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Five dead in US shooting, police seeking suspects: reports 10 Mar 2016 - 09:27 am

Washington: A shooting at a party in the town of Wilkinsburg in the US state of Pennsylvania has left five people dead, and...

Australia sends boat carrying Bangladeshis back to Indonesia 10 Mar 2016 - 09:21 am

Asylum seekers try to enter Australian water on rickety boats. Reuters Kupang, Indonesia: Six Bangladeshi migrants caught entering Australian waters by the country's...

Biden says his family was near scene of Tel Aviv attack 10 Mar 2016 - 12:01 am

US Vice President Joe Biden (C) leaves the Church of the Holy Sepulchre with his family on March 9, 2016 during his visit...

Sri Lanka arrests Buddhist monk for keeping elephant 10 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Sri Lankan prison guards escort Buddhist monk Uduwe Dhammaloka(C)to the main jail in Colombo on March 9, 2016, after a magistrate ordered he...

Analysis: Merkel’s Turkish gamble, a breakthrough or landmine in migrant crisis? 10 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

German chancellor Angela Merkel and Turkish prime minister Ahmet. Reuters file photo, Bulent Kilic Merkel bets on Turkish plan to take back migrants....

Canada to takeover Haiti peacekeeping: media 10 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Girls play at a camp for displaced people in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, March 6, 2016. REUTERS, Andres Martinez Casares Montreal: Canada is planning to...

Indian guru's festival set to go ahead despite outcry 10 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Green activists had filed a petition saying the three-day World Culture Festival, which starts March 11 and is organised by Sri Sri Ravi...

Saudi could turn page if Iran changes policies: FM 10 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir. AFP, Adem Altan Riyadh: Saudi Arabia and other Gulf monarchies could turn a page and build strong relations...

German defence minister cleared of plagiarism accusations 10 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

The Hanover Medical School launched an investigation last August after a Berlin-based law professor said several passages of von der Ursula von der...

FBI hints Iran now cooperating in hunt for missing former agent 10 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

A screenshot of kidnapped Robert Levinson from a video sent to his family on December 9, 2011. Credit: Wikipedia By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON:...

US Air Force veteran convicted of attempting to join ISIS: Newsday 10 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Tairod Pugh, 48, was convicted after a week-long trial in Brooklyn federal court. The case is the first in more than 75 Islamic...

Clinton calls for sanctions on Iran after more missile tests 10 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

US Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clintona former secretary of state under President Barack Obama, said she was “deeply concerned” by the tests, the...

Poroshenko says open to prisoner swap with Russia over Ukrainian pilot 10 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

"If you ask me if an exchange is possible I would tell you 'yes' for the first time, using my constitutional right," Ukrainian...

Woman hid child in bag on Paris flight: Air France 09 Mar 2016 - 06:54 pm

The Air France logo is seen on the Air France headquarters building at the Charles de Gaulle International Airport in Roissy October 18,...

Palace hits out at 'Queen backs Brexit' report 09 Mar 2016 - 06:46 pm

Copies of Britain's 'The Sun' newspapers are sold at a store in London, Britain, 09 March 2016. The Sun newspaper has published a...

New clash hits Tunisia town after deadly jihadist assault 09 Mar 2016 - 06:39 pm

Volunteers prepare graves to bury the bodies of of soldiers and civilians who were killed during Monday's attack on army and police posts...

Libya military intervention may worsen situation-Italy minister 09 Mar 2016 - 06:29 pm

Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni (R) with Defense Minister Roberta Pinotti inside the Senate in Rome, Italy 09 March 2016. Gentiloni said no...