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Striking Belgian prison guards burst into ministry 18 May 2016 - 09:52 am

Belgian prison officers demonstrate behind the Saint-Gilles prison where guards have been on strike for three weeks in a protest over pay cuts...

With two more primaries at stake, tensions erupt between Sanders and Democratic leaders 18 May 2016 - 09:42 am

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks at a campaign rally at California State University, Dominguez Hills on May 17, 2016 in Carson,...

Tensions flare between powerful Thai Buddhist sect and police 18 May 2016 - 09:34 am

Buddhist monks and novices gather to receive alms at Wat Phra Dhammakaya temple in Bangkok, April 22, 2016. REUTERS/Jorge Silva/File Photo Bangkok: Tensions...

Maldives sides with Saudis to cut ties with Iran 18 May 2016 - 09:31 am

File photo of Maldives President Abdulla Yameen taking oath as the President of Maldives during a swearing-in ceremony at the parliament in Male...

Six-minute Pacific search finds fishermen adrift for days 18 May 2016 - 09:25 am

Wellington: Two Kiribati fishermen lost at sea for days were found Wednesday just six minutes into a search that targeted a massive patch...

Turkish warplanes hit PKK targets in Turkey, northern Iraq, 10 killed -sources 18 May 2016 - 09:19 am

DIYARBAKIR: Turkish warplanes hit Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) targets in southeast Turkey and northern Iraq, killing at least ten fighters, security sources said...

Rescuers find 16 bodies after Sri Lanka landslides 18 May 2016 - 09:13 am

Torrential rains and landslides have forced thousands to flee their homes. AFP / LAKRUWAN WANNIARACHCHI Colombo: Rescue workers on Wednesday recovered the bodies...

Superjet technology nears reality after Australia test 18 May 2016 - 09:08 am

Hypersonic technology can revolutionise the global air travel reducing time, resources and cost Sydney: A two-hour flight from Sydney to London is a...

China's Xi calls for Marxism and intellectual loyalty 18 May 2016 - 08:59 am

Beijing: China's Communist Party must ensure that philosophy and social science "unequivocally uphold" Marxist principles, President Xi Jinping told a high-level academic seminar,...

Bombs kill one policeman in NW Pakistan: officials 18 May 2016 - 08:58 am

Peshawar, Pakistan: Two bomb blasts targeting a police patrol Wednesday killed at least one policeman and wounded 10 others in the restive northwestern...

China says military drills ahead of Taiwan inauguration part of annual plan 18 May 2016 - 08:52 am

Taiwanese Coast Guard Administration guard demonstrate a machine gun on the docks of the 3000-ton "Ilan" patrol ship at East China Sea, near...

Clinton claims Kentucky, Sanders takes Oregon in Democratic duel 18 May 2016 - 08:42 am

Supporters of Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders attend an election night rally in Carson, California, May 17, 2016. AFP / ROBYN BECK Washington:...

UN pushes 'get-tough agenda' on peacekeeper sex abuse 18 May 2016 - 08:36 am

United Nations, United States: A former number two at the US Department of Homeland Security is forcing the United Nations to confront one...

Dirty and dangerous: strike exposes Haiti's crumbling hospitals 18 May 2016 - 08:34 am

(FILES) This file photo shows Haitians awaiting treatment at the General Hospital in Port-au-Prince. AFP / HECTOR RETAMAL Port-au-Prince: When a pregnant woman...

Baghdad attacks kill at least 43 people 18 May 2016 - 12:00 am

Iraqis gather at the scene of a suicide bomb attack in Baghdad's Sadr city, Iraq, May 17, 2016. EPA Baghdad: Attacks including suicide...

Mexico shuns approach by US lobby group seeking to work against Trump 18 May 2016 - 12:00 am

By Gabriel Stargardter MEXICO CITY: Mexico has rebuffed an approach from a U.S. lobbying group seeking a government endorsement for its efforts to...

Iraq’s Shi’ite rivalries risk turning violent, weakening war on Islamic State 18 May 2016 - 12:00 am

The crisis presents the biggest political challenge yet to Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, a moderate Shi’ite Islamist who took office in 2014...

Mauritania supreme court orders anti-slavery activists freed 18 May 2016 - 12:00 am

Biram Ould Dah Ould Abeid, runner-up in the 2014 presidential elections and leader of the Abolitionist Movement in Mauritania, was sentenced to two...