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Myanmar picks Vietnam's Viettel for fourth telecom license 26 Mar 2016 - 05:30 pm

Serge Pun of First Myanmar Investment (FMI) talks to reporters at Yangon Stock Exchange (YSX) in Yangon, Myanmar March 25, 2016. REUTERS/Soe Zeya...

Belgium charges suspected Brussels airport bomber 26 Mar 2016 - 05:17 pm

A file handout photograph provided by Belgian Federal Police shows a CCTV grab of a suspect in the Zaventem airport attack in Brussels,...

U.S., allies conduct 26 strikes against Islamic State 26 Mar 2016 - 05:15 pm

WASHINGTON: The United States and its allies targeted Islamic State militants in Iraq with 22 strikes on Friday and four in Syria, the...

Philippines releases seized North Korean ship after UN lifts embargo 26 Mar 2016 - 05:13 pm

The cargo ship Jin Teng at Subic port. (AFP/Robert Gonzaga/file photo) MANILA: The Philippines has released a North Korean freighter it seized nearly...

FIFA chief says 'shocked' by Iraq football pitch bombing 26 Mar 2016 - 05:11 pm

Gianni Infantino Geneva: FIFA president Gianni Infantino expressed shock and sadness Saturday at a suicide attack that ripped through a trophy ceremony after...

Burundi rebel group says behind killing of senior army officer 26 Mar 2016 - 05:01 pm

The claim by FOREBU, which wants to topple the government of President Pierre Nkurunziza, will add to international worries that Burundi’s year-long political...

UN chief urges Iraq politicians to back PM's reforms 26 Mar 2016 - 04:56 pm

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (L) shakes hands with Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari (R) after arriving at Baghdad International Airport on March 26,...

Turkish police warn of possible Easter attacks: report 26 Mar 2016 - 04:30 pm

Ankara: Police in Turkey have warned of possible Islamic State attacks against Christians and Jews over the Easter weekend, the state-run Anatolia news...

Arrested Brussels attacks suspect may be airport bomber 26 Mar 2016 - 04:05 pm

(FILE) A file handout photograph provided by Belgian Federal Police shows a CCTV grab of a suspect in the Zaventem airport attack in...

Ukraine pilot Savchenko 'will serve' her sentence: Kremlin 26 Mar 2016 - 04:03 pm

Belarusian opposition activists shouting slogans as they celebrate Freedom Day in Minsk. The placard refers to Nadiya Savchenko, a Kiev-born helicopter pilot who...

Two Ukrainian soldiers killed, 8 wounded in fresh clashes in rebel east 26 Mar 2016 - 03:31 pm

Ukrainian servicemen at their checkpoint next to Shyrokine village not far Mariupol of Donetsk area, Ukraine, 25 March 2016. EPA/SERGEY VAGANOV Kiev: Two...

Syria army edges forward in IS-held Palmyra 26 Mar 2016 - 03:27 pm

Forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad gesture as one of them carries a Syrian national flag in front of the the old...

Indonesian prison fire kills five inmates 26 Mar 2016 - 03:05 pm

Jakarta: Five inmates have died in a prison fire in Indonesia, police said Saturday, after an operation to flush out a drug kingpin...

Iraq buries young victims of football pitch bomb carnage 26 Mar 2016 - 03:02 pm

People gather after a suicide bombing at a soccer field in Iskandariya, Iraq March 26, 2016. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani Iskandariyah, Iraq: Iraq on Saturday...

'No terror link' in murder of guard at Belgian nuclear centre 26 Mar 2016 - 02:54 pm

Steam escapes from the cooling tower of the Tihange nuclear power station, one of the two large-scale nuclear power plants in Belgium, March...

Greece starts evacuating border camp as new arrivals slow 26 Mar 2016 - 02:51 pm

A boy stands in a field with a meal in his hands at a makeshift camp at the Greek-Macedonian border, near the village...

Egypt prosecution detains two women linked to Regeni case 26 Mar 2016 - 02:38 pm

A handout photograph released by the Egyptian Interior Ministry on 24 March 2016 is said to show belongings of murdered Italian student Giulio...

Turkey's Erdogan blasts foreign envoys at journalists' trial 26 Mar 2016 - 02:34 pm

Turkish daily Cumhuriyet's editor-in-chief Can Dundar and Ankara editor Erdem Gul (R) arrive at the Istanbul courthouse before his trial on March 25,...