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Philippine mayor widens poll lead ahead of May 9 election 24 Apr 2016 - 05:34 pm

A file picture dated 23 April 2016 shows Filipino presidential candidate, Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte (C) gesturing during an election campaign rally...

Israel frees youngest Palestinian 12-year-old girl prisoner 24 Apr 2016 - 05:04 pm

Palestinian Dima al-Wawi (L), 12, who is believed to be the youngest female detained by Israel, arrives in the West Bank city of...

Jordan receives 911 Syrian refugees 24 Apr 2016 - 04:34 pm

Amman: A total of 911 new Syrian refugees from various age groups, crossed into the Kingdom during the last 72 hours, a military...

Abdelaziz Bouteflika in Geneva for 'routine medical check' 24 Apr 2016 - 04:21 pm

(FILES) This file photo taken on April 10, 2016 shows Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika meeting with the French prime minister at his residence...

16 wounded as rockets hit Turkish town of Kilis 24 Apr 2016 - 04:01 pm

Police secure the scene as locals watch after two rockets hit the Turkish town of Kilis near the Syrian border, Turkey, April 24,...

Happiness can't be downloaded like an app: Pope to youth 24 Apr 2016 - 03:35 pm

Pope Francis (C) tours St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on his open car at the end of a mass he celebrated for...

George Clooney leads Yerevan march commemorating Armenian genocide 24 Apr 2016 - 03:32 pm

(L-R, front) Armenia's President Serzh Sargsyan, actor George Clooney and singer Charles Aznavour attend a flower-laying ceremony at the Tsitsernakaberd Armenian Genocide Memorial...

Obama makes farewell visit to Germany on free trade push 24 Apr 2016 - 03:15 pm

US President Barack Obama (2-L) is received by Stephan Weil (C), premier of the German state Lower Saxony, and John B. Emerson (R),...

Migrants seek new routes into Balkans 24 Apr 2016 - 02:55 pm

Refugee men pretending to be tv journalists for an imaginary Refugee TV conduct an interview at a makeshift camp for migrants and refugees...

14 civilians killed as rebel attacks Aleppo 24 Apr 2016 - 02:32 pm

Civil defense team members and civillians try to reach woundeds and dead bodies after Russian forces staged air-strike over residential areas in Tariq...

Saudi-led air strikes kill 10 al Qaeda fighters in Yemen 24 Apr 2016 - 12:45 pm

Forces loyal to the Saudi-backed Yemeni president flash their arms at a road on the entrance to Abyan province as they take part...

Bangladesh police arrest student over professor's murder: Official 24 Apr 2016 - 12:35 pm

The body of the Rajshahi University professor Rezaul Karim Siddiquee lies in the streets within 50 meters of his home at Battala Crossing...

Pakistan’s Khan sees Panama Papers as second chance to oust PM 24 Apr 2016 - 12:25 pm

A man watches a televised speech by Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, as he announced to constitute an inquiry commission headed by Supreme...

Sending troops to Syria would be 'mistake', Obama warns 24 Apr 2016 - 12:24 pm

Syrian civil defence volunteers evacuate people from a damaged building following a reported airstrike on April 23, 2016 in Tareeq al-Bab in the...

There's no place like home, even in the Chernobyl disaster zone 24 Apr 2016 - 12:09 pm

Cars of the children autodrome are seen in the abandoned city of Pripyat, Ukraine, April 22, 2016. Alexey Furman / Anadolu Agency By...

Serbia’s Vucic seeks mandate for EU talks in early election 24 Apr 2016 - 11:51 am

Serbian voters head to the polls for the second time in the past two years on Sunday, in snap elections to designate a...

Two rockets hit Turkish town near Syrian border: Witness 24 Apr 2016 - 11:50 am

KILIS, Turkey: Two rockets hit the Turkish town of Kilis near the Syrian border on Sunday, wounding some people, a Reuters witness at...

EU-US trade deal 'will fail' if US refuses concessions: German minister 24 Apr 2016 - 11:38 am

German Vice Chancellor, Economy and Energy Minister Sigmar Gabriel attends a press conference before a Ministerial Coference of Friends of Industry on April...