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Obama meets King Salman at start of Saudi Arabia visit 20 Apr 2016 - 02:57 pm

U.S. President Barack Obama walks with Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud at Erga Palace upon his...

Shinzo Abe to visit Russia on May 6 20 Apr 2016 - 02:36 pm

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will visit the Black Sea resort city of Sochi...

Two Syrian Kurdish security forces killed by government forces 20 Apr 2016 - 02:33 pm

Picture from Qamishli in north-east Syria via twitter BEIRUT: Two members of the Syrian Kurdish security force, known as the Asayish, were killed...

DR Congo: Police tear-gas protesters as row over Kabila rumbles on 20 Apr 2016 - 02:04 pm

Joseph Kabila Lubumbashi, DR Congo: Police in south-east DRCongo fired tear gas to break up a demonstration Wednesday by 5,000 people in the...

Australian TV crew, mother held in Lebanon to be released 20 Apr 2016 - 02:02 pm

Lebanese policemen surround Australian TV presenter Tara Brown while escorting her from a Lebanese courthouse to Baabda Prison for women, in Baabda east...

New fears for press freedoms as Hong Kong editor sacked 20 Apr 2016 - 01:58 pm

Hong Kong: The sacking of a respected Hong Kong newspaper editor triggered a furious backlash from journalists and pro-democracy campaigners Wednesday, in what...

Thailand wants foreigners social media, bank account details 20 Apr 2016 - 01:52 pm

BANGKOK: Want to live in Thailand? No problem, say Thai authorities. Just be prepared to reveal your social media habits, bank account information...

South Sudan rebel delay fans fears for peace 20 Apr 2016 - 01:46 pm

South Sudanese rebel leader and former vice president Riek Macha, center, sits in an army barracks in South Sudan's Upper Nile State in...

Two burned alive in Zambia anti-foreigner riots Monday: police 20 Apr 2016 - 01:42 pm

Zambian Police patrol near the Chawama Compound where residents have attacked broken and looted foreign-run shops in Lusaka on April 19, 2016.AFP /...

Another quake, magnitude 6.2, strikes off Ecuador coast 20 Apr 2016 - 01:40 pm

Ecuadorian police recover the body of a victim at the Royal Hotel in Pedernales, Ecuador, early 20 April 2016, as rescue services continue...

Gunmen kill seven police guarding polio team in Pakistan: officials 20 Apr 2016 - 01:24 pm

A Pakistani health worker administers polio drops to a student at a school during a polio vaccination campaign in Karachi on April 19,...

Germany asks Belgium to shut two old nuclear plants 20 Apr 2016 - 12:51 pm

Barbed wire is pictured at the entrance of the Tihange nuclear power station, one of the two large-scale nuclear power plants in Belgium,...

Queen marks 90th birthday, as popular as ever 20 Apr 2016 - 12:32 pm

An undated photograph taken in the summer of 2015 in the White Drawing Room at Buckingham Palace, London, for a stamp sheet to...

India says 330 million people suffering from drought 20 Apr 2016 - 12:23 pm

Water is being loaded in 50 wagons of a train to be sent to the drought affected area in and around Latur district,...

Death toll from blast in Afghan capital Kabul rises to 64 20 Apr 2016 - 12:04 pm

Afghan mourners offer funeral prayers for a victim killed in the April 19 Taliban truck bomb attack, in Kabul on April 20, 2016....

Magnitude 6.2 quake strikes off coast of Ecuador: PTWC 20 Apr 2016 - 11:56 am

By Julia Symmes Cobb and Ana Isabel Martinez COJIMIES, Ecuador: A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck off the coast of Ecuador on Wednesday, just ...

China suspends G20 anti-corruption task force: Sources 20 Apr 2016 - 11:51 am

By Michelle Price HONG KONG: China suspended an international anti-corruption task force earlier this year after taking over the G20 presidency, according to...