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Belgian police shoot suspect in Europe-wide terror raids 26 Mar 2016 - 08:39 am

A police officer stands guard at the entrance of a building in Avenue des Cerisiers - Kerselarenlaan in Schaerbeek - Schaarbeek district in...

Sanders presses Clinton as three western states vote Saturday 26 Mar 2016 - 08:31 am

Democratic US presidential candidate Bernie Sanders holds a rally at Safeco Field in Seattle, Washington March 25, 2016. Reuters/David Ryder Washington: US states...

Indian envoy to Qatar meets Bachchan 26 Mar 2016 - 12:50 am

Indian ambassador to Qatar Sanjiv Arora and Amitabh Bachchan exchanging views on cultural affinities between India and Qatar at the end of the...

Pakistan, Iran to open new border crossings to help boost trade 26 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

In this handout photograph released by the Pakistan Press Information Department (PID) on March 25, 2016,Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz (R) speaks with Iranian...

Belgian minister blames police for bomb suspect blunder 26 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Vice-Prime Minister and Interior Minister Jan Jambon attends a session of the temporary chamber commission for Counter-terrorism, at the federal parliament in Brussels...

Macedonia jails six over jihadist links 26 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Migrants wait on the Greek side of the border with Macedonia as a Macedonian policeman stands guard on the Macedonian side, near the...

Ukrainian lawyer of captured Russian soldiers found dead 26 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Yevgeny Yerofeyev (R), a Russian soldier arrested last May on terrorism charges related to the separatist conflict in eastern Ukraine, talks to his...

Russia says intl tribunal creates myth Serbs solely to blame for war crimes in former Yugoslavia 26 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Ex-Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic sits in the court of the International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in the Hague, the Netherlands...

For party, French Jew goes to synagogue dressed as jihadist 26 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Paris: A 40-year-old Jewish man tempted fate by walking into a Paris synagogue dressed as a jihadist, carrying a fake rifle and shouting...

Calais 'Jungle' Iranians who sewed mouths shut end hunger strike 26 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Iranian migrants who sewed their mouths shut demonstrate against the dismantling of part of the "Jungle" migrant camp in the French northern port...

Suicide bomber kills 26, wounds 71 south of Baghdad: official 26 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

HILLA: A suicide attacker detonated an explosive belt in a park outside Baghdad on Friday, killing 26 people and wounding 71, said the...

Syrian army takes Palmyra citadel, IS commander killed 26 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

A handout picture made available on 24 March 2016 by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) shows Syrian army units, in cooperation...

Islamic State finance chief, other leaders, likely killed: U.S. 25 Mar 2016 - 06:50 pm

By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON: Islamic State’s top finance officer and other senior leaders were likely killed this week in a major offensive targeting...

Najim Laachraoui confirmed as 2nd airport bomber, linked to Paris 25 Mar 2016 - 06:35 pm

Police use a robotic device as they take part in a search in the Brussels borough of Schaerbeek following Tuesday's bombings in Brussels,...

Loud explosion, sirens heard in Afghan capital's diplomatic quarter 25 Mar 2016 - 06:31 pm

KABUL: A loud explosion jolted the diplomatic quarter of Afghanistan's capital on Friday evening, breaking a rare period of calm in Kabul. Sirens...

Turkish military strikes PKK in northern Iraq, kills 24 militants 25 Mar 2016 - 06:18 pm

A file photo shows buildings destroyed by clashes in the Sur district of Diyarbakir. AFP / ILYAS AKENGIN DIYARBAKIR: Turkish warplanes struck Kurdistan...

Afghan gunmen kidnap two Tajiks: sources 25 Mar 2016 - 06:15 pm

DUSHANBE: Gunmen from Afghanistan have kidnapped two Tajik road workers and wounded another one on Friday in an area adjacent to the border,...

Belgian Taekwondo champ condemns 'suicide bomber' brother 25 Mar 2016 - 06:11 pm

Belgian Taekwondo athlete Mourad Laachraoui, younger brother of Brussels attacks suspect Najim Laachraoui, gives a press conference on March 24, 2016, at the...