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This student put 50 million stolen research articles online. And they're free 11 May 2016 - 04:26 pm

Alexandra Elbakyan is the creator of Sci-Hub. By Michael S Rosenwald Alexandra Elbakyan is a highbrow pirate in hiding. The 27-year-old graduate student...

Israel to lock down W. Bank, Gaza Strip for ‘Nakba Day’ 11 May 2016 - 04:15 pm

JERUSALEM: The Israeli army on Wednesday announced plans to impose a "general closure" on the occupied West Bank and the blockaded Gaza Strip...

Putin lists 'effectiveness' of Russian weapons in Syria 11 May 2016 - 03:56 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a video conference on solving the consequences of wildfires in Russian regions, at the Bocharov Ruchei residence in...

Kenya begins closure of world's largest refugee camp 11 May 2016 - 03:42 pm

Refugees stand outside their tent at the Ifo Extension refugee camp in Dadaab, near the Kenya-Somalia border in Garissa County, Kenya October 19,...

Turkey has killed 1,300 Islamic State members: Top general 11 May 2016 - 03:36 pm

ISTANBUL: Turkey's top general on Wednesday said that the Turkish Armed Forces have killed almost 1,300 Islamic state terrorists in Syria and Iraq....

Philippine militants release four Indonesian sailors 11 May 2016 - 03:26 pm

Indonesian sailors who were kidnapped by the Abu Sayyaf militant group rest at a local government official’s house, after they were released from...

Egypt opens Gaza crossing for 48 hours after 85-day closure 11 May 2016 - 02:37 pm

Palestinians wait at the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, in the southern Gaza Strip, after it was opened for two days by Egyptian...

Vet dies after being trampled by rare 5.5-tonne elephant 11 May 2016 - 02:20 pm

Solo, Indonesia: A young Indonesian vet was trampled to death Wednesday by one of the critically endangered Sumatran elephants under her care, officials...

Eight killed in separate attacks in Nigeria's oil region 11 May 2016 - 02:08 pm

(File Photo) A military gunboat is seen on a river in Nigeria's Delta region April 3, 2011. REUTERS/JOE BROCK Yenagoa, Nigeria: Five police...

Babies dying at Nigerian army detention center: Amnesty 11 May 2016 - 01:53 pm

LAGOS, Nigeria: Children and babies are dying in appalling conditions at a military detention center hosting Boko Haram suspects in Nigeria's northeastern Maiduguri...

Bangladesh hangs Islamist leader for rape and genocide in 1971 war 11 May 2016 - 01:04 pm

Bangladeshi police personnel stand guard at the Supreme Court premises in Dhaka on May 11, 2016. Thousands of police were deployed May 11...

Attacker shot dead after killing two in Massachusetts 11 May 2016 - 12:31 pm

A man stabbed at least four people, killing two, in the US state of Massachusetts before an off-duty security officer shot him dead....

London police say abandoned item on bus was non-suspicious 11 May 2016 - 12:17 pm

File picture used for representation. Reuters LONDON: London's Metropolitan Police said on Wednesday that officers had established that a suitcase abandoned on a...

Army, rebels trade fire in Syria's Aleppo as truce end looms 11 May 2016 - 12:14 pm

REUTERS/ File photo Aleppo: The Syrian army exchanged fire with rebels in battleground second city Aleppo even before the expiry at midnight on...

Baghdad market bombing death toll rises 11 May 2016 - 12:14 pm

People gather at the scene of a car bomb attack in Baghdad's mainly Shi'ite district of Sadr City, Iraq, May 11, 2016. REUTERS/Wissm...

In remote corner of Iraq, an unlikely alliance forms against Islamic State 11 May 2016 - 12:01 pm

Members of the Sinjar Resistance Units (YBS), a militia affiliated with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), sit with an Arab tribal fighter (L)...

5 percent of Indian marriages inter-caste; in Mizoram, 55 percent 11 May 2016 - 11:40 am

By Prachi Salve & Saumya Tewari Christian-dominated Mizoram - 87 percent of the population is Christian - has the most inter-caste marriages in...

Rawat to return as Uttarakhand CM, government tells SC 11 May 2016 - 10:52 am

File photo of Uttarakhand chief minister Harish Rawat. Reuters New Delhi: The central government on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that ousted Uttarakhand...