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Obama defends NATO as a 'lynchpin' 05 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

Barack Obama holds a news conference closing the 2016 Nuclear Security Summit at the Washington Convention Center, April 1, 2016. EPA, ANDREW HARRER ...

Timeline: Zika’s origin and global spread 05 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

An Aedes aegypti mosquito is seen at the Laboratory of Entomology and Ecology of the Dengue Branch of the US Centers for Disease...

US top court rejects conservative challenge in voting rights case 05 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

The US Supreme Court is pictured in Washington, June 8, 2015. Reuters, Gary Cameron Case focuses on legal principle of “one person, one...

Saudi Arabia suspends Iran’s Mahan Air license to use its air space 05 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

A Mahan Air Boeing 747-400 DUBAI: Saudi Arabia has suspended licenses granted to Iran’s Mahan Air to fly through its air space or...

'Panama Papers' revelations trigger global probes 05 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

Ramon Fonseca (L), one of the founders of Panama's Mossack Fonseca law firm, gestures during a TV interview with Telemetro, in Panama City...

Dutch police target drug gangs in massive operation 05 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

A police officer investigates a drugslab where MDMA was produced in Eindhoven, in the south of The Netherlands on April 4, 2016. Hundreds...

Thousands protest demanding Icelandic PM's resignation 05 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

People protest against Iceland's Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson outside parliament in Reykjavik, Iceland on April 4, 2016. Iceland's prime minister faced calls...

Russia says Lavrov, Kerry concerned over Nagorno-Karabakh clashes 04 Apr 2016 - 06:55 pm

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry gestures as he meets with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during their meeting on Syria, in Zurich,...

Turkey’s Erdogan says no room for dialogue in Kurdish conflict 04 Apr 2016 - 06:45 pm

ANKARA: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Monday ruled out reviving peace talks with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) and vowed to stamp...

Panama Papers: secret accounts of the rich and powerful 04 Apr 2016 - 06:33 pm

An arhive image made available on 04 April 2016 shows German journalist Georg Mascolo - head of the research co-operation of NDR, WDR...

Fierce Afghan fighting slows NATO training mission- new US commander 04 Apr 2016 - 06:31 pm

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN- APRIL 04: Afghan and foreign delegations are seen during the Special Joint Coordination and Monitoring Board meeting in Kabul, Afghanistan on...

Panama lawyer at center of data leak denounces attack on privacy 04 Apr 2016 - 06:24 pm

A miniature flag of Panama pictured on a mailbox of a residential building in Kaufbeueren, Germany, 04 April 2016. Millions of leaked documents...

Infamous UK double agent talks of treachery in secret video: report 04 Apr 2016 - 06:01 pm

A view shows the gravestone (C) of British double agent Kim Philby at a cemetery in Moscow, Russia, April 4, 2016. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin ...

Nigeria targets elusive small traders in new tax drive 04 Apr 2016 - 05:44 pm

Girls stand in front of a hairdresser called Bambing Saloon in Chibok in Borno State north-eastern Nigeria on March 25, 2016. AFP, STEFAN...

Syrian army presses ahead with offensive against IS 04 Apr 2016 - 05:40 pm

A picture shows a partially burnt church at the monastery of Syriac Catholic Saint Elian, who lived in the fifth century AD, in...

Two Guantanamo Bay inmates transferred to Senegal: Pentagon 04 Apr 2016 - 05:25 pm

Washington: The Pentagon on Monday announced the transfer of two Libyan inmates from the Guantanamo Bay detention center to Senegal. "The Department of...