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UNESCO adds 20 new sites to list of biosphere reserves 20 Mar 2016 - 03:24 pm

Isla Cozumel Mexico Lima: The United Nation's cultural body UNESCO has added 20 new sites to its network of protected biosphere nature reserves,...

Israel warns against Turkey travel after attack kills 3 citizens 20 Mar 2016 - 03:23 pm

Israeli military personnel with the coffins of Israeli victims who were killed in the Taksim explosion on aboard an aircraft for transfer to...

Turkey blames IS for Istanbul suicide blast 20 Mar 2016 - 03:03 pm

Ankara: A Turkish Islamic State recruit, Mehmet Ozturk, carried out the suicide bombing that killed four foreigners on a major shopping artery in...

Death toll in IS attack in Egypt's Sinai rises to 15 20 Mar 2016 - 02:59 pm

AFP Cairo: The death toll from an attack on a police checkpoint claimed by the Islamic State jihadist group in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula...

Passenger scare delays Russian plane in Thailand 20 Mar 2016 - 02:53 pm

Phuket international airport BANGKOK: A Moscow-bound flight with 369 passengers on board was grounded temporarily at Phuket airport in southern Thailand on Sunday...

Paris attacks suspect Abdeslam spends first night in jail 20 Mar 2016 - 02:46 pm

Paris attacks fugitive Salah Abdeslam woke up behind bars on March 20, 2016 after spending his first night in jail on charges of...

Workers tackle piles of trash as Beirut clean-up begins 20 Mar 2016 - 02:43 pm

Trucks began moving stacked rubbish outside the Lebanese capital under a plan adopted by the Lebanese government to put an end to the...

Kenya army says killed 34 Shebab in Somalia firefights 20 Mar 2016 - 02:24 pm

Nairobi: The Kenyan military said Sunday it killed 34 Islamic insurgents in two separate battles in neighbouring Somalia this weekend. Military spokesman David...

Thinker, soldier, business boss: many faces of Germany's anti-immigrant AfD 20 Mar 2016 - 02:19 pm

Chairwoman of the anti-immigration party Alternative for Germany (AfD) Frauke Petry (2nd R), and AfD candidates Uwe Junge in Rhineland-Palatinate, Andre Poggenburg in...

Turkish police on high alert in deserted streets after bombing 20 Mar 2016 - 02:06 pm

People stands at the scene of a suicide bombing at Istiklal street, a major shopping and tourist district, in central Istanbul, Turkey March...

Brazil's restive rich draft a duck to protest president 20 Mar 2016 - 02:03 pm

People demonstrate against Brazilian former president (2003-2011) Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in Sao Paulo, Brazil on March 19 2016. AFP PHOTO /...

Exiled Tibetans elect leader as Dalai Lama steps back 20 Mar 2016 - 01:53 pm

Tens of thousands of exiled Tibetans have voted for a new leader tasked with sustaining their struggle for greater autonomy in their Chinese-ruled...

IS link probed in Istanbul suicide blast 20 Mar 2016 - 01:51 pm

Pedestrians walk along Istiklal street, a major shopping and tourist district, in central Istanbul, Turkey March 20, 2016, a day after a suicide...

14 killed as bus carrying foreign students crashes in Spain: regional official 20 Mar 2016 - 01:49 pm

Pic: 324 TV Barcelona: Fourteen people were killed and 43 injured on Sunday when a bus carrying foreign students crashed in northeastern Spain,...

Flight recorders badly damaged in Russia plane crash: regulator 20 Mar 2016 - 01:44 pm

People lay flowers in memory of the victims of the crashed Boeing 737-800 Flight FZ981 operated by Dubai-based Flydubai, outside the airport of...

Congo presidential election opens under communications blackout 20 Mar 2016 - 01:33 pm

Republic of Congo President Denis Sassou Nguesso votes at a polling station in Brazzaville, Congo, October 25, 2015. REUTERS/ROCH BAKU By Aaron Ross...

Merkel takes high-risk bet on Turkey in refugee crisis 20 Mar 2016 - 01:26 pm

Turkey's Prime minister Ahmet Davutoglu (C) talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) and Britain Prime minister David Cameron (L) during the European...

U.N. staffers pull out of Western Sahara mission - state media 20 Mar 2016 - 01:19 pm

RABAT: Dozens of United Nations international staffers pulled out of their Western Sahara mission on Sunday after Morocco demanded they leave because of ...