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Malia Obama is going to Harvard - but taking a year off first 02 May 2016 - 12:00 am

This file photo taken on April 8, 2016 shows US President Barack Obama and daughter Malia make their way to board Air Force...

Trump hits out at Clinton and Cruz ahead of Indiana primary 02 May 2016 - 12:00 am

(FILES) This file photo taken on April 29, 2016 shows US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump addresses the California Republican Party 2016 Convention...

Baghdad: Protesters quit Green Zone 02 May 2016 - 12:00 am

Followers of Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr leave the Green Zone in Baghdad, Iraq, May 1, 2016. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani Baghdad: Protesters were withdrawing...

Up to 100 missing in two Mediterranean shipwrecks: UN 02 May 2016 - 12:00 am

Rome: Fifteen migrants are missing after their boat sank on Friday, the second shipwreck that day in the Mediterranean, bringing the number of...

Death toll from car-bomb attack in S. Iraq hits 36 02 May 2016 - 12:00 am

By Ali Jawad BAGHDAD: The death toll from Sunday’s twin car bombings in the city of Al-Samawah in Iraq’s southern Muthanna province has...

Saudi builder Binladin terminates 50,000 jobs; workers set fire to buses in protest 01 May 2016 - 06:29 pm

Migrant workers, who work for Saudi Binladin Group, look for their names as they ask for a final settlement over salary issue, in...

Trump says Republican race all but over if he wins Indiana 01 May 2016 - 06:04 pm

US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump (C) stands onstage with members of the Remembrance Project during a rally at the Orange County Fairgrounds...

Train derails in Washington; possible hazardous leak 01 May 2016 - 05:03 pm

Several cars remain overturned after a CSX freight train derailed in Washington WASHINGTON: A CSX freight train derailed near a Metro stop in...

Stori Da Pakhtunkhwa funds released for student scholarship grants 01 May 2016 - 04:01 pm

PESHAWAR: The finance department of Pakistan’s Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province has finally released the much-awaited funds for students of the Stori Da Pakhtunkhwa scholarship grants...

Pakistan's climate change ministry budget likely to be slashed 01 May 2016 - 03:56 pm

A flood victim sits on a boat while being evacuated from her flooded house following heavy rain in Jhang, Punjab province September 10,...

Commission demanded to probe written-off loans in Pakistan 01 May 2016 - 03:52 pm

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has requested the apex court to set up a commission to primarily probe into the loans...

64 militants killed, 50 wounded in Afghanistan 01 May 2016 - 03:30 pm

Afghan security forces are seen in the Gurzivan district of Faryab province, which was controlled by Taliban, after they retake the district from...

Tatars in Crimea seek more EU pressure on Russia 01 May 2016 - 03:23 pm

Supporters of the Communist Party hold flags during a May Day rally in Simferopol, Crimea, May 1, 2016. REUTERS/Pavel Rebrov By Ayhan Simsek...

Sudan rebels take credit for Sunday army plane crash 01 May 2016 - 03:17 pm

By Mohamed Elkhatem KHARTOUM: A Sudanese rebel group announced Sunday that it was responsible for downing a military plane that crashed while landing...

Obama mocks Trump at last White House press dinner 01 May 2016 - 03:15 pm

US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump addresses the California Republican Party 2016 Convention in Burlingame, California, April 29, 2016. AFP / GABRIELLE LURIE ...