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Twenty-five Cubans reach Florida island 29 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Cubans attend a concert by the UK rock band The Rolling Stones at Ciudad Deportiva in Havana, Cuba, on March 25, 2016. AFP...

Obama unlikely to meet Erdogan during US visit 29 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

President Barack Obama is not expected to hold sit-down talks with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan when he visits Washington later this...

Cuba’s Fidel Castro knocks sweet-talking Obama after ‘honey-coated’ visit 29 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Tourists take pictures inside a state run market where a picture of Cuba's former president Fidel Castro is seen on the wall which...

Militant clashes spill into Lebanon from Syria 29 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon meets Syrian refugees during his visit to al-Dalhamiyeh camp in the Bekaa Valley, Lebanon March 25, 2016. REUTERS/Aziz...

Iran’s answer to pop stars: religious singers serenade Syria war 29 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

The performance by Saeed Haddadian, a prominent Shi’ite religious singer, took place among volunteers at the front line in Syria and was posted...

Secret Service closed White House fence lines during Capitol shooting 29 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

The US Capitol dome is seen through skylights in the Vistor's Center in Washington, in this file photo taken January 2, 2013. Gunshots...

Leader of Nigeria’s ruling APC party criticises petroleum minister 29 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, appointed both head of the state oil firm and minister of petroleum last year by President Muhammadu Buhari to oversee...

UN chief regrets Morocco ‘misunderstanding’ over West Sahara remark 29 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Tunisian Assembly President Mohamed Ennaceur (R) shakes hands with World Bank chief Jim Yong Kim (L) and UN chief Ban Ki-moon as they...

Cameroon delays quizzing of bomber claiming to be Chibok schoolgirl as doubts mount 29 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Boko Haram released a video of the kidnapped schoolgirls last year, where they appeared reasonably fit and well in a wooded location, followed...

Turkey, US agree Cyprus deal possible this year 29 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

US Secretary of State John Kerry and Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu during a press availability at the State Department in Washington, DC...

Burundi, Morocco troops accused of C.African Republic abuse: UN 29 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE: Rwandese peacekeeper in UN missio, South Sudan. AFP By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations said on Monday it had...

Brazil party set to abandon Rousseff, eyes presidency 29 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff delivers a speech during meeting with a group of jurists and lawyers who came to the Planalto Palace in...

Suspected US Capitol gunman wounded and captured: police 29 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

This file photo taken on March 22, 2016 shows a Capitol Police officer watches from the US Capitol building in Washington, DC. The...

Turkey summoned German ambassador over satirical report: Spiegel 29 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Erdogan has harshly criticised Western diplomats after several showed up on Friday to support Can Dundar, editor-in-chief of the Cumhuriyet newspaper, and his...

Bill against dissident MPs passes first reading in Israel parliament 29 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) chats with the coalition chairman Tzahi Hanegbi (R) as they attend a meeting of the Likud party...

Several months and millions of dollars later, New Zealand votes to keep its flag 29 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

New Zealand All Blacks fan Brett Plumer nails a national flag to his house in Auckland September 9, 2011 ahead of the Rugby...

Taiwan toddler beheaded in random killing 29 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Taiwan's outgoing President Ma Ying-jeou called on authorities late Monday to conduct a thorough investigation into the murder, while police island-wide were instructed...