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Nearly a year on, Mexico City Uber regulation stuck in neutral 17 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

This file photo taken on April 26, 2016 shows taxi drivers blocking the oldest Hungarian bridge, the Lanchid (Chain Bridge), with their cabs...

Jo Cox, a rising star in British politics 17 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

An undated handout picture taken from the website of Labour MP Jo Cox on June 16, 2016 shows Labour MP Jo Cox posing...

Sun-powered phone charger gives migrants in Greece free electricity 17 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

Children stand around a solar powered charging station for mobile devices designed by a group of university students, at the municipality-run camp of...

UN worried about Bahrain’s crackdown on political opposition 17 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

Anti-government protesters shout slogans while holding Bahraini flags during a protest outside Bahrain's leading opposition party Al Wefaq's headquarters in Manama in this...

Third Brazil minister named in Petrobras scandal resigns: officials 17 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

Laid-off outsourced workers arrive to the Petrobras headquarter during a protest against recent layoffs in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 24, 2015. Reuters ...

Russia has fulfilled all IAAF criteria on doping: sports minister 17 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

Federal scientific centre of physical culture and sports which houses a laboratory accredited by the World Anti-Doping Agency in Moscow, Russia on November...

Obama says massacres to continue unless country acts to control gun violence 17 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

U.S. President Barack Obama (L) and Vice President Joe Biden place flowers at a makeshift memorial for shooting victims of the massacre at...

Russia says ceasefire regime is still holding in Syria’s Aleppo 17 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

Smoke and flame rise after what fighters of the Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) said were U.S.-led air strikes on the mills of Manbij...

Suicide car-bomb kills ten in NW Libya 16 Jun 2016 - 05:48 pm

By Seyfeddin Trablusi MISURATA, Libya: At least ten people were killed on Thursday when a suicide car-bomb went off near a police checkpoint...

Air strikes hit rebel-held parts of Aleppo hours into truce 16 Jun 2016 - 05:03 pm

Vendors wait for customers near their stalls erected in front of damaged buildings during the holy month of Ramadan in the rebel held...

UK's pro-EU vote camp says suspends campaigning after MP shot 16 Jun 2016 - 04:58 pm

Leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) Nigel Farage waves a launch for an EU referendum poster from a bus at Parliament...

US jobless claims move higher 16 Jun 2016 - 04:45 pm

Washington: New claims for US unemployment insurance rose modestly last week but remained at low levels as the labor market remains firm. The...

Syria govt says rebels use "poisonous" weapons, insurgents deny 16 Jun 2016 - 04:10 pm

BEIRUT: Syrian state media said on Thursday rebels had used "poisonous substances" against Syrian troops east of Damascus on Wednesday, without specifying the ...

Merkel warns Brexit would deprive UK of EU gains 16 Jun 2016 - 04:09 pm

German chancellor Angela Merkel arrives for a press conference with Slovak Prime ministeron June 16, 2016 in Berlin. Germany OUT / AFP /...

Zimbabwe doctors say insurers owe $220 mln, will now take cash only 16 Jun 2016 - 02:24 pm

HARARE: Doctors in Zimbabwe will no longer accept patients with medical insurance from July 1 due to insurers owing them $220 million, the...

Tusk says 'difficult to be optimistic' on Brexit given polls 16 Jun 2016 - 01:57 pm

Finnish Prime Minister Juha Sipila (R) welcomes visiting EU Council President Donald Tusk at the PM's official residence Kesaranta in Helsinki, Finland, June...