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Animal rights activists briefly disrupt Sanders' rally in California 31 May 2016 - 10:20 am

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders exits Oakland City Hall to take the stage for a rally in Oakland, California on May 30, 2016. ...

Spanish police arrest man accused of promoting Islamist militancy 31 May 2016 - 10:03 am

MADRID: Spanish police arrested a man from Pakistan in Barcelona on Tuesday accused of promoting Islamist militancy via social media, the Interior Ministry...

Poland restarts procedure to extradite Oscar-winning director Polanski to US: minister 31 May 2016 - 09:51 am

Filmmaker Roman Polanski talks to the media after a court hearing in Krakow February 25, 2015. Reuters Warsaw: Poland on Tuesday relaunched a...

Haiti commission recommends scrapping vote results 31 May 2016 - 09:45 am

Francois Benoit (R), president of the special election commission, delivers the commission's investigative report on the 2015 Haitian election to Provisional President Jocelerme...

Drowned migrant baby photo wake-up call for EU: NGO 31 May 2016 - 08:52 am

A German rescuer from the humanitarian organisation Sea-Watch holds a drowned migrant baby, off the Libyan cost May 27, 2016. Thebaby, who appears...

Haiti women inmates allowed a rare family visit day 31 May 2016 - 08:43 am

Port-au-Prince: Inmates at Haiti's only women's prison recently received a special gift: the chance to see their children for a few hours. "One...

Crimean Tatar journalist warned of 'extremism' over Facebook post 31 May 2016 - 12:00 am

Liliya Budzhurova. Twitter Moscow: A prominent Crimean Tatar journalist on the Moscow-annexed peninsula on Monday said she had received a warning from prosecutors...

Outrage mounts over gorilla killing in boy’s rescue at Ohio zoo 31 May 2016 - 12:00 am

Harambe a 17-year-old gorilla at the Cincinnati Zoo is pictured in this undated handout photo REUTERS By Ginny McCabe CINCINNATI: Animal lovers mobilized...

Leading French jihadist ‘falsely announced death to receive surgery’: media 31 May 2016 - 12:00 am

Omar Diaby, believed to be a leading French recruiter of jihadists in Syria, has declared himself alive after falsely announcing his death to...

Oceans delay warming of Antarctic waters: study 31 May 2016 - 12:00 am

This January 14 2014 picture taken through the window of an airplane shows the Red Seas Tiran-foreground-and the Sanafir-background- islands in the Straits...

Brazil’s Temer pressed to drop anti-corruption minister 31 May 2016 - 12:00 am

Fabiano Silveira Photo courtesy Pedro Ladeira Folhapress By Anthony Boadle and Lisandra Paraguassu BRASILIA: Brazil’s interim President Michel Temer was under pressure on...

Hitler’s older brother was in fact younger and died early, historian says 31 May 2016 - 12:00 am

Hitler is widely thought to have been the fourth of six siblings, but records from Braunau am Inn, the northern Austrian town where...

LATAM Airlines joins Venezuela airline exodus 31 May 2016 - 12:00 am

A LATAM Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner having arrived from Chile on its very first revenue flight is being towed from Terminal 8 to Cargo...

British PM, London mayor jointly back 'Remain' campaign 30 May 2016 - 04:14 pm

British Prime Minister David Cameron (R) and Mayor of London Sadiq Khan (L) greet supporters during the launch of the battle bus for...

Migrant crossings to Italy -- what do we know? 30 May 2016 - 04:05 pm

Migrants rescued at sea arrive aboard the Italian Navy ship "Vega" on May 29, 2016 in the port of Reggio Calabria, southern Italy....

Chad's ex-president sentenced to life for war crimes 30 May 2016 - 03:53 pm

(FILES) This file photo taken on June 3, 2015 shows former Chadian dictator Hissene Habre gesturing as he leaves a Dakar courthouse after...

For Sanders supporters still packing rallies, it's about the experience, not the math 30 May 2016 - 03:33 pm

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders greets supporters after a campaign rally in Santa Maria, California, U.S. May 28, 2016. (Reuters/Lucy Nicholson) By...