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UN airdrop delivers aid to besieged Syrian city 11 Apr 2016 - 04:11 pm

GENEVA: The UN has carried out its first successful humanitarian airdrop in Syria, the organization said Monday. On Sunday, food packages from the...

Pirates seize ship off Nigeria with 6 Turkish crewmen 11 Apr 2016 - 03:49 pm

Port Harcourt ANKARA: A private Turkish tanker ship with at least six Turkish crew members on board has been commandeered by pirates in...

Sudan: Darfurians vote on region’s administrative fate 11 Apr 2016 - 03:41 pm

A man casts his ballot a polling station at the Abu Shouq camp for Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) in El-Fasher, in North Darfur...

Tsipras accuses Macedonia of 'shameful' actions against border migrants 11 Apr 2016 - 03:35 pm

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras waits for a meeting with his Portugese counterpart in Athens on April 11, 2016. / AFP / ARIS...

85 ISIS militants killed in Iraq 11 Apr 2016 - 03:18 pm

Baghdad: Baghdad Operations Command announced that 85 ISIS militants were killed in different security operations near the Iraqi capital Baghdad. A statement issued...

Libya coastguard rescues 115 migrants 11 Apr 2016 - 03:12 pm

Illegal migrants sit on the dock at the Tripoli port after 115 migrants of African origins were rescued by two coast guard boats...

Five killed in Mogadishu car bombing: government spokesman 11 Apr 2016 - 02:16 pm

People stand around wreckages and debris on April 9, 2016 on the site of a car bomb blast outside a restaurant in Mogadishu...

Ukraine looks to new pro-EU government after PM quits 11 Apr 2016 - 02:14 pm

(FILE) A file picture dated 29 December 2015 shows Ukrainian Prime minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk during his press conference in Kiev, Ukraine. EPA/SERGEY DOLZHENKO...

Kerry says US ready to raise pressure on N. Korea, open to talks 11 Apr 2016 - 02:03 pm

US Secretary of State John F. Kerry speaks during a news conference after visiting Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park following the two-day Group of...

Le Drian in Iraq for talks on anti-ISIS war 11 Apr 2016 - 02:02 pm

Baghdad: French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian arrived in Baghdad Monday on an unannounced visit for talks with Iraqi officials on the war...

Syrian govt says ready for talks without preconditions 11 Apr 2016 - 01:44 pm

UN peace envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, leaves his hotel in the Syrian capital Damascus on April 11, 2016. AFP / LOUAI...

World tiger count rises for first time in 100 years 11 Apr 2016 - 01:43 pm

(FILE) A file photograph showing tigers at the Xiongsen Bear and Tiger Mountain village, home to about 1,400 reserve tigers in Guilin, China,...

British royals enjoy cricket and Bollywood on India tour 11 Apr 2016 - 12:11 pm

Former Indian cricketers Dilip Vengsarkar (L) and Sachin Tendulkar (2R) looks on as Duchess of Cambridge Catherine and an unseen Britain's Prince William,...

Malaysia's first sharia-compliant airline suspended: official 11 Apr 2016 - 12:05 pm

File photo of Rayani Air. EPA Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia's first Islamic-compliant airline has been suspended for three months after it failed to adhere...

Taiwan accuses China of kidnapping eight of its nationals from Kenya 11 Apr 2016 - 11:39 am

TAIPEI: Taiwan on Monday accused China, which regards the self-ruled island as a breakaway province, of kidnapping eight of its nationals who it...

Bombers carry out explosions in Russia's Stavropol region: Agencies 11 Apr 2016 - 11:37 am

Moscow: Three men attacked a rural police station in southern Russia on Monday including at least one suicide bomber, the Interior Ministry said,...

Hungary opposes proposed EU changes on seconded workers: Govt 11 Apr 2016 - 11:30 am

Factory workers inspect cars on the assembly line. Reuters BUDAPEST: Hungary opposes a European Union plan to equalise pay between seconded and local...