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'Balkans Davos' to be held in Bosnia 02 May 2016 - 02:32 pm

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina: The “Balkans Davos” opens in Bosnian capital Sarajevo on Wednesday, when business figures will explore cooperation and investment opportunities in the...

Nigerian army frees 400 Boko Haram hostages 02 May 2016 - 02:26 pm

LAGOS, Nigeria: The Nigerian army said on Monday it had rescued another 400 hostages from Boko Haram hideouts in the country's northeast as...

Nairobi building collapse toll rises to 21 02 May 2016 - 02:23 pm

Kenyan soldiers look on as a heavy machinery removes rubble in a collapsed building in the Huruma estate of the Mathare slum, Nairobi,...

Seattle: 9 activists were arrested and 5 police officers injured 02 May 2016 - 02:03 pm

Police detain a protester during anti-capitalist protests following May Day marches in Seattle, Washington, U.S. May 1, 2016. REUTERS/David Ryder San Francisco: At...

May Day rally in Los Angeles features strong anti-Trump theme 02 May 2016 - 12:36 pm

People march with an inflatable effigy of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during an immigrant rights May Day rally in Los Angeles, California,...

More than 1,000 people evacuated from Paris migrant camp 02 May 2016 - 11:47 am

A migrant sits on a mattress at a makeshift camp in Paris on March 24, 2016. AFP Photo/Joel Saget Paris: Police evacuated more...

Malia Obama is going to Harvard - but taking a year off first 02 May 2016 - 12:00 am

This file photo taken on April 8, 2016 shows US President Barack Obama and daughter Malia make their way to board Air Force...

Trump hits out at Clinton and Cruz ahead of Indiana primary 02 May 2016 - 12:00 am

(FILES) This file photo taken on April 29, 2016 shows US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump addresses the California Republican Party 2016 Convention...

Up to 100 missing in two Mediterranean shipwrecks: UN 02 May 2016 - 12:00 am

Rome: Fifteen migrants are missing after their boat sank on Friday, the second shipwreck that day in the Mediterranean, bringing the number of...

Trump says Republican race all but over if he wins Indiana 01 May 2016 - 06:04 pm

US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump (C) stands onstage with members of the Remembrance Project during a rally at the Orange County Fairgrounds...

Train derails in Washington; possible hazardous leak 01 May 2016 - 05:03 pm

Several cars remain overturned after a CSX freight train derailed in Washington WASHINGTON: A CSX freight train derailed near a Metro stop in...

Tatars in Crimea seek more EU pressure on Russia 01 May 2016 - 03:23 pm

Supporters of the Communist Party hold flags during a May Day rally in Simferopol, Crimea, May 1, 2016. REUTERS/Pavel Rebrov By Ayhan Simsek...

Obama mocks Trump at last White House press dinner 01 May 2016 - 03:15 pm

US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump addresses the California Republican Party 2016 Convention in Burlingame, California, April 29, 2016. AFP / GABRIELLE LURIE ...

Kenya death toll after building collapse reaches 16 01 May 2016 - 03:12 pm

Rescue workers search for residents feared trapped in the rubble of a six-storey building that collapsed after days of heavy rain in Nairobi,...

Photos: Four new photographs of Britain's Princess Charlotte at Anmer Hall eastern England 01 May 2016 - 02:39 pm

A handout picture released by Kensington Palace and Britain's Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on May 1, 2016 and taken by the Duchess...

Nigerian army says it killed 9 Boko Haram militants 01 May 2016 - 02:20 pm

By Rafiu Ajakaye LAGOS, Nigeria: Nine Boko Haram militants were have been killed in the Kala Balge area of Nigeria’s northeastern Borno State...

Ukraine accuses separatists of violating Easter armistice 01 May 2016 - 02:01 pm

Security forces take security measures around union building against possibility of a provocation for the 2nd anniversary of the May 2 Odessa clashes...

Germany's right-wing AfD to adopt anti-Islam manifesto 01 May 2016 - 02:01 pm

epa05285327 AfD party leader Frauke Petry speaks while holding a document reading '7.6 Islam in tense relation to our liberal and democratic system...