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Playwright wrestles with past in changing Cuba 06 May 2016 - 01:42 pm

A tourist walks on the main touristic road in Old Havana, Cuba, May 4, 2016. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini Havana: Scene: 1970s Cuba. A boy...

Canadian wildfire edges south, leaves thousands stranded 06 May 2016 - 01:32 pm

A handout picture made available by the Government of Alberta, Canada, on 06 May 2016 shows a massive plume of smoke from a...

Scottish isle a world away from fireworks of native son Trump 06 May 2016 - 01:26 pm

The house where Donald Trump's mother grew up is seen in Tong on the Isle of Lewis and Harris, an island off the...

Activists: Insurgents seize village south of Aleppo 06 May 2016 - 01:19 pm

A rebel fighter from the Jaish al-Fatah (or Army of Conquest) brigades fires artillery during clashes with Syrian pro-government forces near the village...

Scottish nationalists win but lose ground on UK's 'Super Thursday' 06 May 2016 - 01:15 pm

Leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP), Nicola Sturgeon (C) reacts after a positive result for her party at the Emirates Arena in...

SpaceX successfully lands rockets first stage after space launch 06 May 2016 - 01:11 pm

A handout picture made available by SpaceX shows a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifting off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral...

China, Kazakhstan sign $2 bln in deals as Xinjiang party boss visits 06 May 2016 - 01:00 pm

Folk artists play traditional music for tourists at Kashgar, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, China, May 2, 2016. REUTERS/Stringer BEIJING: China and Kazakhstan signed...

Singapore, Australia expand military cooperation in $1.7 bln deal 06 May 2016 - 12:56 pm

Troops from the Singapore Guards Formation of the Singapore Armed Forces and troops from the Seventh Australian Regiment of the Australian Defence Force...

US seeks to approve attack aircraft for Nigeria in Boko Haram fight 06 May 2016 - 12:51 pm

Soldiers of the 7th Division of the Nigerian Army stand by the road in Damboa Borno State, northeast Nigeria on March 25, 2016....

India, Iran agree to clear $6.4 bln in oil payments via European banks: minister 06 May 2016 - 12:45 pm

India's Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan speaks on phone during an interview with Reuters in New Delhi, India, May 5, 2016. To match Interview...

First body found after Malaysia copter crash 06 May 2016 - 12:39 pm

Members of the Sarawak Fire and Rescue Department carry the body of a of victim from a Eurocopter AS350 that crashed near the...

Spain gets first case of Zika-related brain defect in a foetus 06 May 2016 - 12:36 pm

Representative image. Reuters. MADRID: Spain has recorded its first case of a foetus developing the microcephaly birth defect after a pregnant woman became...

Secretive North Korea hails nuclear programme as it opens party congress 06 May 2016 - 12:28 pm

South Koreans watch television news about the North Korean government at a train station in Seoul, South Korea, 06 May 2016. North Korea...

Britain and Brexit: what the rest of the world says 06 May 2016 - 12:24 pm

LONDON: It will be up to British voters on June 23 to decide whether the country stays in the European Union, but international...

India’s Congress rallies in show of defiance against Modi 06 May 2016 - 12:18 pm

India's Congress party president Sonia Gandhi (2-R) and Congress party vice president Rahul Gandhi (R) are received by former Indian Prime Minister, Manmohan...

4 dead in Saudi raid on 'terror' cell near Mecca: ministry 06 May 2016 - 12:00 am

Riyadh: Saudi police shot dead two suspected militants and two others blew themselves up during a raid near the holy city of Makkah...

Brazil Supreme Court suspends Rousseff impeachment architect 06 May 2016 - 12:00 am

Eduardo Cunha reacts during a seminar in Brasilia, Brazil, August 18, 2015. REUTERS / Ueslei Marcelino Brasília: A Brazilian Supreme Court justice on...