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Trump defends 'spirited' campaign chief after rally violence 20 Mar 2016 - 06:22 pm

A supporter wears a mask depicting Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump during a campaign rally by Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Bernie Sanders...

Russia: Black boxes from plane crash site are badly damaged 20 Mar 2016 - 06:13 pm

A flight recorder from the crashed Boeing 737-800 Flight FZ981 operated by Dubai-based budget carrier Flydubai, is seen in Moscow, Russia, in this...

Brazil business world bets on Rousseff exit 20 Mar 2016 - 06:12 pm

Demonstrators attend a protest calling for the impeachment of Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff at Paulista Avenue in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in this December...

Zanzibar holds election re-run 20 Mar 2016 - 05:58 pm

Voting began in Zanzibar on March 20 with security tight and an opposition boycott in place for the re-run of October's election in...

IS-linked Turkish jihadist blamed for Istanbul attack 20 Mar 2016 - 05:18 pm

A woman places carnations at the scene of a suicide bombing at Istiklal street, a major shopping and tourist district, in central Istanbul,...

Ruling party set for win as Kazakhstan votes 20 Mar 2016 - 05:13 pm

An elderly woman casts her ballot at a mobile polling station during the parliamentary elections in the village of Kordai, some 250 km...

Jordan says to install cameras at Al-Aqsa mosque in days 20 Mar 2016 - 04:53 pm

Jordan said on March 20, 2016, it will set up security cameras around Jerusalem's flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound in the coming days to...

Nine migrants drown off Libya, hundreds rescued 20 Mar 2016 - 04:51 pm

A photograph made available on 20 March 2016 shows men working for the Libyan Red Crescent recovering bodies of drowned migrants from under...

Hong Kong student leader Wong to set up political party 20 Mar 2016 - 04:16 pm

Student protester Joshua Wong (C), 19, and other members of pro-democracy campaign group Scholarism shout slogans at the start of a press conference...

Migrants still arriving as EU-Turkey deal enters force 20 Mar 2016 - 03:53 pm

A rescue boat (L) shines a light on a dinghy carrying refugees and migrants as it approaches the shore near the city of...

Southern Russian city grieves after jet crash kills 62 20 Mar 2016 - 03:41 pm

Russian people pay their last respect at a memorial place at the airport of Rostov-on-Don to the victims of the FlyDubai plane crash,...

UNESCO adds 20 new sites to list of biosphere reserves 20 Mar 2016 - 03:24 pm

Isla Cozumel Mexico Lima: The United Nation's cultural body UNESCO has added 20 new sites to its network of protected biosphere nature reserves,...

Israel warns against Turkey travel after attack kills 3 citizens 20 Mar 2016 - 03:23 pm

Israeli military personnel with the coffins of Israeli victims who were killed in the Taksim explosion on aboard an aircraft for transfer to...

Turkey blames IS for Istanbul suicide blast 20 Mar 2016 - 03:03 pm

Ankara: A Turkish Islamic State recruit, Mehmet Ozturk, carried out the suicide bombing that killed four foreigners on a major shopping artery in...

Death toll in IS attack in Egypt's Sinai rises to 15 20 Mar 2016 - 02:59 pm

AFP Cairo: The death toll from an attack on a police checkpoint claimed by the Islamic State jihadist group in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula...

Passenger scare delays Russian plane in Thailand 20 Mar 2016 - 02:53 pm

Phuket international airport BANGKOK: A Moscow-bound flight with 369 passengers on board was grounded temporarily at Phuket airport in southern Thailand on Sunday...