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Singapore says 40 more locally transmitted Zika cases 28 Aug 2016 - 01:45 pm

(FILES) This photograph taken in Singapore on April 5, 2016 shows a worker fumigating an area against mosquitoes which carry the dengue virus...

Shoddy home renovations may have contributed to Italy quake toll 28 Aug 2016 - 12:41 pm

Firefighters remove a painting from rubble of a damaged house in San Lorenzo, near the Italian village of Amatrice, on August 27, 2016,...

Half of Germans against Merkel serving fourth term -poll 28 Aug 2016 - 12:35 pm

German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks during the news conference in Warsaw, Poland, August 26, 2016. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel's domestic...

Iraq asks Saudi Arabia to replace Saudi ambassador -Iraqi state TV 28 Aug 2016 - 12:31 pm

BAGHDAD: Iraq's foreign ministry has asked Saudi Arabia to replace its ambassador in Baghdad, Thamer al-Sabhan, Iraqi state TV said on Sunday. Iraqi...

Turkish army pounds north Syria, monitor says 20 civilians killed 28 Aug 2016 - 12:27 pm

Smoke rises after after members of Free Syrian Army (FSA) detonate Daesh mines in Jarabulus district of Aleppo, Syria after taking control of...

South Africa finance minister to be charged for graft: Newspaper 28 Aug 2016 - 10:26 am

South African Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan reacts during a media briefing in Sandton near Johannesburg March 14, 2016. (REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo) JOHANNESBURG: South...

Haj visas forged by international crime syndicate 28 Aug 2016 - 09:49 am

Riyadh: The Ministry of Haj and Umrah of Saudi Arabia discovered that an international ring has forged Haj visas for the current year,...

Venezuela sends opposition leader back to jail, expels Ecuadoran lawmakers 28 Aug 2016 - 09:45 am

Supporters of Venenzuelan president Nicolas Maduro hold a portrait of late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez during a rally in Caracas on August 27,...

Syria army moves into siege town after fighters evacuated 28 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

Syrian Army soldiers wave the Syrian national flag as civilians ride buses to be evacuated from the besieged Damascus suburb of Daraya, after...

Venezuela sends opposition leader back to jail, expels Ecuadoran lawmakers 28 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

Former mayor Daniel Ceballos (C) looks out from a window next to his wife Patricia Ceballos, mayor of San Cristobal and their children...

Daraya under govt control after last rebels evacuated: Syria army 27 Aug 2016 - 06:55 pm

Syrian government troops are seen reflected on the window of a bus carrying people as part of an evacuation from the town of...

Traffic chaos as truck hits, collapses bridge on UK highway 27 Aug 2016 - 06:50 pm

Source: Twitter @MikeyKayNYC LONDON: Witnesses and British emergency services say a truck has struck an overpass and collapsed a pedestrian bridge onto one...

U.N. Syria envoy presses for speedy Aleppo aid delivery 27 Aug 2016 - 06:09 pm

Men inspect a damaged site after double airstrikes on the rebel held Bab al-Nairab neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria, August 27, 2016. REUTERS/Abdalrhman Ismail ...

Obama presses Congress for Zika funding as worries grow 27 Aug 2016 - 05:36 pm

US President Barack Obama arrives at The White House on August 26, 2016 in Washington DC. Obama visited wounded service members at Walter...

Turkey army, Kurd-backed forces clash in north Syria 27 Aug 2016 - 05:08 pm

Turkish military tanks are seen at the Karkamis district of Turkey's Gaziantep during the "Operation Euphrates Shield" on August 25, 2016. Ensar Özdemir...

Barrel bombs kill at least 15 civilians in Syria's Aleppo: monitor 27 Aug 2016 - 03:49 pm

Syrian rescue workers search for victims through the rubble of a building destroyed during a reported barrel bomb attack in a rebel-held neighbourhood...