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British paper's "Queen backs Brexit" headline misleading, press watchdog rules 18 May 2016 - 11:22 am

Queen Elizabeth II departs her 90th Birthday Celebrations at Home Park, Windsor on May 15, 2016 in Windsor, England. REUTERS/BEN A PRUCHNIE/POOL London: ...

Kazakhstan arrests activists ahead of land protests 18 May 2016 - 10:55 am

ALMATY: Kazakhstan detained several vocal opponents of land reform who planned to take part in Saturday protests, activists said on Wednesday, in an...

Striking Belgian prison guards burst into ministry 18 May 2016 - 09:52 am

Belgian prison officers demonstrate behind the Saint-Gilles prison where guards have been on strike for three weeks in a protest over pay cuts...

With two more primaries at stake, tensions erupt between Sanders and Democratic leaders 18 May 2016 - 09:42 am

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks at a campaign rally at California State University, Dominguez Hills on May 17, 2016 in Carson,...

Six-minute Pacific search finds fishermen adrift for days 18 May 2016 - 09:25 am

Wellington: Two Kiribati fishermen lost at sea for days were found Wednesday just six minutes into a search that targeted a massive patch...

Superjet technology nears reality after Australia test 18 May 2016 - 09:08 am

Hypersonic technology can revolutionise the global air travel reducing time, resources and cost Sydney: A two-hour flight from Sydney to London is a...

Clinton claims Kentucky, Sanders takes Oregon in Democratic duel 18 May 2016 - 08:42 am

Supporters of Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders attend an election night rally in Carson, California, May 17, 2016. AFP / ROBYN BECK Washington:...

UN pushes 'get-tough agenda' on peacekeeper sex abuse 18 May 2016 - 08:36 am

United Nations, United States: A former number two at the US Department of Homeland Security is forcing the United Nations to confront one...

Dirty and dangerous: strike exposes Haiti's crumbling hospitals 18 May 2016 - 08:34 am

(FILES) This file photo shows Haitians awaiting treatment at the General Hospital in Port-au-Prince. AFP / HECTOR RETAMAL Port-au-Prince: When a pregnant woman...

Mexico shuns approach by US lobby group seeking to work against Trump 18 May 2016 - 12:00 am

By Gabriel Stargardter MEXICO CITY: Mexico has rebuffed an approach from a U.S. lobbying group seeking a government endorsement for its efforts to...

Lives at risk as young mothers left invisible, fears Plan International head 18 May 2016 - 12:00 am

Anne-Birgitte Albrectsen. Courtesy: Plan International By Belinda Goldsmith COPENHAGEN: The lives of millions of girls giving birth under the age of 15 are...

Self-injectable contraceptives could be life-saver in Africa: health experts 18 May 2016 - 12:00 am

REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE: A nurse prepares a vaccine shot at a hospital in Budapest, Hungary, November 20, 2009. REUTERS / Karoly Arvai By Emma...

Closure of BBC recipe website cooks up storm in UK 17 May 2016 - 06:54 pm

London: A BBC plan to shut down its recipe website left Britons simmering Tuesday at the demise of a resource offering free tips...

Renzi claims victory in fight over EU budget rules 17 May 2016 - 05:23 pm

Polish President Andrzej Duda (L) and Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi (R) speak to the media during a joint news conference following their...

Ukrainian pleads guilty in hack-for-profit scheme 17 May 2016 - 04:30 pm

Washington: A Ukrainian national has pleaded guilty to charges of hacking into databases holding unpublished company press releases to gain insider information that...

Brazil names Ilan Goldfajn new central bank head 17 May 2016 - 03:08 pm

Brasília: Brazil's interim government on Tuesday named economist Ilan Goldfajn as the new head of the central bank, a key post in the...

Finland says refugees can return to safe Afghanistan, Iraq and Somalia 17 May 2016 - 12:54 pm

File photo of refugees walking in heavy rain from public transport centre to Lappia-building refugee reception centre in Tornio, northwestern Finland, September 18,...

New deaths in Nagorno-Karabakh after Armenia, Azeri leaders meet 17 May 2016 - 10:52 am

An Azeri serviceman aims his weapon at the frontline with the self-defense army of Nagorno-Karabakh inAzerbaijan, April 29, 2016. REUTERS/Zulfiya Safkhanova/File By Lesley...