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Former opposition leader named Congolese premier 24 Apr 2016 - 10:55 am

Brazzaville: Republic of Congo's newly-reelected President Denis Sassou Nguesso has named former opposition leader and one-time finance minister Clement Mouamba as his prime...

Eight killed as 'golf ball' hailstones, storms lash Myanmar 24 Apr 2016 - 10:52 am

Yangon: Violent storms which saw hailstones the size of golf balls rain down across Myanmar have killed at least eight people in recent...

Attempt to strangle me, says JNUSU president 24 Apr 2016 - 10:44 am

Kanhaiya Kumar addressing a JNU Campus meet. Reuters Mumbai: Jawaharlal Nehru University students union president Kanhaiya Kumar on Sunday said a man tried...

China's Xi warns of foreign infiltration through religion 24 Apr 2016 - 10:39 am

China's President Xi Jinping attends a welcoming ceremony outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, October 14, 2015. REUTERS/Jason Lee/File...

Bus burnt, MLAs detained ahead of Modi's Jharkhand visit 24 Apr 2016 - 10:22 am

File picture of Indian prime minister Narendra Modi. Reuters Ranchi: Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit, a bus was burnt and five...

Bangladesh workers demand justice after Rana Plaza disaster 24 Apr 2016 - 10:22 am

Bangladeshi activists and relatives of victims of the Rana Plaza building collapse take part in a protest march on the third anniversary of...

Kurd-Shi'ite clashes in northern Iraq kill two: Sources 24 Apr 2016 - 10:15 am

File picture for representation. AFP BAGHDAD: Clashes between Kurdish and Shi'ite Turkmen paramilitary forces broke out late on Saturday in northern Iraq, killing...

One killed in Aligarh Muslim University violence 24 Apr 2016 - 10:12 am

Lucknow: One person was killed and over a dozen were injured on Sunday when student groups of the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) clashed...

North Korea's Kim hails 'successful' submarine missile test 24 Apr 2016 - 10:06 am

Seoul: North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un hailed a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) test as an "eye-opening success", state media said Sunday, declaring Pyongyang...

Japan's Abe orders extra budget for earthquake reconstruction 24 Apr 2016 - 09:16 am

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attends a news conference at his official residence in Tokyo, Japan, March 29, 2016. REUTERS/Yuya Shino Japan's Prime...

Obama says he hopes he has persuaded British voters not to leave EU 24 Apr 2016 - 09:14 am

U.S. President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron smile after Obama missed a putt during a round of golf at The...

India revokes Mallya's passport amid loan scandal 24 Apr 2016 - 09:09 am

File picture of the former airline boss Vijay Mallya New Delhi: India's government has revoked embattled former airline boss Vijay Mallya's passport, after...

Armenian migrants in Turkey wary of political tensions 24 Apr 2016 - 08:54 am

People attend a ceremony to mark the ninth anniversary of the killing of Turkish-Armenian editor Hrant Dink in Istanbul, Turkey January 19, 2016....

Australian politician sets river on fire to protest fracking 24 Apr 2016 - 08:40 am

Fire in the Condamine River in Queensland. Picture: Jeremy Buckingham Social Media Page Sydney: An Australian politician has set fire to a river...

Disease experts to compare Zika notes in Paris 24 Apr 2016 - 08:37 am

A file photograph showing a mosquito 'Aedes aegypti', that transmit the Zika virus, in a laboratory in San Salvador, El Salvador, on 07...

Entrenched leader Obiang who led EGuinea from terror to oil 24 Apr 2016 - 08:23 am

A picture taken on April 23, 2016 shows an electoral poster of Equatorial Guinea incumbent president and candidate Teodoro Obiang in Malabo. AFP ...

China says Brunei, Cambodia, Laos agree sea dispute must not hurt ties 24 Apr 2016 - 08:17 am

Newly elected Laos President Bounnhang Vorachit (R) greets visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (L), during a meeting at the Government House in...