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DR Congo president can remain in office without a vote: court 12 May 2016 - 12:00 am

This file photo taken on February 3, 2015 shows the Democratic Republic of the Congo's President Joseph Kabila attending a training session of...

Tired of Greece, migrants try to swim back to Turkey 12 May 2016 - 12:00 am

A man sitting atop a container uses his mobile deviced at a makeshift camp for migrants and refugees at the Greek-Macedonian border near...

EU omen? Schengen's European museum ceiling collapses 12 May 2016 - 12:00 am

This picture taken on May 11, 2016, shows the European Museum's ceiling after it collapsed in Schengen. The ceiling of the European Museum...

Syria regime strikes kill seven civilians 12 May 2016 - 12:00 am

(File Photo) A man and a woman ride a motorcycle along a street filled with debris of damaged buildings in Deir ez-Zor, March...

FBI’s Comey expects more litigation over access to electronic devices 12 May 2016 - 12:00 am

WASHINGTON: FBI Director James Comey said on Wednesday there will be more U.S. government litigation over accessing electronic devices and that encryption is...

4 police, 3 jihadists killed in Tunisia raids: ministry 12 May 2016 - 12:00 am

Tunisian police officers pass near a bullet-riddled house, which was damaged during security operations and clashes between Tunisian security forces and suspected militants...

Mice experiments show how Zika invades placenta, fetus 12 May 2016 - 12:00 am

Aedes aegypti mosquito is seen at the Laboratory of Entomology and Ecology of the Dengue Branch of the US Centers for Disease Control...

Rembrandt painting found in New Jersey basement now in museum 12 May 2016 - 12:00 am

Rembrandt By Barbara Goldberg NEW YORK: A painting languishing in a New Jersey basement that turned out to be one of Dutch master...

Trump, Clinton in poll dead heat as US campaign heats up 12 May 2016 - 12:00 am

By Ginger Gibson and Amanda Becker WASHINGTON: Republican Donald Trump pulled even with Democratic rival Hillary Clinton in a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll released...

Ukraine, Russia agree some security measures: Germany 12 May 2016 - 12:00 am

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier told reporters after talks in Berlin with the foreign ministers of Russia, Ukraine and France that it would...

Venezuela tense as cops block anti-president march 12 May 2016 - 12:00 am

An injured man lies on the street next to national guard members during a demostration in Caracas on May 11, 2016. With helmets,...

US envoy targets Egypt at UN over journalist arrests 12 May 2016 - 12:00 am

US ambassador to the UN, Samantha Power, addresses the United Nations (UN) Security Council meeting entitled 'Countering the narratives and ideologies of terrorism...

Colombia fires more than 1,400 police in corruption crackdown 11 May 2016 - 06:59 pm

Colombian National Policemen guarding the Colombian Inspector Generals building, May 2005. Photo courtesy: Louise Wolff / Wikimedia Commons BOGOTA: Colombia’s national police force...

Canada to look at replacing first-past-the-post election system 11 May 2016 - 06:47 pm

The Canadian flag flies on Parliament Hill in Ottawa. Reuters / Blair Gable OTTAWA: Canada will set up an all-party committee to study...

French 19-year-old commits suicide live on Periscope 11 May 2016 - 06:00 pm

Paris: French prosecutors launched an investigation Wednesday after a 19-year-old woman committed suicide by throwing herself in front of a suburban train near...