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Weather aids firefighters battling blaze in Canada oil region 09 May 2016 - 08:47 am

A handout picture made available by NASA's Earth Observatory on 09 May 2016 shows a false-color image of the wildfire in Alberta. In...

BBC correspondent in North Korea detained over reporting 09 May 2016 - 08:38 am

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (C) attends the 3rd Meeting of Activists in Fisheries under the Korean People's Army (KPA) in this...

Quarter of passengers on British cruise ship fall sick with norovirus 09 May 2016 - 08:30 am

The Balmoral has the capacity for 1,350 passengers and is the largest ship in the cruise line's fleet. (Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines) A...

Loud blast heard at traffic police head office in Somalia 09 May 2016 - 08:27 am

MOGADISHU: A loud explosion was heard at the traffic police headquarters in the Somali capital Mogadishu early on Monday, police and residents said....

Rebel rocket fire kills 3 civilians in Syria's Aleppo 09 May 2016 - 12:00 am

Syrian opponents prepare to fire rockets as they fight against the Assad regime forces in the Khan Tuman town of Aleppo, Syria on...

Drug boss 'El Chapo's' new prison rated as Mexico's worst 08 May 2016 - 06:52 pm

Mexican federal agents stand guard on the road leading to the Federal Social Readaptation Center (Cefereso) Number 9 in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, 07...

Winning Powerball ticket worth $429M sold in New Jersey 08 May 2016 - 06:17 pm

By BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI TRENTON, N.J.: Someone is holding onto the sole winning Powerball ticket that was sold in New Jersey and is worth...

20 killed, mostly children, by Rwanda landslides 08 May 2016 - 05:57 pm

Kigali: At least 20 people, many of them children, were killed overnight by devastating landslides in northern Rwanda triggered by torrential rainstorms, the...

Turkish army kills 55 Islamic State militants in Syria 08 May 2016 - 04:48 pm

People look on as war-planes carry out bombing nearby in Kilis on May 7, 2016. AFP / ILYAS AKENGIN Ankara: The Turkish Armed...

Libya unity gov’t needs parliamentary approval: Tobruk 08 May 2016 - 04:39 pm

BENGHAZI, Libya: Libya’s Tobruk-based government has refused to hand over power to a UN-backed national unity government until the latter is given a...

Beirut Madinati takes on entrenched parties in Lebanon poll 08 May 2016 - 03:38 pm

Lebanese actress and film director Nadine Labaki casts her vote for the municipal elections at a polling station on May 8, 2016 in...

Palestine’s Raed Salah begins 9-month prison term 08 May 2016 - 03:30 pm

Arab-Israeli Sheikh Raed Salah (C), the leader of the radical northern wing of the Islamic Movement in Israel, waves as he gets in...

Seoul Rejects Inter-Korean Dialogue Proposed by N. Korea 08 May 2016 - 03:18 pm

Seoul, May 08 (QNA) - South Korea on Sunday rejected the inter-Korean dialogue offer proposed by the leader of Democratic People's Republic of...

Lebanon holds local elections amid tight security 08 May 2016 - 02:42 pm

Lebanese army soldiers patrol in Zahle during Lebanon's Bekaa municipal elections, May 8, 2016. REUTERS/Aziz Taher BEIRUT: Lebanon is holding municipal elections in...

Mauritanians protest proposed constitutional changes 08 May 2016 - 02:37 pm

By Sidi Ould Abdel Malek NOUAKCHOTT: Thousands of Mauritanians demonstrated in capital Nouakchott on Saturday evening to protest plans by President Mohamed Ould...

Turkish warplanes strike PKK positions in northern Iraq 08 May 2016 - 02:29 pm

ANKARA: Turkish warplanes destroyed bunkers, gun emplacements, and ammunition depots belonging to the PKK organization in northern Iraq early Sunday. Speaking on condition...