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Bodies pile up as Filipino police show new boss they're tough on drugs 20 Jun 2016 - 10:14 am

Sachets of shabu, or methamphetamine (middle-lower part), is pictured among other drugs paraphernalia at an undisclosed drug den in Manila, Philippines June 20,...

Cambodia to deport 13 Taiwanese fraud suspects to China 20 Jun 2016 - 09:46 am

Phnom Penh: Cambodia said Monday it would deport 13 Taiwanese nationals arrested on fraud charges to mainland China, as Taipei said its emissaries...

Death toll from Indonesia floods, landslides rises to 43 20 Jun 2016 - 09:44 am

Indonesian villagers look on after waters receded following flash floods in Kamulyan village in Banyumas, Central Java on June 19, 2016. / AFP...

Turkish military, coalition air strikes kill 23 IS militants in Syria - TV 20 Jun 2016 - 08:45 am

ANKARA: Twenty-three Islamic State militants were killed in northern Syria by coalition air strikes and cross-border artillery fire from Turkey, broadcaster Haberturk reported...

Record 65 million people displaced worldwide: UN 20 Jun 2016 - 08:08 am

Kurdish refugees from the Syrian town of Kobani sit in front of their tents in a camp. Reuters Geneva: The number of people...

Six dead, more than 100 injured in Mexico protest 20 Jun 2016 - 07:55 am

Protesters from the National Coordination of Education Workers (CNTE) teachers’ union clash with riot police officers during a protest against President Enrique Pena...

Taliban suicide bomber kills at least 14 in Afghan capital 20 Jun 2016 - 07:51 am

Afghan security forces inspect the damage of a minibus that was hit by a suicide attacker at the site of the incident in...

14 children killed as boats overturn in storm in Russia 20 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

MOSCOW: At least 13 children and their adult instructor have died in a storm while boating on a lake in Russia's northwestern region...

Algeria blocks social networks to prevent exam fraud 20 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

Algiers: Algeria temporarily blocked access to social networks on Sunday to prevent cheating after leaked papers forced hundred of thousands of students to...

Demos greet Chinese president in Poland 20 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

Workers at the Zelezara Smederevo steel plant, recently bought by China's Hebei Iron and Steel (HBIS), hold posters depicting China's President Xi Jinping,...

Pregnant woman and husband gunned down in Pakistan honour killing 20 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

Islamabad: A pregnant woman and her husband have been abducted and shot dead by relatives who disapproved of their marriage, police said Sunday,...

Actor Anton Yelchin dies in car accident 20 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

Actor Anton Yelchin poses during ceremonies for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting awards in Beverly Hills...

Record heat sparks warnings, boosts fires in western United States 19 Jun 2016 - 05:51 pm

Members of the elite Dalton Hotshots crew hike back to their truck at the end of a shift, June 18, 2016 at the...

IS tries to break siege in Libya's Sirte 19 Jun 2016 - 05:45 pm

A member of the security team walks past the remains of a burnt car after a suicide car bomber hit a Libyan police...

Regime airstrikes kill 10 in Syria's Raqqa 19 Jun 2016 - 05:00 pm

RAQQA: At least 10 people were killed in regime airstrikes in the northern Syrian city of Raqqa on Sunday, according to local sources....

Iraq faces humanitarian disaster after Fallujah breakthrough 19 Jun 2016 - 04:57 pm

Displaced Iraqis from the embattled city of Fallujah tip over an empty water container at a camp suffering from water and food shortages...

Bulgaria puts Sofia airport tender on hold 19 Jun 2016 - 04:35 pm

SOFIA: Bulgaria has put a tender to operate Sofia airport on hold after a consortium that built a runway at one of the...

Angry Assange starts 5th year cooped in Ecuadoran embassy in London 19 Jun 2016 - 04:31 pm

Julian Assange (file photo) London: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange started his fifth year camped out in the Ecuadoran embassy in London on Sunday,...