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Next Philippine leader seeks early talks with communist rebels 29 May 2016 - 12:50 pm

Philippines' president-elect Rodrigo Duterte speaks during a press conference in Davao City, in southern island of Mindanao on May 26, 2016. AFP /...

Polish minister says missile shield no threat to Russia: report 29 May 2016 - 12:50 pm

WARSAW: The U.S. missile shield to be located in Poland does not pose a threat to Russia's security, Poland's state-run news agency PAP...

US-led coalition troops assisting Kurds in new offensive: Spokesman 29 May 2016 - 12:45 pm

Kurdish Peshmerga forces keep watch in a village east of Mosul, Iraq, May 29, 2016. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari By Isabel Coles HASSAN SHAMI, Iraq: ...

Austrian far-right says 'countless' signs of election fraud 29 May 2016 - 12:42 pm

Vienna: Austria's far-right is probing "countless" cases of fraud in last week's presidential election that saw its candidate lose by a narrow margin,...

Jordan’s King Abdullah appoints PM to oversee parliament elections: Political source 29 May 2016 - 12:35 pm

File photo of King Abdullah of Jordan BEIRUT: Jordan’s King Abdullah appointed veteran politician Hani Mulqi as prime minister after dissolving parliament on...

Missing Japan boy was left in mountains as punishment: police 29 May 2016 - 12:26 pm

Tokyo: The parents of a seven-year-old Japanese boy missing in the mountains confessed on Sunday they had left him as a punishment and...

Lufthansa to suspend flights to Venezuela from June 17 29 May 2016 - 12:19 pm

Frankfurt: German airline Lufthansa said Sunday it will suspend flights to Venezuela from next month owing to the economic crisis in the country....

19 migrants rescued from boat in English Channel: coastguard 29 May 2016 - 12:09 pm

London: The British coastguard said it rescued 19 migrants on Sunday from the Channel after their inflatable boat began to take on water....

Missing Pakistani boy found in India two years later 29 May 2016 - 12:00 pm

Five-year-old Tufail Ismail. Photo by ALI AKBAR/Dawn Islamabad: A Pakistani boy who went missing from his home in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan...

Iran not to send Mecca pilgrims, blames Saudi: state TV 29 May 2016 - 11:54 am

Tehran: Iranians will not take part in this year's Mecca pilgrimage because of "obstacles" raised by Saudi Arabia, custodian of Islam's holiest sites,...

Seventeen killed in care home fire in Ukraine 29 May 2016 - 11:52 am

Rescuers inspect the debris of a residential house after a fire broke out, in the village of Litochky, northeast of Kiev, Ukraine, May...

British florist sees rosy future in Brexit 29 May 2016 - 11:35 am

Florist Damian Duffy pictured as he prepares flowers in his shop in Watford, north of London. AFP / JUSTIN TALLIS Watford, United Kingdom:...

Bosnia's 'radicals' defy police and religious authorities' crackdown 29 May 2016 - 11:15 am

An entrance to the Bosnian village of Gornja Maoca decorated with Islamic State signs, February 4, 2015. Police in Bosnia arrested several people...

Brexit: A messy divorce after 40 years of marriage 29 May 2016 - 11:01 am

Brussels: A British exit from the European Union would plunge the two parties into a messy divorce and force them build a new...

U.S. servicemen seen on frontline of new Kurdish offensive in Iraq 29 May 2016 - 10:22 am

HASSAN SHAMI: U.S. servicemen were seen by a Reuters correspondent near the frontline of an offensive launched on Sunday by Kurdish Peshmerga forces...

Media-savvy Thai monks wage PR war to defend scandal-hit abbot 29 May 2016 - 10:14 am

Communications head of Wat Dhammakaya Buddhist temple in one of the meditation halls in Bangkok. AFP / LILLIAN SUWANRUMPHA Pathum Thani, Thailand: An...

Philippine police kill three more drug suspects 29 May 2016 - 10:13 am

Manila: Philippine police have killed three drug suspects in a shootout, officials said Sunday, the latest such deaths after the election of tough...

France's Sapin says government will stand firm on labour reform 29 May 2016 - 09:37 am

French Finance Minister Michel Sapin attends an interview with Reuters in Paris, France, February 11, 2016. REUTERS/CHRISTIAN HARTMANN By Ingrid Melander PARIS: A...