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Romanian ex-premier loses doctorate over plagiarism 02 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

Former Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta. AFP / Daniel Mihailescu Bucharest: Former Romanian prime minister Victor Ponta had his law doctorate withdrawn Monday...

Trump feud with slain soldier's parents roils White House race 02 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

Khizr Khan whose son Humayun was killed serving in the US Army speaks at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, July 28, 2016....

With 14 local Zika cases, Florida asks for emergency aid 02 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

Sharon Nagel, a Miami-Dade County mosquito control inspector, walks through the Wynwood neighborhood looking for mosquitos or breeding areas where she kills the...

CIA cyber official sees data flood as both godsend and danger 02 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

Representative image. AFP Photo/ Michal Cizek Nafeesa Syeed When he started at the CIA, Sean Roche recalls how little solid data the U.S....

US conducts anti-IS strikes in Libya after official request: Pentagon 02 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

A fighter of Libyan forces allied with the U.N.-backed government runs for cover during a battle with Islamic State fighters in Sirte, Libya,...

Yemen govt delegates quit talks until rebels accept deal 02 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

A man with his face painted in the colors of Yemen's national flag attends a rally held by supporters of Houthi rebels and...

From Syria to the Olympics, refugee tells how she swam for her life 02 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

Syrian refugee team swimmer Yusra Mardini, 18, from Syria practices at the Olympic swimming venue. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth By Emma Batha LONDON: Last year...

Rights groups demand release of Mauritania anti-slavery campaigners 02 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

FILE PHOTO: Mauritania activist Biram Ould Dah Ould Abeid walks out of jail on May 17, 2016 in Nouakchott. AFP Dakar: Sixteen human...

Iraq minister accuses parliament speaker of corruption 02 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

Iraqi government forces gather in the area of Khalidiya, east of Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province, on Aug 1, 2016, during ongoing...

Trump campaign asks Capitol Hill for backing in Khan controversy 02 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

The grave marker for US Army Captain Humayun Saqib Muazzam Khan,who was killed in Iraq in 2004 in a roadside explosion, is seen...

Police rescue kidnapped mother-in-law of F1's Ecclestone 01 Aug 2016 - 05:54 pm

Aparecida Schunck, mother-in-law of Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone, leaves a police station in Sao Paulo, Brazil, August 1, 2016. (REUTERS/Leonardo Benassatto) Sao...

Italy says 8,000 migrants rescued in five days 01 Aug 2016 - 05:50 pm

A protestor hold a poster reading "too many tourists not immigrants #freedom ilegal vendors " during a protest against the arrest of illegal...

India to attend regional meet in Pakistan amid Kashmir tension 01 Aug 2016 - 05:47 pm

An Indian paramilitary trooper stands guard during a curfew continued across large parts of Indian-administered Kashmir for the 23rd consecutive day in Srinagar...

In Kerala, women surge into politics -- and fail 01 Aug 2016 - 04:05 pm

A woman voting in a local election. (Reuters file) By Sreedevi R S Over 20 years and five assembly elections -- as women...

Taliban truck bomb rocks hotel for foreigners in Kabul 01 Aug 2016 - 03:53 pm

An Afghan policeman keeps watch near the site where a truck bomb exploded targeting a hotel used by foreign contractors, on the outskirts...

5 killed as Russian military chopper shot down in Syria: Kremlin 01 Aug 2016 - 01:38 pm

Moscow: All five people on board a Russian military helicopter that was shot down over Syria on Monday are believed to have died,...

Pilots' strike hits easyJet flights from Amsterdam 01 Aug 2016 - 01:34 pm

(file photo / Reuters) The Hague: Several easyJet flights out of Amsterdam's Schiphol airport were cancelled Monday after a lightening strike called by...