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Three quarters of South Sudanese need humanitarian aid: UN 13 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

Amman: Three-quarters of the population of South Sudan needs humanitarian aid after four days of deadly fighting, the UN's World Food Programme director...

Embattled Nepal PM refuses to budge after Maoists pull support 13 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

Nepalese PM KPSharma Oli during an interview with AFP at his home in Balkot in Kathmandu on September 30, 2015 By Gopal Sharma...

Venezuelan military begins overseeing food distribution 13 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

Handout photo released by the Venezuelan Presidency of Venezuelan Vice-President Aristobulo Isturis (C) speaking next to Venezuela's Minister of Petroleum Eulogio del Pino...

Iran summons French ambassador over dissident meeting in Paris 13 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

The Paris rally was addressed by Prince Turki al-Faisal, former chief of Saudi Arabia’s intelligence services, who openly supported MKO’s struggle against the...

UK’s Labour says Corbyn has automatic right to defend leadership 13 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

Jeremy Corbyn addresses a gathering of supporters demonstrating in Parliament Square in central London, June 27, 2016. REUTERS / Toby Melville LONDON: British...

US urges all countries to adhere to South China Sea ruling 13 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

Chinese dredging vessels are purportedly seen in the waters around Mischief Reef in the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, May...

Iraq calls for demo reprieve over security concerns 13 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

The appeal was issued a day after powerful Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr called the for a "massive" protest on Friday in Baghdad's Tahrir...

Five political parties boycott Burundi peace talks 13 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

Burundi has been mired in crisis that has killed more than 450 people since President Pierre Nkurunziza pursued and won a third term...

Bolivia accuses Chile of racist treatment of FM 13 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

Bolivian Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca. AFP / Aizar Raldes La Paz: Bolivia accused Chile of racism Tuesday in a dispute over treatment of...

Sanders endorses Clinton’s White House bid 12 Jul 2016 - 06:35 pm

FILE PHOTO: Hillary Clinton reacts as rival Bernie Sanders tries to hand her a piece of paper during a Democratic debate hosted by...

Cyprus unearths 11,000-year-old buildings 12 Jul 2016 - 06:27 pm

Nicosia: Cyprus has uncovered buildings dating back more than 11,000 years in what is thought to be the oldest village site so far...

South China Sea: facts on a decades-long dispute 12 Jul 2016 - 03:36 pm

ctivists who travelled to disputed Scarborough Shoal and were blocked by Chinese Coastguard a few months ago jubilate, after a ruling on the...

At least 11 killed, dozens injured as trains collide in Italy 12 Jul 2016 - 03:08 pm

This handout picture released by the Italian firefighters Vigili del Fuoco press office on July 12, 2016 shows a crashed wagon in a...

Beijing's South China Sea claims rejected by Hague tribunal 12 Jul 2016 - 12:58 pm

Demonstrators display a part of a fishing boat with anti-China protest signs during a rally by different activist groups over the South China...

Saudi prosecutors bring charges over Grand Mosque crane disaster -newspaper 12 Jul 2016 - 11:25 am

In this image released by the Saudi Interior Ministry’s General Directorate of Civil Defense, Defense personnel inspect the damage at the Grand Mosque...

Cameron chairs last cabinet meeting as British PM 12 Jul 2016 - 11:22 am

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron walks out of 10 Downing Street to make a statement, in Westminster, London, July 11, 2016. (REUTERS/Peter Nicholls) ...

Singapore jails four Bangladeshi men for terrorism financing 12 Jul 2016 - 10:48 am

A motorcade of armoured police vehicles, used to transport four Bangladeshi nationals prosecuted under aSingaporean anti-terror law, are seen outside the State court...