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Italy rescues 4,000 migrants in two days 13 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

This handout picture released by the Italian Coast Guards (Guardia Costiera) on April 12, 2016 shows a rescue operation of migrants and refugees...

Rio's Zika outbreak matches Asian virus: study 13 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

Zika virus is strongly suspected to be behind a surge in microcephaly, a birth defect in which babies are born with unusually small...

Pakistan army chief accuses India of undermining China investment corridor 13 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

File photo of Pakistan army chief general Raheel Sharif. Photo: Reuters By Kay Johnson GWADAR, Pakistan: Pakistan’s army chief on Tuesday accused longtime...

WHAT’S THAT YOU SAY? US weather agency stops ‘yelling’ with capitalization shift 13 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE: Palestinians ride carts on a street in foggy weather on February 27, 2016 in Beit Lahia, northern of Gaza Strip AFP,...

Dutch confirm 'No' vote on EU deal 12 Apr 2016 - 06:58 pm

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, pictured on April 24, 2015 at The Hague. AFP, Martijn Beekman The Hague: Dutch officials on Tuesday formally...

Italy rescues 1,850 migrants in strait of Sicily 12 Apr 2016 - 06:52 pm

Migrants are seen during a rescue operation by Italian Navy vessels off the coast of Sicily in this April 11, 2016 handout picture...

US producer and reality TV star David Gest found dead in London 12 Apr 2016 - 06:49 pm

U.S. singer Liza Minnelli and producer David Gest speak at a newsconference at the House of Blues in Beverly Hills, California, in this...

Famed woman biker Veenu Paliwal dies in road accident 12 Apr 2016 - 06:46 pm

Veenu Paliwal (Source: Facebook) Bhopal: Famed Indian woman biker Veenu Paliwal has died in a road accident in Madhya Pradesh's Vidisha district, police...

Zambian journalists arrested over president partying report 12 Apr 2016 - 06:46 pm

Zambian Newspaper "The Post" managing editor Joan Chirwa-Ngoma (L) and reporter Mukosha Funga (R) are led to detention at Lusaka Central Police on...

Study links baby dolphin deaths to BP oil spill 12 Apr 2016 - 06:45 pm

This file photo taken on February 11, 2009 shows a one-day-old bottlenose dolphin swimming with its mother at Ancol water park in Jakarta....

Iran and Italy sign several deals during visit by PM Renzi 12 Apr 2016 - 06:43 pm

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani (R) and Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi attend a ceremony to sign deals in Tehran, Iran, April 12, 2016....

Turkey decorates Saudi King Salman for building close ties 12 Apr 2016 - 05:57 pm

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) presents State Medal to Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz (L) at the Presidential Complex in Ankara, Turkey...

Merkel stresses value of free speech in Erdogan satire spat 12 Apr 2016 - 05:46 pm

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is seen before a joint press conference with Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto (not seen) at the Chancellery in...

UN holds first-ever hearings to pick world's top diplomat 12 Apr 2016 - 05:20 pm

The hearings are part of a broad push for transparency in the selection ofUN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's successor, who will lead an organization...

Iran tells UN Syria envoy of ceasefire breach concerns 12 Apr 2016 - 05:10 pm

Ahmad Reza Pourdastan Photo courtesy: FARS Tehran: Iran told visiting UN envoy Staffan de Mistura of its alarm Tuesday about what it said...

Greece steps up evacuation of migrant border camp 12 Apr 2016 - 04:52 pm

Refugee kids play near the railway at a makeshift refugee camp in the Idomeni village of Greece, near the Macedonian border on April...

50 states, organisations discuss support for Libya govt 12 Apr 2016 - 04:42 pm

Tunisian Foreign Minister Khemaies Jhinaoui (2-R) speak while Libyan deputy prime minister of the UN-backed government, Moussa al-Kony (C), United Nations humanitarian coordinator...