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Eight people from same family murdered in Mexico 19 Jul 2016 - 06:41 pm

Representative image Oaxaca, Mexico: Gunmen burst into a home and killed eight members of the same family in Mexico's Pacific beach resort of...

Philippine court clears Arroyo of plunder, orders her freed 19 Jul 2016 - 06:41 pm

Former Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (C), detained on corruption charges, is granted furlough from hospital arrest to vote in the national elections...

UN rights boss urges Turkey to uphold rule of law, allow monitors 19 Jul 2016 - 06:37 pm

High Commissioner of the United Nations for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein attends a press conference on October 16, 2014 in Geneva. AFP...

Mugabe denounces Zimbabwean protest leader 19 Jul 2016 - 06:30 pm

This file photo taken on May 19, 2016 shows Zimbabwean cleric Evan Mawarire, wrapped in the Zimbabwean National flag, recording an instalment of...

Philippine leader laments alleged drug links of some Chinese 19 Jul 2016 - 06:28 pm

A Philippine police officer (R) gives instructions as people queue up to register with the police during the mass surrender of some 1,000...

Philippines' Duterte: 'not afraid of human rights' 19 Jul 2016 - 06:19 pm

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte (L) speaking with businessman Peter Lim during a meeting at the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) office in Davao...

Licences of 21,000 public sector teachers have been revoked: ministry official 19 Jul 2016 - 06:17 pm

A man passes the Turkish flag during a demonstration in support of Turkey's President Erdogan (not pictured) at the Sarachane park in Istanbul...

Turkey demands resignation of public and private university deans: state-run media 19 Jul 2016 - 05:51 pm

A boy looks on while sitting on the Sultan Mehmed II statue during a demonstration in support of Turkey's President Erdogan at the...

IS releases video of Germany train attacker making threats 19 Jul 2016 - 04:53 pm

The railway station of the city of Ochsenfurt, southern Germany, where the 17 years-old man who attacked a train passengers with an axe...

Pakistan arrests Karachi mayor-elect, opposition politicians 19 Jul 2016 - 04:45 pm

Waseem Akhtar / Twitter By Syed Raza Hassan KARACHI, Pakistan: Pakistani authorities on Tuesday arrested the mayor-elect of Karachi and two other prominent...

Seven Ukraine troops die in worst clashes in two months 19 Jul 2016 - 04:01 pm

Soldiers march during Ukraine's Independence Day military parade in the centre of Kiev, Ukraine. (file photo / Valentyn Ogirenko / Reuters) Kiev: Ukraine...

Three killed in shooting in eastern UK: police 19 Jul 2016 - 01:16 pm

London, United Kingdom: Three people were killed on Tuesday in a shooting in eastern England, including the suspected assailant, police said -- adding...

Turkish PM says "important decisions" to be made on Wed after failed coup 19 Jul 2016 - 12:48 pm

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim speaks during a news conference in Ankara, Turkey, July 19, 2016. (Hakan Goktepe/Prime Minister's Press Office/Handout via REUTERS...

Nepal must probe police torture claims: Amnesty 19 Jul 2016 - 12:41 pm

Nepalese men read the newspaper outside shuttered shops during a general strike called by a hardline breakaway faction of the Maoist party in...

Indonesia "99 percent" sure most-wanted militant killed in clash 19 Jul 2016 - 11:31 am

Police carry body bags, one of which is believed to contain the remains of Santoso, the country's most-wanted militant, killed in a clash...

Pakistan army rescues kidnapped son of top judge 19 Jul 2016 - 11:07 am

Pakistan Sindh High Court Chief Justice Sajjad Ali Shah (2R) speaks to media as his son Awais Ali Shah (2L) looks on in...

Kashmir protests flare, 3 killed as army opens fire 19 Jul 2016 - 10:46 am

Indian policemen stand next to a burning handcart set on fire by demonstrators during a protest in Srinagar against the recent killings in...

Melania Trump: Prime-time debut tarnished by plagiarism 19 Jul 2016 - 10:44 am

Melania Trump, wife of presumptive Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, addresses delegates on the first day of the Republican National Convention at Quicken...