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New assembly takes shape after snap Northern Irish elections 04 Mar 2017 - 08:43 am
DUP leader Arlene Foster leaves the polling station Brookeborough Primary School after casting her vote in the Northern Ireland Assembly elections on March 2, 2017 in Brookeborough, Northern Ireland. ( Oliver McVeigh - Anadolu Agency )
Pence denies double standard as private email use uncovered 04 Mar 2017 - 08:39 am
FILE PHOTO - Republican U.S. vice presidential nominee Governor Mike Pence speaks during his debate against Democratic U.S. vice presidential nominee Senator Tim Kaine (not shown) at Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia, U.S. on October 4, 2016. REU
Ebola nurse’s family want to sue Liberian hospital over her death 03 Mar 2017 - 07:08 pm
Ebola survivor Salomé Karwah, who was named Time magazine “Person of the Year” in 2014 for her work fighting Ebola in Liberia, died last week four days after suffering complications from giving birth by caesarean section in a major hospital,
Dutch consider tough new cybercrime law 03 Mar 2017 - 06:33 pm
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Third Jewish cemetery damaged in surge of US anti-Semitic acts 03 Mar 2017 - 06:27 pm
People demonstrate at a Stand Against Hate rally at Independence Mall on March 2, 2017 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia organized the event in hopes of expressing solidarity days after vandalism of the Mt. Carme
Queen Elizabeth marks St David’s day with leek gifts 03 Mar 2017 - 06:27 pm
Britain's Queen Elizabeth reviews members of The Royal Welsh Regimental Family and one of two regimental goats at Lucknow Barracks during a visit to mark St David's Day, in Tidworth, Britain March 3, 2017. REUTERS/Ben Birchall
Malaysia condemns use of VX at airport; prepares to deport North Korean suspect 03 Mar 2017 - 04:00 am
Vietnamese national Doan Thi Huong (L), 28, is escorted with a heavy police presence after a court appearance with Indonesian national Siti Aisyah, 25, at the magistrates' court in Sepang on March 1, 2017, for their alleged role in the assassination of Ki
Abe likely to serve third term 03 Mar 2017 - 03:43 am
Peninsula
Ankara summons German ambassador over rally ban 03 Mar 2017 - 03:43 am
Police cars parked in front of the closed festival hall in Gaggenau, southern Germany, where Turkey's Justice Minister was expected as guest speaker. German authorities blocked rallies by Turkish ministers aimed at promoting a referendum that would expand
Japan emperor meets Vietnam kin of Tokyo's WWII soldiers 03 Mar 2017 - 03:20 am
Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko meet with family members of Japanese veterans living in Vietnam at a hotel in Hanoi, yesterday.
Saudi King embraces 'selfie' on tour across Asia 03 Mar 2017 - 03:20 am
Indonesian President Joko Widodo watches as former president Megawati Sukarnoputri and her daughter Puan Maharani, a minister in his cabinet, take a selfie with King Salman at the Presidential Palace, in Jakarta.
Eight-year-old boy and family shot dead in restive Thai south 03 Mar 2017 - 03:20 am
Police investigate the scene of a shooting in Khoksator village in southern Thailand, yesterday.
Thai police question dismissed senior royal palace aide 03 Mar 2017 - 03:20 am
Peninsula
Death toll from Taliban's Kabul attacks rises to 22 03 Mar 2017 - 03:20 am
Afghan security personnel walk through the wreckage of the district police headquarters in Kabul, yesterday, a day after a suicide car bomb attack.
Cambodian opposition party elects new leader ahead of polls 03 Mar 2017 - 03:20 am
Kem Sokha, leader of the Cambodia National Rescue Party, gestures at party's headquarters in Phnom Penh, yesterday.
Cementing ties 03 Mar 2017 - 02:24 am
Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades and Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat review an honour guard during a welcome ceremony outside the Presidential Palace in Nicosia, Cyprus March 2, 2017. REUTERS/Yiannis Kourtoglou
UK govt will seal good divorce deal with EU: Minister 03 Mar 2017 - 02:24 am
David Mundell
Opinion: Control is the new core of Germany’s refugee policy 03 Mar 2017 - 02:24 am
German Chancellor Angela Merkel smiles to a migrant asking for a selfie after she visited the AWO Refugium Askanierring shelter for migrants in Berlin, Germany.