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English watchdog urges French to speed up lone-child asylum claims 10 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE: Children sit near the train tracks as migrants from Afghanistan wait for permission to cross the border from Macedonia to Serbia...

Shoe thrown at Kejriwal as government announces odd-even part two 10 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

Arvind Kejriwal. Reuters New Delhi: The unveiling of details of the second part of the odd-even scheme saw another attack on Chief Minister...

El Salvador raids Mossack Fonseca office, seizes documents 10 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

Members of the National Civil Police raid the Mossack Fonseca offices in San Salvador on April 8, 2016. Police on Friday raided the...

Sudan's Darfur votes in referendum boycotted by rebels 10 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

Sudanese gather to attend a speech by Sudanese President during his visit to El Daein in Eastern Darfur on April 5, 2016. Sudanese...

First migrant drownings in Aegean since EU-Turkey deal 10 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

Children refugees run under the rain to get a place on the food line at their makeshift camp in the northern border village...

Saudi, Egypt draw up maritime borders 10 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

A handout picture made available by al-Azhar media center on April 9, 2016 shows the Grand Imam of al-Azhar Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb (L)...

Qaeda ambush kills at least 20 Yemeni soldiers: military source 09 Apr 2016 - 06:55 pm

A Yemeni man visits the graves of a relatives, reportedly killed during clashes between Shiite Huthi rebels and fighters from the Popular Resistance...

Syrians return home to Palmyra after IS ousted 09 Apr 2016 - 06:50 pm

Syrians carry their belongings upon their return to the modern town of Palmyra, adjacent to the ancient Syrian city, on April 9, 2016. ...

Saudis act against anti-Islamic footballer haircuts 09 Apr 2016 - 06:23 pm

source: youtube Riyadh: Saudi sports authorities are taking action against footballer hairstyles deemed to be anti-Islamic in the kingdom, local media reported. A...

Pakistan ends search for 23 people trapped by landslide 09 Apr 2016 - 06:11 pm

A restauranteur rebuilds his cooking fire pits damaged by floodwater in the Sarband area on the outskirts of Peshawar, Pakistan April 6, 2016....

Kerry calls on Afghan Taliban "to enter into a peace process" 09 Apr 2016 - 06:05 pm

US Secretary of State John Kerry (L) and Afghanistan's Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani speak at the start of their bilateral commission talks at...

Dwindling French labour protest turns violent in Rennes 09 Apr 2016 - 05:42 pm

A protester holds a placard reading "No Gas" as protesters clash with riot police using tear gas during a demonstration against the French...

Rebels seize Syria town from fighters loyal to Islamic State: rebels, monitor 09 Apr 2016 - 05:36 pm

Syrian children run with balloons past heavily damaged buildings in the neighbourhood of Jobar, on the eastern outskirts of the Syrian capital Damascus...

Russian envoy sees no breakthrough in chilly NATO ties 09 Apr 2016 - 05:30 pm

Russian Ambassador to NATO Alexander Grushko. Photo: Reuters MOSCOW: Russian relations with former Cold War adversary NATO will not improve for as long...

Boy's trans-Atlantic text, fast police work save 15 migrants 09 Apr 2016 - 05:25 pm

(Photo for representational purpose only) By Gregory Katz LONDON: The text message from a young boy, writing in broken English on a no-frills...

Attackers torch office of Ukraine judge in Russian troops' trial 09 Apr 2016 - 05:22 pm

Moscow argues that sergeant Aleksander Aleksandrov and captain Yevgeny Yerofeyev had delisted from the armed forces by the time they crossed the Ukrainian...