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Apple goes small for new iPhone, iPad 22 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

The new iPhone SE is displayed during an Apple special event at the Apple headquarters on March 21, 2016 in Cupertino, California. Apple...

11-year-old boy in monster mask shot dead by Pakistan guard 22 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Representative image Karachi: A security guard in Pakistan has shot dead an 11-year-boy wearing a monster mask who apparently startled him, officials said...

Israel flies in 19 Yemeni Jews, ending immigration mission 22 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Yemeni Jew, Sliman Ychya Yakov Dahari (L), arrives alongside other Yemeni Jews to an immigration centre in the Israeli city of Beersheba on...

British skier dies in off-piste fall in French Alps 22 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Recent snowfall in the Alps has prompted several reports of avalanches in popular tourist destinations. Representative image. AFP Lyon: A 48-year-old British man...

Castro refuses to admit Cuba has political prisoners 22 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

US President Barack Obama is received by President of Cuba Raul Castro at the Palace of the Revolution in Havana Cuba, 21 March...

Paris attacks 'accomplice' DNA found on explosives 22 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Belgian and French prosecutors met in Brussels to discuss the probe into the November carnage following Friday's dramatic arrest of prime suspect Salah...

Four killed as unrest halts re-run vote in Nigeria's Rivers state 21 Mar 2016 - 06:52 pm

APC party supporters march towards the Independent National Electoral Commission Office in Port Harcourt on March 29, 2015 to call for the cancellation...

Obama in Havana tribute to Cuban hero Marti 21 Mar 2016 - 06:47 pm

US President Barack Obama (C) walks next to the Vice-President of the Cuban State Council Salvador Valdes Mesa (L) after a wreath laying...

Erdogan rallies Turks against unprecedented terror wave 21 Mar 2016 - 06:42 pm

In a combative speech in Istanbul President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday drew on the "grandeur of the Ottoman Empire" in promising to...

Paris suspect “worth weight in gold” to police: lawyer 21 Mar 2016 - 06:34 pm

Belgium’s Interior Minister Jan Jambon said the country was on high alert for a possible revenge attack following the capture of 26-year-old Salah...

Investigators 'far from solving puzzle' of Paris attacks: Belgian prosecutor 21 Mar 2016 - 06:29 pm

(LtoR) French prosecutor Francois Molins, spokesperson Thierry West and Belgian prosecutor Frederic Van Leeuw leave after addressing a press conference in Brussels on...

Clinton: Next US president cannot be 'neutral' on Israel 21 Mar 2016 - 06:23 pm

US Democratic presidential hopeful former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrives to speak during the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) 2016 Policy...

Brazil impeachment drive accelerates, Lula fights back 21 Mar 2016 - 06:14 pm

Workers of Embraer's aircraft factory protest against Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff, former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and oppositions as they carry...

Algerian troops kill 6 Islamist militants near Tunisia border 21 Mar 2016 - 06:14 pm

El Oued Village. ALGIERS: Algerian troops killed six armed Islamist fighters in the country's southeast near the Tunisian border, and captured arms and...

Presidents Barack Obama and Raul Castro meet in Havana 21 Mar 2016 - 06:12 pm

U.S. President Barack Obama and Cuba's President Raul Castro shake hands during their first meeting on the second day of Obama's visit to...

French billionaire Dassault to face trial for tax fraud: source 21 Mar 2016 - 06:06 pm

Serge Dassault poses before the French jet maker Dassault Aviation's 2013 annual results presentation in Saint Cloud near Paris March 13, 2014. Reuters/Philippe...

Russia says to act on its own against Syria truce breaches if no US response 21 Mar 2016 - 06:01 pm

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. AFP MOSCOW: Russia will act unilaterally against those militants who violate ceasefire in Syria if Moscow does not...

Google doodle marks Syrian poet Nizar Qabbani’s birthday 21 Mar 2016 - 05:54 pm

Doha: Google celebrates legendary Syrian poet Nizar Qabbani’s birthday with a doodle. Touching on recurring themes with effortless grace, Nizar Qabbani's work transports...