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Kanhaiya's health worsens, hospitalised 05 May 2016 - 11:56 am

File photo of JNU students leader Kanhaiya Kumar New Delhi: JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar, who has been on hunger strike for a...

Yemen govt urges UN action over rebel fire on besieged third city 05 May 2016 - 10:35 am

Yemeni loyalist forces and onlookers gather at the scene of a suicide attack targeting the police chief in the base of the Saudi-backed...

Trump shores up Republican unity as he takes on Clinton in White House battle 05 May 2016 - 10:28 am

US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump (C) greets his supporters as he arrives to speak in New York on May 3, 2016, following...

London looks set to elect Muslim mayor 05 May 2016 - 10:22 am

Britain's Labour party candidate for London Mayor Sadiq Khan (R) and his wife Saadiya pose for photographers as they leave a Polling Station...

Turkish assets hit as ruling party prepares to replace prime minister 05 May 2016 - 09:45 am

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan meets Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu at the Presidential Complex in Ankara, Turkey on May 4, 2016. Turkish...

City where Soviet workers rose up stays calm in Russian crisis 05 May 2016 - 09:30 am

People wait at a bus stop, with the Ascension Cathedral seen in the background, in Novocherkassk, in Rostov-on-Don region, Russia, February 24, 2013....

Bangladesh Islamist party leader to hang for war crimes 05 May 2016 - 09:07 am

File photo of Moulana Motiur Rahman Nizami, chief of the Jamaat-e-Islami, Bangladesh's biggest Islamic Political Party. REUTERS/RAFIQUR RAHMAN/FILES DHAKA: Bangladesh's Supreme Court on ...

Syria's Aleppo relatively calm as truce takes effect: residents 05 May 2016 - 08:55 am

Syrian opposition forces attack Assad Regime headquarters at Al-Zahraa district from Leyramun region of Aleppo, Syria on May 3, 2016. Anas Sabagh /...

Don't let screech of bombs shatter laws of war: Red Cross lawyer 05 May 2016 - 08:45 am

A man walks past the rubble of damaged buildings after an airstrike in the rebel held area of Aleppo's Baedeen district, Syria, May...

US bullet train proposals shun public funds, favor private cash 05 May 2016 - 08:37 am

China Railway High-speed Harmony bullet trains are seen at a high-speed train maintenance base in Wuhan, Hubei province, early December 25, 2012. REUTERS/Stringer/File...

Evacuation of 80,000 impeded as wildfire rages in Canadian city 05 May 2016 - 12:00 am

Fort McMurray residents sleep at a community centre in Anzac, Alberta, after residents were ordered to be evacuated due to a raging wildfire,...

Key moments in the battle for Aleppo, the former commercial capital of Syria, since civil war broke out in March 2011 05 May 2016 - 12:00 am

A girl mourns the loss of her relatives, Aleppo, Feb 8, 2016. Reuters Beirut: Following are key moments in the battle for Aleppo,...

In Gaza, hand surgery gets remote assistance from Beirut 05 May 2016 - 12:00 am

Beirut-based doctor Ghassan Abu Sitta sits inside a room at the American University of Beirut Medical Center in Lebanon while using Proximie technology...

London mayoral front-runner hopes to unite city 05 May 2016 - 12:00 am

Britain's Labour party candidate for London Mayor Sadiq Khan unveils a poster campaign in Canary Wharf, east London on May 4, 2016, on...

Defending migrant deal, EU seeks end of visas for Turks 05 May 2016 - 12:00 am

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu (L) and Turkish EU Affairs Minister Volkan Bozkir (R) hold a press conference in Ankara on May 4,...

Israeli jets carry out raids on Gaza: Palestinian ministry 05 May 2016 - 12:00 am

Gaza City, Palestinian Territories: Israeli warplanes launched several raids on Wednesday in the Gaza Strip after a day of tensions along the border...