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Syria truce offers chance for aid but still needs local negotiation: UN aid chief 01 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Stephen O’Brien By Tom Esslemont LONDON: The cessation of hostilities drawn up by Washington and Moscow offers a chance to supply aid to...

Michelangelo's David gets expensive clean-up 01 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

An Italian restorer from the Friends of Florence Association cleans Michelangelo's David, one of the world's most famous statues, at the Galleria dell'Accademia...

Colombia’s defense minister investigated over rebel visit 01 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Colombia's Defense Minister Luis Carlos Villegas delivers a speech during a news conference in Bogota, Colombia October 26, 2015. Reuters/John Vizcaino BOGOTA: The...

Google says self-driving car hits municipal bus in minor crash 01 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Google has been testing self-driving cars in two US states, California and Texas | Reuters Alphabet Inc’s Google self-driving car struck a municipal...

Suicide bombing kills 27 at Shi’ite funeral in east Iraq 29 Feb 2016 - 06:53 pm

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

Indian govt aims to cut defence imports, hold spending steady 29 Feb 2016 - 06:35 pm

Indian army officers stand on vehicles displaying missiles during the Republic Day parade in New Delhi, India, January 26, 2016. Reuters/Altaf Hussain/Files By...

Ireland facing struggle to find new government 29 Feb 2016 - 06:18 pm

Ballot papers sit in stacks on a table as a member of the count staff has a break at the main general election...

Myanmar lawmakers to speed up president selection: MPs 29 Feb 2016 - 05:45 pm

Aung San Suu Kyi is currently barred from top political office by a junta-era constitution because her children are foreign born, as was...

Rich world joins charity crackdown as social media boosts influence 29 Feb 2016 - 05:03 pm

Danny Sriskandarajah. YouTube screenshot By Tom Esslemont LONDON: Western governments are stepping up efforts to suppress campaign groups - a trend already seen...

Cyprus tourism records best year since 2001 29 Feb 2016 - 04:53 pm

Tourists walk near a shipwreck in the coastal village of Pegeia, Cyprus February 28, 2016. REUTERS/Yiannis Kourtoglou Nicosia: Bailed-out Cyprus recorded a 4.4...

Japan driverless taxi start-up eyes partnerships with automakers 29 Feb 2016 - 04:46 pm

The unveiling ceremony of the self-driving taxi in Yokohama Japan. Reuters file photo By Naomi Tajitsu FUJISAWA: Japan's Robot Taxi aims to forge...

In Pakistan, young female boxers punch through gender barriers 29 Feb 2016 - 04:39 pm

A combination photo shows students of coach Younus Qambrani posing with their boxing gloves at the first women's boxing coaching camp in Pak...

Suicide bombing kills 4 in Yemen's Aden: official 29 Feb 2016 - 04:21 pm

A picture taken on February 28, 2016 shows a window view of damaged houses in the capital Sanaa. AFP / MOHAMMED HUWAIS/ For...

More than 150,000 Syrian babies born in Turkey: deputy PM 29 Feb 2016 - 03:32 pm

A woman holds a baby as she arrives with other migrants in Mytilene, in the nortern island of Lesbos, after crossing the Aegean...

U.S. Air Force vet one of first to face trial for Islamic State support 29 Feb 2016 - 03:13 pm

BY JOSEPH AX NEW YORK: A U.S. Air Force veteran charged with trying to join the Islamic State is set to go on...

Iran hardliners lose seats on top clerical body 29 Feb 2016 - 02:54 pm

Iran's former president Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani delivers his speech during Friday prayers in Tehran in this April 24, 2009 file photo. Top ...

Turnout in Iran election was 62 percent-state TV 29 Feb 2016 - 02:49 pm

An Iranian man gives a ride to a woman in the back on a motorcycle at Hafez square in central in Tehran on...

Syrian opposition official says truce faces “nullification”: Al Arabiya TV 29 Feb 2016 - 02:40 pm

Ahrar Souriya brigade fighters, part of the Free Syrian Army, walk in al-Tamorah village mountains near the villages of Nubul and al-Zahraa, northern...