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Turkey readies centres for migrants turned back under EU deal 02 Apr 2016 - 01:51 pm

A refugee Refik, from the northern Syrian town of Afrin, plays a string instrument near the border fence at the makeshift camp along...

Water shortage a serious challenge for Liberians 02 Apr 2016 - 01:34 pm

A Liberian man washes his hands using water from a chlorinated water bucket as part of measures to help curb the spread of...

Month into Syria truce, war-weary Aleppo returns to life 02 Apr 2016 - 01:26 pm

Syrian opposition forces attack regime positions with heavy weapons, at Ays district of Aleppo, Syria on April 1, 2016. Huseyin Nasir - AA...

Kenya marks Garissa university massacre anniversary 02 Apr 2016 - 01:24 pm

Workers mount a plaque as they work on the memorial for the victims of last year's terrorist attack that killed 148 people at...

Al Nusra Front, other insurgents capture Syrian village 02 Apr 2016 - 01:07 pm

Photo: Youtube BEIRUT: Activists say al-Qaida's Syrian branch Al- Nusra Front and other insurgents have captured a strategic overlook from government forces south...

Masood Azhar is no terrorist, says China after vetoing India ban 02 Apr 2016 - 12:59 pm

JeM chief Masood Azhar. Reuters United Nations: China's Permanent Representative Liu Jieyi has reiterated Beijing's claim that Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohamed (JeM) chief Masood Azhar...

Mass grave of victims of IS found in Syria's Palmyra: army source 02 Apr 2016 - 12:55 pm

A Syrian soldier patrols a damaged street in a residential neighbourhood in the adjacent modern town to the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra...

Rahul Gandhi visits Kolkata flyover crash site, meets victims 02 Apr 2016 - 12:55 pm

Rahul Gandhi (centre L), vice president of the All India Congress Committee, and Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury (centre 2nd L), state president for West...

IS linked group abducts 4 Malaysians 02 Apr 2016 - 12:52 pm

ZAMBOANGA CITY, the Philippines: Suspected members of a IS linked group have abducted four Malaysians in the Celebes Sea just one week after...

US targets al-Shabaab leader in Somalia 02 Apr 2016 - 12:50 pm

WASHINGTON: U.S. military targeted a senior leader of al-Shabaab in Somalia, the Pentagon said Friday. According to Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook, U.S. aircraft...

Kolkata flyover tragedy toll rises to 26 02 Apr 2016 - 12:48 pm

School children pray inside for the victims of Kolkata's collapsed under-construction flyover, in Agartala, India, April 1, 2016. Reuters/Jayanta Dey Kolkata: The toll...

'India has no right to question Pakistan's nuke programme' 02 Apr 2016 - 12:41 pm

Nuclear-capable missile Shaheen II (Reuters / Mian Khursheed) Islamabad: India has "no right" to question Pakistan's decision to develop its nuclear material as...

Pakistan arrests Russian seeking bride in remote north 02 Apr 2016 - 12:40 pm

Chitral, Pakistan: A Russian national who went to Pakistan in search of a wife has been arrested and is being questioned by intelligence...

Salah Abdeslam refused to blow himself up, brother says: BFM TV 02 Apr 2016 - 12:37 pm

PARIS: Salah Abdeslam, the Paris attacks suspect who was arrested in Brussels last month, refused to blow himself up on the day of...

Turkish police capture suspected car bomber who targeted police 02 Apr 2016 - 12:30 pm

People attend the funeral ceremony of martyred policemen Necdet Alici, Mustafa Yigitalp, Mehmet Fatih Ertugrul and Alper Zor at Kocatepe Mosque in Ankara,...

Tanks, heavy artillery deployed in new wave of violence in Nagorno-Karabakh 02 Apr 2016 - 12:10 pm

BAKU/YEREVAN: Clashes erupted between troops from Azerbaijan and the rebel Nagorno-Karabakh region on Saturday, the two sides said, disputing who had violated a ...

Obama: troubled by trends in Turkey against free press, democracy 02 Apr 2016 - 10:29 am

Demonstrators with their mouth covered, hold placards reading "Free Press Free Society", outside the Istanbul courthouse on April 1, 2016, where Turkish opposition ...