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Incumbent Medina ahead in early Dominican presidential results 16 May 2016 - 11:01 am

Members of a polling station count the votes on election day in the Dominican Republic on May 15, 2016. AFP / Fran Afonso ...

US woman rushed to hospital with shark stuck to arm 16 May 2016 - 10:50 am

Image used for representation. Miami: A woman in the US state of Florida was rushed to a hospital Sunday after being bitten by...

Nigerian army arrests suspected pipeline attackers in Delta-military source 16 May 2016 - 10:42 am

AFP/ File photo YENEGOA: The Nigerian army has arrested several people suspected of having been involved in a recent wave of attacks on...

Comoros ready to take Kuwait stateless: minister 16 May 2016 - 10:38 am

Bidoon men attend a seminar hosted by the Kuwait Human Rights Association to talk about suffering of tens of thousands of stateless Arabs...

Palestinian stabs Israeli in Jerusalem: police 16 May 2016 - 10:32 am

Jerusalem: A Palestinian stabbed and lightly wounded an Israeli Jew in Jerusalem on Monday before being arrested by security forces, police and medics...

Lights finally come on for Indian village 16 May 2016 - 10:17 am

An Indian family gather inside their home in the village of Anandpur in Uttar Pradesh, soon after the village was electrified. AFP /...

Kabul locked down as minority Hazaras protest over power line 16 May 2016 - 09:58 am

An Afghan policeman keeps watch in front of shipping containers that blocked streets leading to Kabul's government and diplomatic area in Kabul, Afghanistan...

Turkish, coalition forces hit Islamic State targets in Syria, kill 27: Media 16 May 2016 - 09:50 am

People walk on the rubble of damaged buildings after an airstrike in the rebel held area of Aleppo's Baedeen district, Syria, May 3,...

Pavement glued down in Hong Kong for China official visit 16 May 2016 - 09:36 am

Police officers (C) stand in front of large barricades erected along a road in Hong Kong on May 16, 2016 as authorities prepare...

Nigerians brace for more fuel queues 16 May 2016 - 09:19 am

Motorists queue to buy petrol at a fuel station in Ahaoda in Nigeria's oil state in the Delta region, December 6, 2012. REUTERS/Akintunde...

Two earthquakes hit Jordan's Aqaba 16 May 2016 - 09:15 am

Amman: An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale jolted at dawn Monday the southern Jordanian city of Aqaba. After about half an...

China says Taiwan fraud suspects deported from Malaysia 'confess' 16 May 2016 - 09:11 am

Taipei: A group of Taiwanese fraud suspects deported from Malaysia to China have confessed and will be tried on the mainland, according to...

A determined Clinton woos wary voters: blue-collar whites 16 May 2016 - 09:04 am

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton takes a selfie with campaign supporters at the Union of Carpenters and Millwrights Training Center May 15, 2016...

US, S. Korea, Japan to hold joint drill against N. Korea 16 May 2016 - 08:57 am

US and South Korean marines participate in a US-South Korea joint landing operation drill in Pohang, South Korea, in this March 31, 2014...

Philippine Islamist kidnappers set new ransom deadline 16 May 2016 - 08:52 am

File picture of Islamist militants in Philippines. Manila: Islamist extremists in the Philippines who last month beheaded a Canadian man say they will...