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Dozens killed in air strikes on Syria's Raqqa: monitor, activists 20 Mar 2016 - 10:28 am

File photo of Islamic State billboards seen along a street in Raqqa, eastern Syria, which is controlled by the Islamic State, October 29,...

Bakers, teachers, painters line up to volunteer to save lives in Syria 20 Mar 2016 - 10:23 am

Volunteers rush to save lives after an airstrike. Source: www.whitehelmets.org By Emily Wither LONDON: It looks like a sandstorm has blown in, the...

Two schoolchildren killed, nine missing in Pakistan avalanche 20 Mar 2016 - 10:22 am

Chitral: Pakistani rescuers on Sunday found the bodies of two schoolchildren hit by an avalanche in the mountainous northwest, while nine more remain...

Trump candidacy stirs alliance angst in Japan 20 Mar 2016 - 10:19 am

A US Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter lands onto the deck of the USS Ronald Reagan, a Nimitz-class nuclear-powered super carrier, in the...

China shifts axed miners to lower-paid jobs in farming, cleaning 20 Mar 2016 - 10:10 am

People attend a lecture as they participate in a training session in Jin'an retraining centre in Shanghai, China, March 18, 2016. Reuters/Aly Song ...

Cuba casts aside rancor to welcome Obama on historic visit 20 Mar 2016 - 10:05 am

Tourists pass by images of US President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro in a banner that reads "Welcome to Cuba" at...

Australian government abandons campaign to log World Heritage forest 20 Mar 2016 - 09:59 am

File photo of a man riding a windsurfer on a lake located on the outskirts of Hobart, in Tasmania December 21, 2012. REUTERS/DAVID...

Brazil's Agnelli, who turned Vale into top miner, dies in crash 20 Mar 2016 - 09:49 am

Roger Agnelli, head of Brazilian investment group B&A Mineracao, speaks during a media conference in Belo Horizonte, in this February 22, 2013 file...

Iran's leaders offer different economic visions for coming year 20 Mar 2016 - 09:48 am

Iranians go shopping at a street market for the New Persian Year, called Nowruz, in Tehran, Iran, 18 March 2016. EPA/ABEDIN TAHERKENAREH DUBAI:...

Pakistan province declares public holiday on Holi 20 Mar 2016 - 09:37 am

Karachi: Pakistan's southern Sindh province has announced a public holiday to celebrate Holi next week, the first time the Hindu "festival of colours"...

Fourth person dies of Ebola in latest flare up in Guinea 20 Mar 2016 - 09:35 am

CONAKRY: A fourth person has died of Ebola in Guinea in the latest flare up of an epidemic that has killed more than...

Ukraine pilot verdict set to drive fresh wedge between Russia and Ukraine 20 Mar 2016 - 09:11 am

Former Ukrainian army pilot Nadezhda Savchenko. AFP/ File photo Moscow: Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko awaits the verdict in her controversial trial over the...

Trump candidacy stirs alliance angst in Japan 20 Mar 2016 - 08:53 am

A U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter lands onto the deck of the USS Ronald Reagan, a Nimitz-class nuclear-powered super carrier, in the...

Anti-Trump protesters rally in New York, block Arizona road 20 Mar 2016 - 08:45 am

People take part in a protest against Republican presidential candidate DonaldTrump, on March 19, 2016 in New York City. Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images/AFP ...

Congo orders telecoms shutdown during presidential vote 20 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

A man looks at his phone next to the Marche Total, the largest market in Brazzaville, where residents rush to stock ahead of...

Libya’s eastern govt warns against imposition of UN-backed cabinet 20 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

A man stands in his house destroyed after clashes between military forces loyal to Libya's eastern government, who are backed by the locals,...

US deplores 'vicious terrorist attack' on Istanbul 20 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

"The United States stands in solidarity with our NATO ally Turkey in combating the common threat of terrorism," State Department spokesman John Kirby...