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Congo's Sassou Nguesso seeks new term after 32 years in office 18 Mar 2016 - 11:34 am

Electoral posters of incumbent Congolese President Denis Sassou-Nguesso are seen in Brazzaville on March 16, 2016 ahead of the upcoming polls. Congolese will...

Sanders calls notion he should quit Democratic race ‘absurd’ 18 Mar 2016 - 11:19 am

Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Bernie Sanders holds a town hall event at the Navajo Nation casino in Flagstaff, Arizona March 17, 2016. REUTERS/Nancy...

Chinese columnist travelling from Beijing goes missing: lawyer 18 Mar 2016 - 11:09 am

Jia Jia, who writes a regular column for Tencent Online, went missing late on Tuesday, around the time he was scheduled to board...

Police fire tear gas at protests against Brazil's president 18 Mar 2016 - 11:03 am

Demonstrators protest against the government of Brazil at the National Congress building in Brasilia, Brazil, 17 March 2016. The protestors gathered to show...

University of California board weighs statement on anti-Semitism 18 Mar 2016 - 10:49 am

Memorial Glade and Sather Tower on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley in Berkeley, California, United States. Photo courtesy: Wikipedia By...

EU to pitch migrant plan to Turkey but deal not certain 18 Mar 2016 - 10:31 am

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras (C) talks with Luxembourg Prime minister Xavier Bettel (L) during the European Union summit to discuss the ongoing...

Grandpa astronaut to break Scott Kelly's space record 18 Mar 2016 - 10:19 am

US astronaut Jeffrey Williams, one of the three crew members of expedition 47/48 to International Space Station (ISS), attends a press conference at...

California man gives $2 million aluminum penny back to US Mint 18 Mar 2016 - 10:12 am

Representative image. Photo courtesy: US Mint (coin) (Victor David Brenner, designer of obverse, Frank Gasparro, designer of reverse), National Numismatic Collection (Jaclyn Nash) ...

North Korea test fires two mid-range ballistic missiles 18 Mar 2016 - 09:56 am

South Korean people watch TV news at Seoul station, in Seoul, South Korea, 18 March 2016. North Korea on 18 March 2016 launched...

Pakistan allows Musharraf abroad for treatment 17 Mar 2016 - 06:29 pm

Islamabad: Pakistan has given the green light for former military ruler Pervez Musharraf to leave the country, a day after the Supreme Court...

Islamic State carrying out 'genocide' 17 Mar 2016 - 05:59 pm

Washington: The United States declared Thursday that the Islamic State group's slaughter of Christians, Yazidis and Shiites amounts to a genocide and vowed...

Global temps soar in Feb, setting new heat record 17 Mar 2016 - 05:22 pm

Miami: Temperatures across the planet soared again last month, setting a new heat record with the warmest February since modern records began, the...

Ukraine topples its biggest remaining Lenin statue 17 Mar 2016 - 05:14 pm

Kiev: It took two days and a giant crane, but Ukraine on Thursday finally managed to lift its biggest remaining statue of Soviet...

Brazil's ex-president Lula sworn in as Rousseff's chief of staff 17 Mar 2016 - 05:03 pm

Brasília: Brazil's former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was sworn in Thursday as chief of staff to his embattled successor Dilma Rousseff...

Cyprus president sees possible 'compromise' in EU-Turkey deal 17 Mar 2016 - 05:00 pm

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker (R) welcomes Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades before to their bilateral meeting at the EU Headquarters in Brussels on...

Qaeda chief's brother released from Egypt jail 17 Mar 2016 - 04:39 pm

Mohamed al-Zawahiri Cairo: The brother of Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri, under investigation for allegedly calling for the creation of a "terrorist group", was...

China and Gambia resume diplomatic ties: ministry 17 Mar 2016 - 03:37 pm

Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs building. Beijing: Taiwan faces increasing diplomatic isolation after China announced Thursday it will resume ties with the island's...