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Greece sees record number of daily refugee arrivals 30 Aug 2016 - 04:38 pm

Refugees gesture as they gather in front of an Athens municipality building during a demonstration in support to refugees and migrants in front...

Four soldiers hurt in militant attack in Egypt’s Sinai 30 Aug 2016 - 04:34 pm

By Khaled al-Jioushi CAIRO: Four Egyptian soldiers were injured in a Tuesday attack by unidentified gunmen on an army checkpoint in the Sinai...

Former Istanbul police head arrested in coup probe 30 Aug 2016 - 04:31 pm

By Muhammed Enes Can ISTANBUL: The former head of Istanbul’s police was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of links to the Fetullah Organization (FETO)...

Photos: Wooden sculpture of London's skyline from the seventeenth century 30 Aug 2016 - 03:26 pm

AFP The final touches are made to a 120 metre-long wooden sculpture of London's skyline from the seventeenth century as it is moored...

Serbian border patrol arrests three for smuggling 64 Afghans 30 Aug 2016 - 03:17 pm

BELGRADE: The Serbian authorities have detained three men on suspicion of the attempted smuggling of 64 Afghan migrants, including women and infants, in...

UN urges French towns to drop 'burkini' bans 30 Aug 2016 - 03:02 pm

A woman wearing a burkini walks in the water August 27, 2016 on a beach in Marseille, France, the day after the country's...

Philippines to add 2,500 troops to insurgency-plagued southern island 30 Aug 2016 - 02:50 pm

Filipino troops carry dead bodies wrapped in cloths after a military operation against Islamist militant group Abu Sayyaf in Sulu province, southern Philippines...

Three hurt in suicide blast at China's Kyrgyzstan embassy 30 Aug 2016 - 02:20 pm

Kyrgyz police officers gather outside the Chinese embassy in Bishkek on August 30, 2016. AFP / Vyacheslav OSELEDKO Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan: A van driven...

Turkey's Syria operation could spark escalation: Hollande 30 Aug 2016 - 02:15 pm

Civil and military authorities inspect the construction of a border wall between Turkey and Syria near the Mursitpinar border gate in Suruc, bordering...

Five dead in Somalia hotel attack: police 30 Aug 2016 - 02:10 pm

Mogadishu: At least five people were killed Tuesday when jihadists detonated a suicide car bomb outside a popular hotel close to the presidential...

Libya: last chemical weapons stocks shipped out 30 Aug 2016 - 02:00 pm

Tripoli: Libya has shipped the last of its chemical weapons stocks out of the country, officials said Tuesday, under a UN-backed plan to...

Al-Qaeda claims responsibility for attack in W. Tunisia 30 Aug 2016 - 01:50 pm

By Adel al-Thabty TUNIS: Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) on Tuesday claimed responsibility for an attack that occurred one day earlier in...

15 Philippine soldiers killed by Abu Sayyaf; 2 beheaded 30 Aug 2016 - 01:47 pm

Soldiers carry onto a C130 military plane the caskets of their comrades killed after a battle against Islamist militant group Abu Sayyaf in...

Rousseff: Brazil trial a pretext for a 'coup' 30 Aug 2016 - 01:25 pm

Police fire tear gas grenades at supporters of suspendend president Dilma Rousseff holding a demonstration during her impeachment trial in Sao Paulo, Brazil...