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Turkey holds 11 over attacks on pro-govt newspapers 01 Mar 2016 - 02:19 pm

Istanbul: Eleven people were arrested on Tuesday in a probe into an attack on the Istanbul offices of two pro-government Turkish newspapers, the...

Basque militant separatist released from Spanish jail 01 Mar 2016 - 02:16 pm

Basque pro independence leader Arnaldo Otegi gestures as he leaves Logrono prison in northern Spain March 1, 2016. REUTERS/ VINCENT WEST BY VINCENT...

Mexico says 11 pregnant women infected with Zika 01 Mar 2016 - 02:15 pm

A state health worker walks towards a house to fumigate it as part of preventive measures against the Zika virus and other mosquito-borne...

Senior Iraqi army officer killed in Haditha attack 01 Mar 2016 - 01:59 pm

Iraqi Shiite fighters from the Popular Mobilisation units and Iraqi soldiers put an Islamic State (IS) group flag on the ground, at an...

Syrian opposition says government wrecking truce deal 01 Mar 2016 - 01:33 pm

People attend a protest against forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, Russia and the Syrian Democratic forces, in Tariq al-Bab neighbourhood of...

More than $1bn was transferred into Malaysia PM's accounts-WSJ 01 Mar 2016 - 01:31 pm

Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak arrives for a news conference at a mosque outside Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia, in this July 5, 2015 file photo....

Tunisian forces kill four militants in clashes: ministry 01 Mar 2016 - 01:31 pm

Tunis: Tunisian security forces killed four Islamist militants in clashes near the border with Algeria late on Monday, officials said. Jihadists have launched...

Italian killed in Egypt was interrogated for days: forensics expert 01 Mar 2016 - 01:15 pm

Activists hold placards that read, among others, ''Giulio, one of us and killed like us'', during a memorial for Giulio Regeni outside of...

Malian jihadist to face charges of razing Timbuktu shrines 01 Mar 2016 - 01:00 pm

The rubble left from an ancient mausoleum destroyed by Islamist militants, is seen in Timbuktu, Mali, July 25, 2013. A former trainee teacher...

Pakistan reports new 'honour killing' after Oscars triumph 01 Mar 2016 - 12:56 pm

Lahore: A father has shot dead his daughter in the Pakistani city of Lahore in an apparent "honour killing", police said Tuesday, a...

Nepal extends Everest climbing permits after quake 01 Mar 2016 - 12:46 pm

In this photograph taken on April 25, 2015, an injured climber is carried on a makeshift stretcher to a medical tent further down...

Police kill eight Indian Maoist rebels in gunfight 01 Mar 2016 - 11:17 am

Raipur, India: Police killed eight suspected rebels including five women in a gunbattle in central India on Tuesday, local officers said, the latest...

UK to send troops to Tunisia to help stop IS crossing Libyan border 01 Mar 2016 - 11:07 am

Britain's Secretary of State for Defence, Michael Fallon, leaves Number 10 Downing Street after attending a cabinet meeting in London, Britain February 23,...

Oman bus crash kills 18 people - state news agency 01 Mar 2016 - 10:58 am

DUBAI: Eighteen people were killed and 14 injured when the bus they were travelling in crashed into a truck in central Oman on...

Evidence of coral bleaching on Barrier Reef as sea warms 01 Mar 2016 - 10:50 am

This undated handout photo received on March 1, 2016, shows coral bleaching at Lizard Island off the Australian state of Queensland. AFP/WWF AUSTRALIA ...

Hopes fade for Suy Kyi deal as Myanmar hastens presidential vote 01 Mar 2016 - 10:45 am

Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi (L) meets with ethnic parliament members at the Municipal Guest House in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, 29 February...

Young couple among 18 caned in Indonesia's staunchly Islamic Aceh 01 Mar 2016 - 10:34 am

Banda Aceh, Indonesia: Eighteen people were publicly caned Tuesday for breaking Islamic law in Indonesia's Aceh province, including a young unmarried couple who...

Israeli troops kill Palestinian after soldiers attacked in West Bank 01 Mar 2016 - 10:15 am

Ramallah, West Bank: Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian during a gunfight in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian medical sources said on Tuesday,...