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Air India flight searched after bomb threat: Bangkok official 17 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Bangkok: Thailand's airport authorities searched an Air India flight for explosives after it landed in Bangkok following a bomb threat late Wednesday, an...

Re-arrested Sierra Leone war criminal denied bail 17 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Moinina Fofana (L) and Sam Hinga Norman (R), accused of war crimes during the 1991 to 2002 conflict in Sierra Leone, at the...

IS lost a fifth of its territory since January 2015: analysts 17 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

A member loyal to the Islamic State waves an IS flag in Raqqa, June 29, 2014. Reuters Stringer London: The Islamic State group...

Trump warns of 'riots' if denied White House nomination 17 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump addresses a press conference following his victory in the Florida state primary on March 15, 2016 in West...

Four arrested for planning attack in Paris 17 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

PARIS: French anti-terrorism police arrested four Islamist radicals on Wednesday on suspicion they were planning an imminent attack in central Paris, TF1 television...

'World's best teacher' returns home to Palestinian pride 17 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Hanan Al-Hroub (C), a Palestinian teacher who won the $1 million Global Teacher award for her innovative approach of using play to counter...

3 Qaeda suspects killed in motorbike blast in Yemen's Aden 17 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Yemenis gather at the scene of two suicide blasts which provoked the explosion of a motorbike in Dar Sad, north of the southern...

Palestinian shot dead in West Bank was Hamas fighter: party 17 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Palestinians collect rocks near buildings that were destroyed during the 50-day war between Israel and Hamas-led militants in the summer of 2014, in...

Syrian 'trapped' at Istanbul airport for over a year 17 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Fadi Mansour, Pic from twitter Istanbul: A Syrian man who fled his war-torn homeland has been stuck at Istanbul's main international airport for...

Three migrants dead as 2,400 rescued off Libya 17 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Representative image. Reuters. Rome: More than 2,400 migrants and three corpses have been recovered from people smugglers' boats off Libya since Tuesday, Italy's...

Brazil's ex-president Lula named chief of staff 17 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

File picture of former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaking during a press conference in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on March 4,...

Zika-hit Cape Verde identifies first case of microcephaly 17 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE. A supporter of Democratic and Independent Cape Verdean Union (UCID) party speaks to citizen during a campaign event for the legislative...

Widow says kept in dark over Palestinian's mystery death in Sofia 17 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Sofia: The widow of a Palestinian militant who died under mysterious circumstances in Bulgaria last month accused authorities on Wednesday of keeping her...

Western Sahara referendum key to peace: pro-independence group 17 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Moroccan protesters hold the national flag and pictures of the King of Morocco Mohammed VI during a rally against the United National Secretary...

The eight Supreme Court justices awaiting a ninth 17 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Appeals Court Judge Merrick Garland speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House after being nominated by President Barack Obama (not pictured)...

Pigeon patrol deployed to measure London air pollution 17 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

An undated handout photo released in London on March 16, 2016, shows a GPS device and pollution sensor strapped to a pigeon, to...

Trudeau defends focus on gender equality at UN women summit 17 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks at the Global Progress luncheon sponsored by the Center for American Progress March 11 2016 in Washington...