first local elections in transition 22 May 2016 - 03:40 pm

Burkina Faso's President Roch Marc Christian Kabore (L) speaks with Burkina Faso's electoral commission chairman Barthemy Kere (R) outside a polling station in...

Philippine president-elect blasts Catholic church, bishops 22 May 2016 - 03:30 pm

Rodrigo Duterte (file photo / AFP) By JIM GOMEZ MANILA, Philippines: The presumptive Philippine president-elect has blasted the country's dominant Roman Catholic church...

Egypt political detainee died of ‘torture’: Rights group 22 May 2016 - 03:10 pm

Burj al-Arab Prison By Mahmoud Gharib and Mahmoud Hussein CAIRO: A political prisoner died on Saturday inside his cell in Alexandria’s notorious Burj...