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Pressure builds ahead of deadline for Syria ceasefire 25 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Syrian government forces patrol the Syrian city of Daraya, southwest of the capital, Damascus, on February 24, 2016. / AFP / YOUSSEF KARWASHAN...

Italy seeks more access to Egyptian probe into student murder 25 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Giulio Regeni Italian graduate student found dead, tortured by roadside. Collaboration on investigation has been limited - Rome court. Italy seeking more access...

Spain's Podemos suspends talks with Socialists to form government 25 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

epa05177321 Spain's Podemos ('We Can') party General Secretary Pablo Iglesias attends a press conference after his meeting with other parties at the Lower...

Trump loves ‘the poorly educated’ ... and social media clamors 25 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

US presidential candidate Donald Trump By Melissa Fares and Gina Cherelus US presidential candidate Donald Trump’s declaration of love for “the poorly educated”...

Syria army excludes rebel town near capital from truce: general 25 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Syrian government forces patrol the Syrian city of Daraya, southwest of the capital, Damascus, on February 24, 2016. / AFP / YOUSSEF KARWASHAN...

Ukraine TV producer expelled after posing with rebels 25 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Russian journalist Maria Stolyarova with rebels, courtesy strichka.com Kiev: A news director with Ukraine's most popular TV channel was expelled on Wednesday after...

100 Libya MPs back unity government, demand new vote 25 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Libya's Prime Minister-designate, Fayez al-Sarraj presents the programme of his new national unity government before the parliament of the internationally recognised government on...

Black list threat effective in fight against terror financing: task force 25 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Paris: A threat to add countries who are slow to combat terrorism financing to a public black list has proved effective in pushing...

Hungary to hold referendum on EU’s plan for migrant quotas 25 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

A migrant holding a child cries next to a border fence at the Macedonian-Greek border in Gevgelija, Macedonia February 24, 2016. Reuters/Marko Djurica ...

Trump’s surge confounds rivals, makes him betting favorite 25 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump gestures to his sons Donald Trump Jr. (L) and Eric Trump (R) as he addresses supporters after...

Obama challenges Republicans with vow to nominate Supreme Court pick 25 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

By Jeff Mason and Susan Heavey WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama vowed on Wednesday to move ahead with a U.S. Supreme Court nominee and...

Canadian island invites Trump haters to move north 25 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Courtesy Buzzfeed Ottawa: The rise of controversial Republican real estate billionaire Donald Trump has given an unlikely boost to a Canadian island offering...

Brazil slave labour victims seek justice at Americas’ top rights court 25 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Representative image. In this picture, a group of boys is found in an embroidery workshop in Mumbai during a police raid. Although India...

Cuba grants 7 dissidents permit to travel ahead of Obama visit 25 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Cuban President Raul Castro (L) and his US counterpart Barack Obama held a historic meeting in Panama in April 2015, the first between...

Burkina Faso’s ex-president becomes citizen of Ivory Coast 25 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Burkina Faso former President Blaise Compaore in Geneva on November 12, 2008. AFP, Fabrice Coffrini ABIDJAN: Ivory Coast said on Wednesday it has...

Obama cautious on Syria plan as opposition yet to commit 25 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Obama unwilling to raise expectations. Combatants must say by Friday if they will halt fighting. U.N. hopes pause will allow peace talks to...

Obama weighs Republican Nevada governor for US Supreme Court 25 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Brian Sandoval, a 52-year-old Mexican-American, is considered a moderate Republican, particularly on social issues. He supports abortion rights and abandoned the state’s legal...