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Kurds gather for festival in southeast Turkey under tight security 21 Mar 2016 - 01:26 pm

Riot police stand guard during a pro-Kurdish gathering to celebrate Newroz despite a ban from the governorship, in Istanbul, Turkey. REUTERS/MURAD SEZER By...

Russia slams US for 'unacceptable' delay on Syria ceasefire enforcement 21 Mar 2016 - 01:20 pm

Civilians fix damaged water pipes in Deraa province, Syria February 28, 2016. Reuters Moscow: Moscow on Monday accused Washington of stalling on the...

Good US-Cuba ties are in Russia's interests: Kremlin 21 Mar 2016 - 01:13 pm

Local residents look at the motorcade transporting US President Barack Obama in Havana, Cuba March 20, 2016. REUTERS/Carlos Barria MOSCOW: The Kremlin on...

Belgium names new Paris attacks accomplice: prosecutors 21 Mar 2016 - 01:10 pm

Brussels: Belgian prosecutors on Monday identified a new accomplice in last year's deadly Paris attacks as 24-year-old Najim Laachraoui, until now known by...

Turkey hunts three more would-be bombers after Istanbul attack: Newspapers 21 Mar 2016 - 01:01 pm

Forensic experts inspect the area after a suicide bombing occured in a major tourist district in central Istanbul, Turkey. REUTERS/ISMAIL COSKUN/IHLAS NEWS AGENCY ...

Beirut buses provide rare bridge to IS turf 21 Mar 2016 - 12:57 pm

People walk past a kiosk selling tickets to various areas in Syria, on March 18, 2016, at the Charles Helou busstation in the...

1,600 migrants land in Greece, undeterred by EU-Turkey deal 21 Mar 2016 - 12:53 pm

Children stand by their tent at a makeshift camp at the Greek Macedonian border near the village of Idomeni on March 21, 2016....

Tanzanian ruling party wins Zanzibar presidential re-run vote: Electoral body 21 Mar 2016 - 12:36 pm

Zanzibar's President Ali Mohamed Shein of the ruling CCM party casts his ballot at Bungi primary school in Zanzibar, Tanzania March 20, 2016....

Rampaging elephants kill five villagers in India 21 Mar 2016 - 12:24 pm

File picture of a wild elephant in Siliguri, India last month. REUTERS/Stringer Kolkata: Five people have been killed by wild elephants that went...

Turkish officials arrive in Greece under migrant accord 21 Mar 2016 - 12:15 pm

Refugees prepare to board the Eleftherios Venizelos passenger ferry heading to the northern city of Kavala, where they will be transferred to various...

Russian army’s general staff requests urgent meeting with U.S. on Syria ceasefire 21 Mar 2016 - 12:10 pm

MOSCOW: Russia’s general staff of the armed forces proposed on Monday to hold an urgent meeting with U.S. representatives to agree on the...

Myanmar's Suu Kyi unlikely to take formal role in new government 21 Mar 2016 - 12:10 pm

Htin Kyaw, newly elected president of Myanmar, attends a union parliament session in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, 21 March 2016. EPA/HEIN HTET By Hnin Yadana...

Commodities tycoon Margarita Louis-Dreyfus gives birth to twins 21 Mar 2016 - 11:50 am

File picture of Olympique de Marseille's owner Margarita Louis-Dreyfus at the French Ligue 1 soccer match. REUTERS/GONZALO FUENTES Paris: Margarita Louis-Dreyfus, majority owner...

Indonesia says it feels peace efforts on South China Sea “sabotaged” 21 Mar 2016 - 11:43 am

Indonesia's Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi makes a statement at the Foreign Ministry in Jakarta, IndonesiaMarch 21, 2016. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside By Fergus Jensen and...

Russia tries to decipher crash plane pilots' final conversations 21 Mar 2016 - 11:36 am

The flight recorder from the crashed Boeing 737-800 Flight FZ981 operated by Dubai-based budget carrier Flydubai, is seen in Moscow, Russia, in this...

Ukrainian pilot Savchenko guilty of killing reporters: Agencies 21 Mar 2016 - 11:26 am

Ukrainian army pilot Nadezhda (Nadia) Savchenko holds a sign inside a defendants' cage as she attends a hearing at the Basmanny district court...

7 Italians, 2 Germans among Spain coach crash dead: regional official 21 Mar 2016 - 11:21 am

People sign books of condolence at Barcelona's University in memory for victims of bus crash in Freginals, south of Barcelona, Spain, March 20,...

Russia's Rostov-on-Don airport reopens after deadly crash 21 Mar 2016 - 11:09 am

People walk near the airport of Rostov-On-Don in Russia, March 20, 2016. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov Moscow: The airport in the southern Russian city of...