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South Sudan's capital calm after two days of gunbattles - witness 09 Jul 2016 - 11:43 am

South Sudan President Salva Kiir delivers a speech to journalists in Juba on July 8, 2016. AFP / Charles Atiki Lomodong By Denis...

Iran, criticising Merkel, says to press on with missile programme 09 Jul 2016 - 11:39 am

German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Reuters DUBAI: Iran will press on with its missile programme "with full force" based on national security needs, a...

Shabaab raid Kenya police station 09 Jul 2016 - 11:20 am

Nairobi: Kenyan police said Saturday that "more than 100" Islamist fighters raided a police station in north-east Kenya overnight, injuring one officer and...

Government forces take town east of Damascus on rebel supply route 09 Jul 2016 - 11:07 am

File photo of the Syria Army. AFP BEIRUT: Syrian government and allied forces took control of a rebel-held town east of Damascus on ...

Tiny Pacific island of Nauru goes to the polls 09 Jul 2016 - 10:31 am

Aerial view of Nauru Island. By Colin Packham SYDNEY: Voting to elect a new government on the tiny Pacific island of Nauru began...

Dhaka cafe attack survivor dies after 'torture' 09 Jul 2016 - 10:16 am

File photo of army soldiers near the Holey Artisan restaurant after Islamist militants attacked the upscale cafe in Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 2, 2016....

Indian Kashmir seethes after killing of top rebel 09 Jul 2016 - 09:58 am

Kashmiri Muslims carry the body of Burhan Wani, a separatist militant leader, during his funeral in Tral, south of Srinagar, July 9, 2016....

Facing abuse, Africans in India refuse to give in to fear 09 Jul 2016 - 09:52 am

African customers (R) speak with Indian traders at a market in New Delhi. AFP / Anna ZIEMINSKI New Delhi: Congolese student Arnold Mutumbo...

Clinton says she relied on State staff for classification decisions 09 Jul 2016 - 09:47 am

US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton takes the stage for a campaign speech outside the shuttered Trump Plaza in Atlantic City, New Jersey...

China holds combat drill in the South China Sea 09 Jul 2016 - 09:42 am

SHANGHAI: The Chinese navy conducted combat drills near its southern island province of Hainan and the Paracel islands in the South China Sea,...

"Black Lives Matter": a movement that defies definition 09 Jul 2016 - 09:35 am

A demonstrator with Black Lives Matter holds up a sign during a protest in front of the White House in Washington, US, July...

Thousands take to streets across US to protest police violence 09 Jul 2016 - 09:31 am

People sit along Market Street in San Francisco, California on July 08, 2016. AFP / Josh Edelson By Curtis Skinner SAN FRANCISCO: Thousands...

N.Korea missile fell into sea, no threat to N.America: US Strategic Command 09 Jul 2016 - 09:29 am

A North Korean flag flies on a mast at the Permanent Mission of North Korea in Geneva. Reuters/Denis Balibouse/File Photo The US Strategic...

Indian kitchens demand oil; production declines, imports soar 08 Jul 2016 - 04:23 pm

Consumption in rural households rose 40 per cent and urban 29 per cent between 2004 and 2012, and oilseed production declined seven per...

Casinos firmly entrenched; can't remove them: Goa CM 08 Jul 2016 - 04:18 pm

Panaji: Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar on Friday said his government has not been able to put an end to casino business because...

Kerala to be declared open defecation-free state in November 08 Jul 2016 - 04:13 pm

Pinarayi Vijayan assumed office on May 25 this year and Issac returned as the Finance Minister, a post that he held when V.S....

Police shooting of Black man Philando Castile near Minneapolis sparks outrage 08 Jul 2016 - 04:12 pm

Minneapolis NAACP president, Nekima Levy-Pounds, speaks outside the Governor's Mansion following the police shooting death of a black man on July 7, 2016...