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Ansar Dine says holding three Red Cross workers in Mali 21 Apr 2016 - 02:33 pm

Bamako: Islamist group Ansar Dine said Thursday it was holding three Red Cross workers captured in northeastern Mali last weekend and called for...

Thai junta chief accuses former PM Thaksin of stirring protests 21 Apr 2016 - 02:15 pm

Pheu Thai party's core member, Watana Muangsook (C) is escorted by a military officer as he arrives at the Military Court, in Bangkok ...

China eyes deeper military ties with Afghanistan 21 Apr 2016 - 02:06 pm

A frontier guard stands on a bridge to Afghanistan across Panj river in Panji Poyon border outpost, south of Dushanbe, Tajikistan, May 31,...

Philippines arrests alleged election website hacker 21 Apr 2016 - 01:57 pm

Manila: Philippine officials said Thursday they have arrested a suspect in the hacking of the national election agency's website ahead of next month's...

Top Philippine president candidate says may cut US, Australia ties 21 Apr 2016 - 12:54 pm

This photo taken on April 19, 2016 shows Rodrigo Duterte, front-runner presidential candidate for the May 9 elections, swearing in front of a...

Refugee crisis shows how fate of Turkey, EU are linked 21 Apr 2016 - 12:33 pm

Children play football at a makeshift camp for migrants and refugees at the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of Idomeni on April 20,...

China exported military drones to 10 nations: report 21 Apr 2016 - 12:27 pm

Beijing: China has exported military drones to more than 10 countries in deals worth hundreds of millions of dollars, and plans to sell...

Iranian hopefuls start campaigning for parliamentary runoffs - Radio 21 Apr 2016 - 12:17 pm

ANKARA: Campaigning for Iran’s parliamentary runoffs next week began on Thursday, state radio reported, when allies of President Hassan Rouhani and their hardline...

Obama begins summit with Gulf leaders 21 Apr 2016 - 11:46 am

U.S. President Barack Obama arrives for during a summit of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia April 21, 2016. REUTERS/Kevin...

UK parliament criticized over ‘legitimizing’ PKK 21 Apr 2016 - 11:36 am

By Michael Sercan Daventry LONDON: Britain’s grandiose Houses of Parliament are a universally recognized symbol associated with the legislature's reputation as the “mother...

More than 100 feared dead in India heat wave 21 Apr 2016 - 11:26 am

Villager carries container and walk from one place to another in search of a water souce as the well in her village is...

Russia warns U.S. over naval incident as NATO tensions laid bare 21 Apr 2016 - 11:25 am

An U.S. Navy picture shows what appears to be a Russian Sukhoi SU-24 attack aircraft flying over the USS Donald Cook in the...

Number of migrants crossing Aegean to Europe falling significantly: NATO's Stoltenberg 21 Apr 2016 - 11:14 am

A Turkish coast guard ship patrols on the Aegean Sea, off the Turkish coast 20 April 2016. EPA/JOHN MACDOUGALL / POOL ANKARA: The...

Ethiopian troops seek kidnapped children in South Sudan 21 Apr 2016 - 11:03 am

By Addis Getachew ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopian troops have crossed into South Sudan in search of 125 children abducted by an armed group last...

Hundreds evacuated from besieged Syria towns 21 Apr 2016 - 10:50 am

A Syrian Red Crescent vehicle leads a convoy leaving the besieged town of Madaya, on April 20, 2016 during an operation in cooperation...

China ramps up espionage warnings in new security push 21 Apr 2016 - 10:37 am

By Ben Blanchard BEIJING: China is ramping up its warnings against espionage in a week of activities to mark the passing of a...

Indonesia fears piracy surge could turn regional waters into 'new Somalia' 21 Apr 2016 - 10:33 am

Indonesia's chief security affairs minister Luhut Pandjaitan speaks to of local government and security officials in Serang, Banten province west of Jakarta February...