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Syrian conflict 'in many ways out of control': Kerry 02 May 2016 - 02:57 pm

US Secretary of State John Kerry (L) gestures next to UN Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura during a press briefing following a meeting...

Army disperses Sadrist protesters in Iraq’s Babylon 02 May 2016 - 02:55 pm

BAGHDAD: Security forces in Iraq's central Babylon province on Monday dispersed supporters of firebrand Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr who attempted to demonstrate in...

'Balkans Davos' to be held in Bosnia 02 May 2016 - 02:32 pm

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina: The “Balkans Davos” opens in Bosnian capital Sarajevo on Wednesday, when business figures will explore cooperation and investment opportunities in the...

Search ongoing for Australian woman abducted in Afghanistan 02 May 2016 - 02:29 pm

MELBOURNE, Australia: Australian diplomats continued working with Afghan authorities Monday in search of an aid worker kidnapped in the eastern city of Jalalabad...

Nigerian army frees 400 Boko Haram hostages 02 May 2016 - 02:26 pm

LAGOS, Nigeria: The Nigerian army said on Monday it had rescued another 400 hostages from Boko Haram hideouts in the country's northeast as...

Nairobi building collapse toll rises to 21 02 May 2016 - 02:23 pm

Kenyan soldiers look on as a heavy machinery removes rubble in a collapsed building in the Huruma estate of the Mathare slum, Nairobi,...

Kerry seeks path to calm in Syria 02 May 2016 - 02:12 pm

US Secretary of State John Kerry listens to Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir, during a meeting on Syria in Geneva, Switzerland, 02 May...

Seattle: 9 activists were arrested and 5 police officers injured 02 May 2016 - 02:03 pm

Police detain a protester during anti-capitalist protests following May Day marches in Seattle, Washington, U.S. May 1, 2016. REUTERS/David Ryder San Francisco: At...

Car bomb against kills 14 in southern Baghdad 02 May 2016 - 02:00 pm

source. Twitter Baghdad: A car bomb targeting Shiite pilgrims killed at least 14 people in southern Baghdad on Monday, security and medical sources...

Hundreds promoting independence detained in Indonesia's Papua 02 May 2016 - 12:59 pm

Indonesian police on Monday detained hundreds of pro-independence demonstrators in the eastern province of Papua on the anniversary of Dutch New Guinea's 1963...

May Day rally in Los Angeles features strong anti-Trump theme 02 May 2016 - 12:36 pm

People march with an inflatable effigy of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during an immigrant rights May Day rally in Los Angeles, California,...

Turkish soldier killed in PKK bombing in southeast: army 02 May 2016 - 12:20 pm

Diyarbakir: One Turkish soldier was killed and 20 others were wounded when a car bomb blamed on Kurdish militants exploded in the Kurdish-majority...

Militants threatened to slit our throats: Indonesian hostage 02 May 2016 - 12:12 pm

Indonesian sailors attend a ceremony to mark the hostages being handed over to thier families at the Foreign Ministry office in Jakarta on...

Reckitt Benckiser exec slapped in S. Korea while apologising for deadly sterilizers 02 May 2016 - 12:05 pm

Atar Safdar (C), the head of Oxy Reckitt Benckiser Korea, is surrounded by the aggreived relatives of victims as he bows during a...

More than 1,000 people evacuated from Paris migrant camp 02 May 2016 - 11:47 am

A migrant sits on a mattress at a makeshift camp in Paris on March 24, 2016. AFP Photo/Joel Saget Paris: Police evacuated more...

Bodies of climbers emerge from Himalayan glacier after 16 years 02 May 2016 - 11:27 am

Alex Lowe (L) seen with Conrad Anker, who was climbing with him and cameraman David Bridges during the October 1999 avalanche and survived....

US in desperate bid to save Syria truce as Aleppo bombed 02 May 2016 - 11:23 am

US Secretary of State John Kerry (R) gestures next to Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir during a meeting on Syria in Geneva, on...

More than a million people are unemployed in Algeria 02 May 2016 - 11:11 am

File photo of Algerian upper parliament. REUTERS Algeria: There is a working population of 11.932 million people in Algeria, distributed among working population...