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Sweden sentences man to life imprisonment for genocide in Rwanda 16 May 2016 - 01:06 pm

STOCKHOLM: A Swedish court sentenced on Monday a 61-year-old man to life in prison for genocide in Rwanda in 1994, the second such...

Rafsanjani's daughter meets Baha'is, sparks Iran controversy 16 May 2016 - 12:42 pm

File photo of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. REUTERS Tehran: A meeting between ex-president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani's daughter and female leaders of the Baha'i community,...

In Jammu and Kashmir, roads are deadlier than militancy 16 May 2016 - 12:13 pm

By Javaid Trali Srinagar: Road accidents are a bigger killer than militancy in Jammu and Kashmir, according to official records that show deaths...

Turkey detains IS 'executioner' in police raids 16 May 2016 - 12:10 pm

File photo of Turkish police in Istanbul. REUTERS Istanbul: Turkish authorities on Monday detained seven suspected members of the Islamic State (IS) jihadist...

Sri Lanka floods kill eight, leave thousands homeless 16 May 2016 - 12:08 pm

CaptionA woman stuggles to hold her umbrella from high wind and rain during a wet day in Colombo , Sri Lanka May 15,...

Iraq launches operation to retake Anbar town 16 May 2016 - 12:01 pm

AFP/ File photo Baghdad: Iraqi security forces and allied fighters launched an operation on Monday to retake the town of Rutba from the...

Ex-cop charged in grisly Thai killing linked to mass grave 16 May 2016 - 11:53 am

EPA/ File photo Bangkok: A former policeman in Thailand has been charged with murdering a woman whose fate led to the discovery of...

Wrong to equate Hindutva with terror, says Shiv Sena 16 May 2016 - 11:22 am

A file photo of a mosque damaged in the 2008 Malegaon blast. Punit Paranjpe/Reuters Mumbai: The Shiv Sena said on Monday it was...

Iran cracks down on Instagram modelling, 8 arrested 16 May 2016 - 11:10 am

Tehran: Iran has arrested eight people for working in "un-Islamic" online modelling networks, particularly on Instagram, the head of Tehran's cybercrimes court said...

Incumbent Medina ahead in early Dominican presidential results 16 May 2016 - 11:01 am

Members of a polling station count the votes on election day in the Dominican Republic on May 15, 2016. AFP / Fran Afonso ...

US woman rushed to hospital with shark stuck to arm 16 May 2016 - 10:50 am

Image used for representation. Miami: A woman in the US state of Florida was rushed to a hospital Sunday after being bitten by...

Nigerian army arrests suspected pipeline attackers in Delta-military source 16 May 2016 - 10:42 am

AFP/ File photo YENEGOA: The Nigerian army has arrested several people suspected of having been involved in a recent wave of attacks on...

Comoros ready to take Kuwait stateless: minister 16 May 2016 - 10:38 am

Bidoon men attend a seminar hosted by the Kuwait Human Rights Association to talk about suffering of tens of thousands of stateless Arabs...

Palestinian stabs Israeli in Jerusalem: police 16 May 2016 - 10:32 am

Jerusalem: A Palestinian stabbed and lightly wounded an Israeli Jew in Jerusalem on Monday before being arrested by security forces, police and medics...

Lights finally come on for Indian village 16 May 2016 - 10:17 am

An Indian family gather inside their home in the village of Anandpur in Uttar Pradesh, soon after the village was electrified. AFP /...

Kabul locked down as minority Hazaras protest over power line 16 May 2016 - 09:58 am

An Afghan policeman keeps watch in front of shipping containers that blocked streets leading to Kabul's government and diplomatic area in Kabul, Afghanistan...