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Pakistan, spurned by US, considers offer of Jordanian F-16 jets 14 Jun 2016 - 10:10 am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is considering buying used F-16 fighter jets from Jordan, media reported on Tuesday, after a plan to buy eight of the...

Human flesh, hair found inside Japan bear after fatal attacks 14 Jun 2016 - 10:02 am

FILE PHOTO/ For representation only Tokyo: Human flesh and hair were found inside the stomach of a bear suspected of attacking at least...

Italy's Berlusconi undergoing heart surgery - hospital 14 Jun 2016 - 10:01 am

Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi in Rome, Italy May 10, 2016. REUTERS/ALESSANDRO BIANCHI MILAN: Italian surgeons began a four-hour heart operation on...

Mexican police kill eight gunmen in shootout 14 Jun 2016 - 09:59 am

Ciudad Victoria, Mexico: Police killed eight gunmen who attacked them on a road in northern Mexico on Monday and they seized six high-caliber...

Man stabs Paris police chief to death; Islamic State claims attack 14 Jun 2016 - 09:04 am

Still image taken from video shows Police at the scene near where a French police commander was stabbed to death in front of...

Suspect in France police killing had been sentenced for jihad links: sources 14 Jun 2016 - 08:53 am

Paris: A man suspected to have killed a French policeman and his partner in a terror-linked attack had been sentenced in 2013 for...

American gets 10 years for abusing young girls in Cambodia 14 Jun 2016 - 08:29 am

American Brian Naswall (R), the 53-year-old CEO of Aero Cambodia, walks from a prison's van as a Cambodianpoliceman (L) stands guard upon his...

Facebook 'declares war' in Philippine flag gaffe 14 Jun 2016 - 08:19 am

File picture of a Philippines flag at the North Harbor in Manila. Reuters Manila: Facebook has apologised for accidentally declaring the Philippines was...

Riot, fire erupt in prison near Mexico City 14 Jun 2016 - 08:13 am

Relatives of prisoners wait for news in front of a riot police security line outside the Barrientos prison after a riot erupted at...

Bosnian Muslim leader pays tribute to Sarajevo Serb victims 14 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

Chairman of Bosnia and Herzegovina's tripartite Presidency, Bakir Izetbegovic (3rd L) lays a wreath of flowers on the edge of the ravine in...

Orlando gunman 'radicalized', FBI says, as probe deepens 14 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

The home of Seddique Mateen, the father of Omar Mateen, the gunman who killed 50 people at a Florida nightclub before being shot...

US probes whether gunman in nightclub massacre had help 14 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

Seddique Mateen, the father of Omar Mateen, who attacked a gay night club in Orlando before being shot dead by police, speaks with...

Belgian hospitals introduce robot receptionists 14 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

A young boy talks with the robot Pepper next to a nurse during a press conference on June 13, 2016 at the CHR...

7,000 Iraqis flee Fallujah through safe corridor: UN 14 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

Iraqi government forces receive food on the outskirts of Fallujah's southern Shuhada neighbourhood during a military operation, backed by air support from the...

Pakistan clerics issue fatwa against honour killings 14 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

Sunni Ittehad Council Logo found in Twitter Lahore, Pakistan: An influential group of Pakistani clerics have issued a fatwa against honour killings, with...

Victim’s last Snapchat starts with dancing, ends in gunfire 14 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

A vigil is seen near the site of the shooting at the Pulse gay night club in Orlando, Florida, June 13, 2016. REUTERS/Jim...

German president dines with Muslims, urges tolerance after Orlando 14 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

German President Joachim Gauck (2nd R) and his partner Daniela Schadt (2nd L) attend a Ramadan fasten break with members of the Muslim...

Maduro allies ask Venezuela high court to block recall over 'fraud' 14 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's allies have asked the Supreme Court to block the opposition's effort to organize a recall vote against him, alleging...