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Iceland PM to step down after Panama disclosures 06 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

This file photo taken on October 27, 2014 shows the Prime Minister of Iceland Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson during a press conference ahead of...

South African President Zuma survives impeachment vote 06 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

South African President Jacob Zuma arrives at a Human Rights Day rally in Durban, March 21, 2016. REUTERS, Rogan Ward Cape Town: South...

Six arrested for attack on tourists in India 06 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

A hot air balloon carrying tourists flies over camels for sale at Pushkar Fair in the Indian state of Rajasthan, on November 22,...

Obama dismisses Trump plan to force Mexico to pay for wall 06 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

Washington: President Barack Obama on Tuesday dismissed as "half-baked" a reported plan by Donald Trump to force Mexico to pay for a giant...

Italy ups pressure over student murder as Egypt sends probe team to Rome 06 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

Giulio Regeni Rome: Italy has upped its pressure on Egypt over slain student Giulio Regeni, warning it would not accept a "fabricated" account...

Rousseff says biding time on Brazil cabinet reshuffle 06 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

Brazil's embattled President Dilma Rousseff said she would not reshuffle her cabinet before the lower house vote, which is expected in mid-April. Reuters...

Green sea turtles of Florida, Mexico no longer 'endangered' 06 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

File photo of a green sea turtle afflicted by a kind of herpes virus that causes fibropapillomatosis at the Turtle Hospital in Marathon,...

Trump pushes border wall plan to drum up votes as Wisconsin loss looms 06 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

Donald Trump addresses a press conference following his victory in the Florida state primary on March 15, 2016 in West Palm Beach, Florida....

Eleven Congo women, girls say pregnant by Tanzania peacekeepers: UN 06 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

File photo of UN peacekeepers from Tanzania patroling near the border crossing point between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo in Goma....

Iceland opposition still wants snap election despite PM’s resignation 06 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

Police stand by as protest against Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson outside parliament in Reykjavik on April 4, 2016. AFP, HALLDOR KOLBEINS REYKJAVIK: Iceland’s opposition...

Panama mulls retaliation as France looks to put it on 'tax haven' list 06 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

Panama's Minister of the Presidency Alvaro Aleman speaks during a press conference about the Mossack Fonseca firm and the Panama Papers revelations, in...

Germany’s Merkel says Greece can’t have debt haircut in euro zone 06 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

“It is not a demand of the federal government to have no debt haircut but rather in our opinion this is legally not...

Pope Francis to visit Greece to highlight refugee crisis 06 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

Pope Francis speaks as he leads the Chrismal mass in Saint Peters Basilica at the Vatican March 24, 2016. REUTERS Stefano Rellandini By...

Panama Papers: UK PM under pressure over father's offshore fund 06 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron holds a Q&A session on the forthcoming European Union referendum with staff of PricewaterhouseCoopers in Birmingham, Britain, April...

Angola jails Christian sect members for up to 28 years over police murders 06 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

Jose Kalupeteka, a YouTube grab HUAMBO: An Angolan court on Tuesday sentenced the leader of a Christian sect and some of his followers...

Canada taxman seeks Panama Papers to probe for tax evasion 06 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

Ramon Fonseca, one of the founders of Mossack Fonseca law firm during a TV interview with Telemetro in Panama City on April 4,...

Congo opposition calls on government to end “war operations” 06 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

Residents of the southern districts of Brazzaville flee clashes between Congolese security forces and unknown assailants on April 4, 2016. Fighting erupted in...