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Bulgaria puts Sofia airport tender on hold 19 Jun 2016 - 04:35 pm

SOFIA: Bulgaria has put a tender to operate Sofia airport on hold after a consortium that built a runway at one of the...

Angry Assange starts 5th year cooped in Ecuadoran embassy in London 19 Jun 2016 - 04:31 pm

Julian Assange (file photo) London: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange started his fifth year camped out in the Ecuadoran embassy in London on Sunday,...

Polls show Spain's left-wing bloc could clinch majority 19 Jun 2016 - 04:16 pm

A combination of file photos shows leader of the Popular Party (PP) and Spain's caretaker Prime Minister and party candidate, Mariano Rajoy (L)...

3 Ukrainian soldiers killed in separatist east 19 Jun 2016 - 02:30 pm

Kiev: Three Ukrainian soldiers have been killed and another injured in fresh clashes between pro-Russian rebels and government forces in the country's separatist...

6.6 magnitude earthquake hits off Vanuatu 19 Jun 2016 - 01:10 pm

Sydney: A 6.6 magnitude earthquake struck off the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu on Sunday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said. There...

Trump says Britain should leave EU: Interview 19 Jun 2016 - 12:47 pm

LONDON: Donald Trump told Britons on Sunday he supported Brexit, repeating just days before the vote on June 23 that he thinks the...

Poles want to stay in UK regardless of "Brexit": survey 19 Jun 2016 - 12:40 pm

Warsaw: Eighty percent of the estimated 800,000 Poles living in Britain want to stay there even if it leaves the EU, while just...

Brexit could have domino effect in Eastern Europe - Luxembourg's Asselborn 19 Jun 2016 - 09:53 am

File photo of Luxembourg's Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn. Reuters BERLIN: A British exit from the European Union could trigger similar moves by other...

Mounting pressure unlikely to sway Obama on Syria 19 Jun 2016 - 09:47 am

President Barack Obama speaks in front of Cook's Meadow on June 18, 2016 in Yosemite National Park, California. David Calvert/Getty Images/AFP Washington: Exasperated...

Rome set to elect first female mayor 19 Jun 2016 - 09:13 am

Virginia Raggi, Five Star Movement (M5S) candidate for the mayoral elections in Rome, speaks during her last campaign meeting on June 17, 2016...

Belgium anti-terror sweep over 'imminent' attack fears 19 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

Belgian soldiers take position outside a meeting of the government's security council in Brussels, Belgium, June 18, 2016. (REUTERS/Francois Lenoir) Brussels: Belgian police...

Chelsea Clinton gives birth to second child, a son 19 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

helsea Clinton arrives with husband Marc Mezvinsky arrive at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Benefit celebrating the opening of "PUNK: Chaos...

Southern California wildfire spreads as blazes hit parched states 19 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

A fire whirl, or fire tornado, rises from advancing flames as the moon (L) is reflected in the ocean in the early morning...

Obama's family trip intended to put focus on national parks 19 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

US President Barack Obama arrives with US First Lady Michelle Obama to speak to children about the "Every Kid in the Park" initiative...

Corpses and silence after Boko Haram's Niger strike 18 Jun 2016 - 08:34 am

Niger's soldiers patrol near Bosso on June 17, 2016 following attacks by Boko Haram fighters in the region. AFP / ISSOUF SANOGO Bosso,...

Disney installs gator warnings, barriers after boy's death 18 Jun 2016 - 08:19 am

Warning sign at Disney resort beach locations. AFP PHOTO / Walt Disney World Resort Miami: Disney World said Friday it was installing alligator...

New algorithm predicts Islamic State attacks 18 Jun 2016 - 07:50 am

SAN FRANCISCO: Researchers have created an algorithm they say accurately predicts Islamic State attacks in the real world based off data gleaned from...