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Zambian journalists arrested over president partying report 12 Apr 2016 - 06:46 pm

Zambian Newspaper "The Post" managing editor Joan Chirwa-Ngoma (L) and reporter Mukosha Funga (R) are led to detention at Lusaka Central Police on...

Study links baby dolphin deaths to BP oil spill 12 Apr 2016 - 06:45 pm

This file photo taken on February 11, 2009 shows a one-day-old bottlenose dolphin swimming with its mother at Ancol water park in Jakarta....

Iran and Italy sign several deals during visit by PM Renzi 12 Apr 2016 - 06:43 pm

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani (R) and Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi attend a ceremony to sign deals in Tehran, Iran, April 12, 2016....

Turkey decorates Saudi King Salman for building close ties 12 Apr 2016 - 05:57 pm

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) presents State Medal to Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz (L) at the Presidential Complex in Ankara, Turkey...

Merkel stresses value of free speech in Erdogan satire spat 12 Apr 2016 - 05:46 pm

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is seen before a joint press conference with Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto (not seen) at the Chancellery in...

UN holds first-ever hearings to pick world's top diplomat 12 Apr 2016 - 05:20 pm

The hearings are part of a broad push for transparency in the selection ofUN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's successor, who will lead an organization...

Iran tells UN Syria envoy of ceasefire breach concerns 12 Apr 2016 - 05:10 pm

Ahmad Reza Pourdastan Photo courtesy: FARS Tehran: Iran told visiting UN envoy Staffan de Mistura of its alarm Tuesday about what it said...

Greece steps up evacuation of migrant border camp 12 Apr 2016 - 04:52 pm

Refugee kids play near the railway at a makeshift refugee camp in the Idomeni village of Greece, near the Macedonian border on April...

50 states, organisations discuss support for Libya govt 12 Apr 2016 - 04:42 pm

Tunisian Foreign Minister Khemaies Jhinaoui (2-R) speak while Libyan deputy prime minister of the UN-backed government, Moussa al-Kony (C), United Nations humanitarian coordinator...

Pakistani rights groups say civilian casualties likely among militants killed 12 Apr 2016 - 04:38 pm

Islamabad: Pakistani rights groups on Tuesday said it was likely that many civilians were among 34 people killed by the military last week...

NATO, Russia council to meet on April 20 in Brussels 12 Apr 2016 - 04:34 pm

BRUSSELS: NATO envoys will hold their first formal meeting with Russia in almost two years on April 20, the Western alliance said on...

Belgium police arrests 3 Paris attacks suspects 12 Apr 2016 - 04:08 pm

Brussels: Belgian police arrested three people in a Brussels suburb on Tuesday during a new raid linked to the investigation into the November...

Lebanon charges Australian mother, TV crew in abduction case 12 Apr 2016 - 03:44 pm

Beirut: A Lebanese court has charged an Australian woman and a four-person Australian television crew for abducting her two children in Beirut, a...

Ukraine set for new government, FinMin Yaresko to lose post 12 Apr 2016 - 03:41 pm

Members of parliament set up the banner reading '167 billion dollars were stolen because of offshores from Ukraine' during a session of the...

Romania ordered to pay $776,000 to revolution victims 12 Apr 2016 - 03:03 pm

BUCHAREST, Romania: Europe's top human rights court has ordered Romania to pay compensation to the families of 45 people who died during the...

Bombing kills 5 Yemeni soldiers in Aden 12 Apr 2016 - 02:45 pm

Aden: At least five Yemeni soldiers were killed in a suicide bombing in Aden Tuesday. A suicide bomber blew himself up among a...

Iraq PM delivers cabinet nominees to parliament speaker 12 Apr 2016 - 02:37 pm

Baghdad: Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has delivered a list of ministerial candidates to parliament, speaker Salim al-Juburi said on Tuesday. "We received...