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Three killed, 35 injured in Mumbai factory explosion 26 May 2016 - 12:54 pm

Mumbai: An explosion tore through a chemical plant on Thursday, killing three workers and injuring up to 35 others in India's financial capital...

Hong Kong pro-democracy protester guilty of assaulting police 26 May 2016 - 12:24 pm

Political activist Ken Tsang (C) addresses the media outside the Kowloon city court in Hong Kong on May 26, 2016 after he was...

Migration to Britain near all-time high, stats show ahead of EU vote 26 May 2016 - 11:57 am

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron arrives to pose for a photo during a European Union leaders summit in Brussels in this April 23,...

New Zealand parliament in lock down after security threat ahead of budget 26 May 2016 - 11:06 am

A vehicle at the centre of a security threat that caused New Zealand's parliament to go into lock down, is seen before it...

Nigerian civil rights leader confirms attack at Chevron oil facility 26 May 2016 - 11:03 am

A Chevron gas station is seen in Cardiff, California, in this file photo taken January 25, 2016. REUTERS/MIKE BLAKE /FILES YENAGOA: A Nigerian...

Atomic bomb survivors to attend Hiroshima event for Obama visit 26 May 2016 - 10:50 am

People walk past the Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, on August 6, 1945, in this handout photo...

Uganda to give verdict on 2010 Shebab bombing suspects 26 May 2016 - 09:36 am

FILE PHOTO/ FOR REPRESENTATION ONLY Kampala: A Ugandan court is due Thursday to give its verdict on 13 men tried for masterminding a...

India allows accused Italian marine to go home 26 May 2016 - 09:33 am

Salvatore Girone (centre L) and Latorre Massimiliano (3rd R), members of the navy security team of Napoli registered Italian merchant vessel Enrica Lexie,...

More debris found with possible MH370 link: Australia 26 May 2016 - 09:30 am

A handout photo taken on December 23, 2015 and released on May 24, 2016, by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) shows a...

Bangladesh police suspect Islamists for Hindu's murder 26 May 2016 - 09:21 am

Dhaka: Bangladesh police said Thursday they suspect local Islamists may have murdered a one-legged Hindu shop owner who was hacked to death outside...

Australian police arrest man over alleged terror plot 26 May 2016 - 08:41 am

By Matt Siegel SYDNEY: Australian counter-terrorism police said they arrested a 24-year-old man in Sydney on Thursday on suspicion of planning a terrorist...

G7 needs 'clear and tough stance' on territorial disputes: Tusk 26 May 2016 - 08:31 am

(L to R) Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, French President Francois Hollande, US President Barack Obama, Japanese Prime...

Strike cuts 4,000 MW in French nuclear power capacity - grid operator 26 May 2016 - 08:26 am

A placard which reads "closed, dried up" is seen at a petrol station in Savenay, France, May 25, 2016. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe PARIS: French...

Clinton faulted on emails by State Department audit 26 May 2016 - 12:00 am

Hillary Clinton, shown speaking at IBEW Local 11 in Commerce, Calif., on Tuesday May 24, and her campaign are looking at tactics to...

UN: Food aid reaches 41.9 percent of those besieged in Syria 26 May 2016 - 12:00 am

An aid truck of the UN World Food Programm (WFP) drives past destroyed buildings the town of Al-Houla, on the northern outskirts of...

France helps Syrian archeologists fill in the cracks 26 May 2016 - 12:00 am

Jacques Seigne, Emeritus Research Director at the French National Centre for Scientific Research, sits with architects as he points at some affected areas...

Muslim-American women try to succeed in politics in ways their fathers couldn't 26 May 2016 - 12:00 am

Rida Bukhari-Rizvi, left, jokes with Nadia Syahmalina during a gathering of the Muslim Democratic Club of Montgomery County. (Photo: Bonnie Jo Mount) By...