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French PM urges 'harsh' punishment over anti-police violence 19 May 2016 - 10:35 am

Protesters clash with police inside a car during a demonstration, that had been banned, against police violence in the context of ongoing protests...

Pakistan in rare extradition of double murder suspect to UK 19 May 2016 - 10:22 am

Islamabad: Pakistan has extradited a man charged by British police with a double murder in a rare handover between the two countries, officials...

Congo’s president shows would-be successor who is in charge 19 May 2016 - 10:06 am

Congo President Joseph Kabila delivers his remarks during the opening ceremony of the Paris Agreement signing ceremony on climate change at the United...

US B-52 bomber crashes on Guam 19 May 2016 - 10:01 am

This handout photo from KUAM News taken on May 19, 2016 shows a US B-52 bomber just after it crashed at Andersen Air...

Media freedom still distant goal in Sudan: top editor 19 May 2016 - 09:59 am

AFP/ File photo Khartoum: The message is clear for Sudanese editor Osman Mirgani whose newspaper resumed printing last week after a five-month ban:...

Atomic bomb survivors: Obama apology nice, but priority is disarmament 19 May 2016 - 09:58 am

TOKYO: Japanese atomic bomb survivors say an apology from President Barack Obama for the U.S. bombing of Hiroshima would be welcome, but their...

India’s ruling BJP wins power in northeast, expands influence 19 May 2016 - 09:47 am

Election officials count votes in the West Bengal Assembly elections, at a counting centre in Kolkata, India May 19, 2016. REUTERS/RUPAK DE CHOWDHURI...

Egyptian armed forces received distress signal from missing EgyptAir plane 19 May 2016 - 09:44 am

An EgyptAir aircraft prepares to land at Cairo Airport, Egypt May 19, 2016. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh CAIRO: Rescue services from the Egyptian armed...

Taiwan's Ma sees unlikely comedy farewell video go viral 19 May 2016 - 09:37 am

File photo of Taiwan's outgoing president Ma Ying-jeou. Taipei: Slammed by critics for his lack of charisma, Taiwan's unpopular outgoing president Ma Ying-jeou...

Syrian regime, allies seize town near Damascus from rebels 19 May 2016 - 09:35 am

BEIRUT: Syrian government forces and allies including Lebanese Hezbollah fighters seized a strategic town southeast of Damascus from insurgents on Thursday, a monitoring...

Venezuela protesters brave tear gas to call for Maduro's ouster 19 May 2016 - 09:28 am

People clash with police as they protest against the state of emergency imposed by President Nicolas Maduro and to demand his ouster, in...

French PM says nothing ruled out on missing EgyptAir flight 19 May 2016 - 09:11 am

An EgyptAir plane lands at Cairo Airport in Egypt May 19, 2016. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh PARIS: France is ruling nothing out as to ...

Here are the nationalities of passengers on EgyptAir flight 'MS804' 19 May 2016 - 08:45 am

An empty chair seen at the Egyptair desk at Charles de Gaulle airport, after an Egyptair flight disappeared from radar during its flight...

Egypt, Greece mount maritime search for vanished flight 19 May 2016 - 08:13 am

FILE PHOTO - An Egyptair Airbus A320 airbus stands on the runway at Larnaca Airport in Larnaca, Cyprus , March 29, 2016. REUTERS/Yiannis...

Egyptair plane that left Paris for Cairo 'did not land': French official 19 May 2016 - 08:12 am

An empty Egyptair counter is seen at terminal 1 at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris, France, May 19, 2016. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann PARIS:...

Aleppo's local council reaches out to London Mayor Khan 19 May 2016 - 08:00 am

Britain's Labour Party Candidate for Mayor of London Sadiq Khan gestures during an event in London, Britain, March 23, 2016.Reuters LONDON: Syria's opposition-held...

Pentagon: Russia building base in Syria 19 May 2016 - 07:56 am

By Kasim Ileri WASHINGTON: Russia has established an outpost in the vicinity of Syria’s Palmyra city, a U.S. defense official said Wednesday. “In...

Syria, Iraq, Kilis to top NATO meeting: Stoltenberg 19 May 2016 - 07:52 am

Jens Stoltenberg, NATO Secretary General addresses a press conference at the NATO headquarter in Brussels, Belgium, 18 May 2016. EPA/LAURENT DUBRULE BRUSSELS: Islamic...