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British "Out" campaign takes 2 pct point lead ahead of EU referendum - ICM poll 23 Mar 2016 - 12:48 pm

A worker answers a telephone in the office of Brexit group pressure group ''Leave.eu'' in London, Britain February 12, 2016. Reuters London: The...

Australia invests $760 million in technologies to fight climate change 23 Mar 2016 - 12:37 pm

Coal operations at the Port of Newcastle, Australia, where coal exports are the second most valuable export. AFP Photo/William West Sydney: Australia will...

Alleged IS trio held in Turkey planned to attack German interests: reports 23 Mar 2016 - 12:33 pm

Riot police secure the area as representatives of foreign missions march in Istiklal street during a protest against Saturday's suicide bombing, in central...

Australia calls China's South China Sea moves 'counterproductive' 23 Mar 2016 - 12:26 pm

Soldiers of China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy patrol near a sign in the Spratly Islands, known in China as the Nansha Islands,...

New Myanmar finance chief discovers PhD is fake 23 Mar 2016 - 12:22 pm

Military representatives of the parliament attend a regular union parliament session in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, 22 March 2016. EPA Yangon: Myanmar's incoming finance minister...

Rousseff says will 'never resign' as Brazil scandal escalates 23 Mar 2016 - 12:22 pm

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff delivers a speech during meeting with a group of jurists and lawyers who came to the Planalto Palace in...

Zimbabwe to ban foreign firms in breach of local ownership law 23 Mar 2016 - 12:19 pm

Zimbabwean commercial farmer Tommy Bayley rides an old bicycle ahead of war veterans and villagers, who invaded his farm at Danbury Park outside...

World Trade Center lit in solidarity with Belgium 23 Mar 2016 - 12:11 pm

The full moon rises behind One World Trade Center on March 22, 2016 in New York, it's mast displaying the colors of the...

Israel shuts off West Bank for Jewish holiday 23 Mar 2016 - 12:06 pm

Jerusalem: Israel has closed off the occupied West Bank ahead of the start of a Jewish holiday beginning Wednesday night and the security...

Strikes kill at least 50 at Qaeda Yemen camp- medics, official 23 Mar 2016 - 11:43 am

Yemeni tribesmen from the Popular Resistance Committees hold a position during clashes with Shiite Huthi rebels west of the city of Taez, on...

US warns Americans of 'potential risks' for Europe trips 23 Mar 2016 - 11:41 am

People stand arm in arm in tribute to victims at a makeshift memorial in front of the stock exchange at the Place de...

U.S. hopes for talks with China about possible THAAD move to South Korea 23 Mar 2016 - 11:36 am

South Korean defense ministry's Director General Major General Jang Kyung-soo (2nd R) talks with U.S. Forces Korea's Major General Robert Hedelund (3rd L)...

Syria regime forces at entrance to IS-held Palmyra: monitor 23 Mar 2016 - 11:32 am

This file photo taken on May 18, 2015 shows a general view of the castle of the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra, a...

Brazil confirms 907 Zika-linked microcephaly cases 23 Mar 2016 - 11:17 am

A transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of Zika virus, which is a member of the family Flaviviridae is seen in this undated image from...

Obama high court nominee moves ahead with Senate meetings 23 Mar 2016 - 11:13 am

Judge Merrick Garland, President Obama's Supreme Court nominee, meets with Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) in his office on Capitol Hill in Washington March...

Bangladesh local election violence kills 11 23 Mar 2016 - 11:08 am

Dhaka: At least 11 people were killed in overnight violence as Bangladesh went to the polls for local elections, with seven of them...

Would-be suicide bomber among 10 suspected IS members held in Turkey 23 Mar 2016 - 11:04 am

File picture of Turkish security forces. Reuters Istanbul: Turkish security forces on Tuesday arrested 10 suspected Islamic State members at the Syrian border,...