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Three civilians killed in Shebab shootout in Mogadishu 18 Apr 2016 - 05:58 pm

Mogadishu skyline, source twitter.com/ArchWarfa Mogadishu: Three civilians and one Islamist gunmen were killed during a car chase and shootout in the Somali capital...

Plucked from the uncertainty of Lesbos: 12 Syrian refugees 18 Apr 2016 - 05:53 pm

Pope Francis welcomes a group of Syrian refugees after landing at Ciampino airport in Rome following a visit at the Moria refugee camp...

Afghanistan struggles with Taliban springtime push 18 Apr 2016 - 05:33 pm

Afghan security personnel prepare for a operation against Taliban militants in Kunduz province. / AFP / NASIR WAQIF By Zabihullah Tamanna KABUL: Insecurity...

US to deploy additional forces to Iraq: Carter 18 Apr 2016 - 04:58 pm

US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter talks to airmen in front of a Global Hawk unmanned surveillance aircraft during a tour of US Air...

One person killed after rockets hit Turkish town near Syria border 18 Apr 2016 - 04:34 pm

DIYARBAKIR, Turkey: One person was killed and another wounded when four rockets hit the southeastern Turkish town of Kilis near the Syrian border...

Podemos members reject backing Socialist-led govt in Spain 18 Apr 2016 - 04:27 pm

Pablo Iglesias, leader of Spain's Podemos. (file photo / Reuters) Madrid: Spain's far-left Podemos party said Monday its members had voted overwhelmingly against...

'Shocking' rise in Burundi torture cases: UN rights chief 18 Apr 2016 - 04:24 pm

Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, The UN human rights chief Geneva: The UN human rights chief voiced alarm Monday at a sharp increase in...

Ukraine finds two Russian servicemen guilty of "terrorism" 18 Apr 2016 - 04:17 pm

Yevgeny Yerofeyev (L) and Alexander Alexandrov, Russian servicemen arrested last May on terrorism charges related to the separatist conflict in eastern Ukraine, looks...

Delhi government bans all forms of chewing tobacco 18 Apr 2016 - 04:14 pm

A vendor cuts a sachet of gutka for a customer at her roadside stall in the old quarters of Delhi. (Reuters /MANSI THAPLIYAL) ...

Indian court orders Mallya's arrest as pressure builds on loans 18 Apr 2016 - 04:04 pm

Vijay Mallya (file photo /Afp) By Vrishti Beniwal A special court in Mumbai ordered the arrest of Vijay Mallya, the tycoon at the...

Iran capital has 7,000 undercover morality crime agents 18 Apr 2016 - 03:43 pm

Women who flaunt fashion run the risk of being publicly reprimanded by the so-called "morality police." (Niloofar Rezaee, Reuters) Tehran: Police in Iran's...

Niger's opposition lifts boycott of parliament 18 Apr 2016 - 03:05 pm

Hama Amadou Niamey: Niger's opposition coalition COPA 2016 has decided to end a boycott of parliament and the national electoral commission, members said...

Jordan summons envoy over Iran 'meddling' 18 Apr 2016 - 02:45 pm

Amman: Jordan on Monday summoned its ambassador in Iran for consultations over what Amman said was the Islamic republic's "meddling in Arab affairs,"...

Japan battles to care for 100,000 evacuees after quake 18 Apr 2016 - 02:21 pm

Rescue workers conduct a search and rescue operation at site of houses which collapsed due to a landslide caused by an earthquake in...

Turkey detains 105 in new raids on Gulen supporters 18 Apr 2016 - 02:18 pm

Fethullah Gulen Istanbul: Turkish police on Monday detained at least 105 people in a new wave of raids on suspected supporters of US-based...

Libya unity govt set for key vote as Britain's Hammond visits 18 Apr 2016 - 02:03 pm

A handout pictures made available on the official Facebook media page of Fayez al-Sarraj, prime minister of the UN-backed unity government, shows him...