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Plants won't boost global warming as much as feared: study 17 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

A laborer ties a bundle of rice saplings as others plant them in another field in Karjat, India, March 1, 2016. Reuters, Danish...

How would a brokered US Republican convention work? 17 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

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

Book signed by Anne Frank up for auction in New York 17 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Marcho Tomaschett of Swann Auction Galleries shows Anne and Margot Frank's copy of Grimm's Fairy Tales, at their gallery in New York on...

South Africa jolted by claim Zuma’s friends behind sacking of finance minister 17 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

South Africa's Deputy Finance Minister Mcebisi Jonas (R) arrives with Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan for Gordhan's 2016 Budget address in Cape Town in...

CBSE promises softer evaluation for Class 12 maths after complaints of question leak 17 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Representative image. AFP The Central Board of Secondary Education promised remedial measures on Wednesday after an unusually tough and lengthy Class 12 mathematics...

US says would not recognize Kurdish region in Syria 17 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) fighters in the town of Tal Hamis on February 26, 2015, following six days of clashes with Islamic...

Obama moves to implement US sanctions on North Korea 17 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

The White House said President Barack Obama had signed an executive order targeting the volatile hermit state's energy, financial and shipping assets. Reuters...

NATO chief vows to ramp up support as Afghan forces struggle 16 Mar 2016 - 06:34 pm

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg looks on during a joint press conference with Afghan president Ashraf Ghani at the Presidential Palace in Kabul...

Obama nominates moderate, veteran judge for US Supreme Court 16 Mar 2016 - 06:27 pm

US President Barack Obama (L) announces his nominee to the United States Supreme Court, Chief Judge, US Court of Appeals, DC Circuit Merrick...

Brazil’s Lula takes Cabinet post in bid to save Rousseff 16 Mar 2016 - 06:20 pm

Former Brazilian president Lula celebrating his 70th birthday with grandson, wife Marisa Leticia, Brazilian President Rousseff and Sao Paulo's mayor Haddad in Sao...

Hammond: Britain not sure Russia pullout from Syria “genuine” 16 Mar 2016 - 06:14 pm

“If it turns out to be a genuine pullout - and we don’t know that,” UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said of Russia’s...

Germany, France criticise Israel for seizing West Bank land 16 Mar 2016 - 06:06 pm

Palestinian national security members walk in tactical formation during eilte square training in the West Bank village of Dahriya, south of Hebron, 15...

Ivory Coast toll rises to 19 with body found on beach 16 Mar 2016 - 05:58 pm

Men rake up debris in the sand on a beach in Grand-Bassam on March 15, 2016, a day after a jihadist attack killed...

Greece plays down minister’s “Macedonia” blunder, says focus on migration crisis 16 Mar 2016 - 05:40 pm

Yannis Mouzalas inadvertently referred to the country as Macedonia during a late-night interview on Tuesday. He quickly apologised, but faced calls for his...

Syria says Russian withdrawal was no surprise to Assad’s government 16 Mar 2016 - 04:50 pm

“The Russian decision to withdraw partially from Syria was taken jointly by a common decision, taken both by President Putin and President Assad....

Merkel stresses conditions for EU-Turkey deal on refugees 16 Mar 2016 - 04:23 pm

German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivers a speech at the German Bundestag parliament in Berlin, Germany, 16 March 2016. In a government declaration, Merkel...

Iran fire festival celebrations kill three, injure 2,500 16 Mar 2016 - 04:19 pm

pic source: twitter.com/Mojahedineng Tehran: Iran's annual fire festival ahead of the Persian New Year claimed three lives and injured more than 2,500, hundreds...