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Morocco says UN Western Sahara decision ‘irreversible’ 25 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Moroccan Prime Minister Abdelillah Benkirane speaks at the parliament March 12, 2016. AFP RABAT: Morocco’s decision to reduce United Nations staff at the...

With Brazil in crisis, who has time for the Olympics? 25 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Laid-off outsourced workers, who were contracted to work for Petrobras, arrive to the Petrobras headquarter during a protest against recent layoffs in Rio...

Handful of nations see many unintended pregnancies despite contraception 25 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE: A pregnant woman waiting to be attended at the Maternal and Children's Hospital in, Tegucigalpa. January 21. 2016. AFP By Sebastien...

UN chief in Lebanon to 'improve' conditions for Syria refugees 25 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. AFP, Don EMMERT Beirut: UN chief Ban Ki-moon Thursday started a two-day visit to Lebanon aimed at improving...

US indicts Iranians for hacking dozens of banks, New York dam 25 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

A most wanted poster provided by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) shows the Iranian hackers wanted for a coordinated campaign of...

US blacklists firms, individuals over Iran missile program 24 Mar 2016 - 06:27 pm

An Iranian precision guided ballistic missile is launched as it is tested at an undisclosed location, October 11, 2015 farsnews.com handout via REUTERS, ...

UN rights chief hails 'hugely significant' Karadzic genocide verdict 24 Mar 2016 - 06:10 pm

Geneva: The UN rights chief on Thursday hailed the genocide conviction of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic as "hugely significant", saying it...

Karadzic guilty of genocide, jailed for 40 years 24 Mar 2016 - 06:02 pm

Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic sits in the courtroom for the reading of his verdict at the International Criminal Tribunal for Former...

Suicide bomber Laachraoui was model student at Brussels Catholic school 24 Mar 2016 - 05:53 pm

This undated file photo released on March 21, 2016 by the federal police on demand of Brussels' king prosecutor shows a combination of...

Karadzic 'criminally responsible' for Srebrenica genocide: ICTY 24 Mar 2016 - 05:39 pm

Belgraders in a bar watch a television broadcast of United Nations war crimes tribunal passing judgment to former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic,...

Kyrgyz leader accuses opponents of fomenting unrest 24 Mar 2016 - 05:39 pm

Kyrgyzstan's President Almazbek Atambayev addresses a news conference following a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the Chancellery in Berlin, April 1,...

Belgium confirms Brussels metro bomber's link to Paris attacks 24 Mar 2016 - 05:03 pm

File Photo - Police are seen at the crime scene that has been set up near Maelbeek Metro station after an explosion occured...

UN judge throws out one of two Karadzic genocide charges 24 Mar 2016 - 04:44 pm

A protester walks in front of the International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague, The Netherlands, 24 March 2016, before...

Death toll of US anti-Qaeda raid in Yemen jumps to 71 24 Mar 2016 - 04:22 pm

Aden: A US air strike on an Al-Qaeda training camp in Yemen this week killed more than 70 fighters, provincial officials said Thursday,...

From Russia with love: why the Kremlin backs Trump 24 Mar 2016 - 04:20 pm

U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump answers a question at a news conference before a campaign rally in Hampton, New Hampshire, in this...

UN war crimes judges begin Karadzic verdict hearing 24 Mar 2016 - 04:09 pm

Dutch flags fly at half-mast at the Hofvijver in The Hague on March 24, 2016, following terror attacks in Brussels. Police in Brussels...

Kenya arrests exam chiefs in cheating probe 24 Mar 2016 - 04:04 pm

Nairobi: Kenya's education minister on Thursday disbanded the national school examinations board and ordered the arrest of nine top officials for alleged corruption...

Under-fire Belgian police mount manhunt for two attacks suspects 24 Mar 2016 - 03:49 pm

Masked Belgian police secure the area around the Palais de Justice courthouse in Brussels, Belgium, March 24, 2016. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann Brussels: A grieving...