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Uber, Lyft set to leave Texas city over fingerprinting rule 08 May 2016 - 10:50 am

Campaign signs concerning a municipal vote over fingerprint requirements for ride-hailing companies such asUber and Lyft are seen along a roadway in Austin,...

Security forces on alert ahead of tense Philippine elections 08 May 2016 - 10:40 am

Election posters of Philippine candidates are seen hanging above vehicles driving along a main street in Pritil, Tondo city, metro Manila in the...

Turkish military kills 55 Islamic State fighters north of Aleppo -military sources 08 May 2016 - 10:36 am

ANKARA: The Turkish military killed 55 Islamic State fighters in shelling north of the Syrian city of Aleppo on Saturday evening, military sources...

Gandhis have some "secrets" of Modi: Kejriwal 08 May 2016 - 10:31 am

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal. Reuters New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal continued on Sunday to take potshots at Prime Minister Narendra...

Yemeni talks to continue Sunday in Kuwait: UN official 08 May 2016 - 10:25 am

File photo of Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed . Kuwait: UN Special Envoy to Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed affirmed that the Kuwait-hosted, UN-mediated...

Residents return as truce extended in Syria's Aleppo 08 May 2016 - 10:24 am

Syrian children attend a class at a primary school in Aleppo's rebel-held eastern district of Shaar on May 7, 2016. AFP / KARAM...

Iran starts trial of Afghans accused of raping French tourist 08 May 2016 - 10:24 am

Tehran: A trial opened in Iran on Sunday of four Afghans accused of raping a French tourist in mountains on Tehran's northwestern outskirts,...

Trump questions whether Elizabeth Warren is native American amid feud 08 May 2016 - 10:09 am

Supporters during a Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump rally at the The Northwest Washington Fair and Event Center on May 7, 2016 in...

N. Korea TV airs 'special' Kim Jong-Un speech 08 May 2016 - 10:02 am

A picture made available on 07 May 2016 by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-un speaking...

Gunmen kill rights activist in Pakistan 08 May 2016 - 10:01 am

Activist Khurram Zaki. Source: Twitter ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani police officer says gunmen riding motorcycles have shot and killed a rights activist and wounded...

Afghanistan is losing its local press corps as journalists flee the country 08 May 2016 - 09:52 am

Afghan journalist Sardar Ahmad of Agence France-Presse (R) and his wife are placed on their graves in Kabul March 23, 2014. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood ...

Buses collide with fuel tanker in Afghanistan, 8 dead 08 May 2016 - 09:51 am

KABUL: An Afghan official says two buses and a fuel tanker have collided on the main highway linking Kabul and Kandahar, killing at...

Is Hillary a sure thing for the White House? 08 May 2016 - 09:47 am

A attendee wears a sticker on his jacket in support of U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton during a rally at La Escuelita...

N. Korea to make 'special' announcement: state TV 08 May 2016 - 09:43 am

Seoul: North Korea said Sunday it would make a "special" announcement, as the regime is holding its first party congress in more than...

Thirty-four missing in China landslide - Xinhua 08 May 2016 - 09:35 am

BEIJING: Thirty-four people are missing after a landslide triggered by heavy rain hit a construction site in China's southeastern Fujian province on Sunday,...

Girls' football tackles forced marriage in Burkina Faso 08 May 2016 - 09:21 am

By Zoe Tabary YAKO, Burkina Faso: When Inès Sanso was 15 years old, her family decided she was to marry a man three...

Vietnam police break up protest against Taiwan firm over fish deaths 08 May 2016 - 09:09 am

A local militia member stands guard at the unusual empty Opera House's square where protesters initially planned an anti-Formosa rally after a heavy ...