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City of London head takes aim at Mayor Johnson over backing Brexit 05 Apr 2016 - 05:22 pm

London Mayor Boris Johnson delivers Vote Leave speech in Dartford Kent, south east England, 11 March, 2016. EPA, ANDY RAIN By Jonathan Saul...

South African parliament begins debate on motion to impeach Zuma 05 Apr 2016 - 05:16 pm

South African President Jacob Zuma answers questions at Parliament in Cape Town in this picture taken March 17, 2016. REUTERS Mike Hutchings CAPE...

World equities rocked by new oil slide 05 Apr 2016 - 05:01 pm

World oil prices languished, striking one-month lows on persistent worries over the global supply glut, weighing on energy shares. Reuters photo London: Europe's...

EU citizens spend over $27 billion a year on drugs: report 05 Apr 2016 - 04:25 pm

BRUSSELS: A European Union report says the bloc's citizens spend over $27 billion on drugs and 1 percent of adults use cannabis on...

France says Syrian refugee intake insufficient, vows to double efforts 05 Apr 2016 - 04:11 pm

A boy is pictured at the port of Chios, where refugees and migrants who managed to leave the VIAL detention center a few...

Azerbaijan confirms ceasefire reached with Karabakh rebels 05 Apr 2016 - 02:50 pm

A picture taken on April 4, 2016 shows a man walking past a building, which was damaged during clashes between Armenian and Azeri...

New Zealand's Helen Clark enters race to lead UN 05 Apr 2016 - 01:57 pm

A file picture dated 16 September 2015 shows former New Zealand's Prime Minister, Helen Clark looking on as she speaks during an interview...

Task force says 2,000 saved from Boko Haram 05 Apr 2016 - 01:53 pm

YAOUNDE, Cameroon: Cameroonian and Nigerian forces claimed to have killed over 300 Boko Haram militants and rescued nearly 2,000 hostages during a joint...

Surge in illegal border crossings adds to militant threat: EU report 05 Apr 2016 - 01:51 pm

A man looks at the sea near the port of Chios after managing to leave the VIAL detention center. AFP / LOUISA GOULIAMAKI ...

Migrants held on Greek island demand freedom 05 Apr 2016 - 01:12 pm

Activists hold placards as they protest against the return of migrants to Turkey, at the port of Mytilene on the Greek island of ...

German court throws out charges over Love Parade disaster 05 Apr 2016 - 12:16 pm

People stand in front of memorial to victims who were crushed during a stampede at the Love Parade in Duisburg, July21, 2011. REUTERS/INA...

Ukraine pilot's 22-year jail term formally begins 05 Apr 2016 - 12:11 pm

File photo of Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko Moscow: Nadiya Savchenko's 22-year sentence formally begins Tuesday with the Ukrainian pilot to be sent to...

Death toll rises to 64 in Karabakh clashes 05 Apr 2016 - 11:58 am

A picture taken on April 4, 2016 shows a man walking past a building damaged during clashes between Armenian and Azeri forces over...

Kasich: It's 'mathematically impossible' for him, Cruz, or Trump to win delegate majority 05 Apr 2016 - 11:16 am

U.S. Republican presidential candidate John Kasich speaks at The Paramount concert hall in Huntington, New York April 4, 2016. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton HUNTINGTON, N.Y.:...

World military spending up again after 4 year fall 05 Apr 2016 - 11:10 am

US maintains the world's largest military expenditure, followed by China and then Saudi Arabia with Russia being the fourth. Reuters By Bahattin Gonultas...

Princeton to keep Wilson's name despite his racist views 05 Apr 2016 - 10:15 am

By ERRIN HAINES WHACK PRINCETON: Woodrow Wilson's name will remain on Princeton University's public policy school, despite calls to remove it because the...

Australian govt trails opposition Labor ahead of likely election 05 Apr 2016 - 10:14 am

File picture of Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull. Reuters By Colin Packham SYDNEY: Support for Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's conservative government has...