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North Korean submarine missing: reports 12 Mar 2016 - 09:32 am

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un inspects a Korean People's Army submarine at an undisclosed location. AFP Seoul: A North Korean submarine is missing,...

Aiming to sidestep Apple dispute, Obama makes case for access to device data 12 Mar 2016 - 09:27 am

US President Barack Obama participates in an onstage interview at the South by Southwest Interactive in Austin, Texas, March 11, 2016. Reuters/Jonathan Ernst ...

Trump's Chicago rally called off for safety reasons amid chaos 12 Mar 2016 - 09:10 am

Demonstrators celebrate after Republican US presidential candidate Donald Trump cancelled his rally at the University of Illinois in Chicago March 11, 2016. Reuters ...

Rivals say Trump's rhetoric partly to blame for protests 12 Mar 2016 - 09:07 am

Texas Senator and Republican Presidential Candidate Ted Cruz addresses the crowd at the Northwest Suburban Republican Lincoln Day Dinner at The Meadows Club...

Europe needs to plug data gaps to track militants - German police head 12 Mar 2016 - 08:29 am

Holger Muench, Chief Commissioner of Germany's Bundeskriminalamt (BKA) Federal Crime Office presents the annual report on organized crime in Germany during a news...

Singer in Paris attack apologizes for alleging inside job 12 Mar 2016 - 08:25 am

A file photo taken on March 9, 2016 shows Jesse Hughes of the band Eagles of Death Metal performing during a concert in...

Iraq’s Abadi asks political blocs to nominate technocrats for cabinet 12 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

File photo of Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi. By Maher Chmaytelli BAGHDAD: Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi asked political blocs in parliament and...

Iraq's Kurdistan gets $200 mln from Turkey after oil pipeline halt 12 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

LONDON: Iraq's Kurdistan has received $200 million from Turkey to help Kurdish finances, which have been hit by a recent oil pipeline export...

Yemen loyalists advance near rebel-besieged Taez 12 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Yemeni security forces inspect unexploded ordnance confiscated from the Shiite Huthi rebels and militant extremists, as they prepare to neutralise the mines and...

Buddhist group leading global anti-Dalai Lama protests disbands 12 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

BY DAVID LAGUE AND STEPHANIE NEBEHAY BY DAVID LAGUE AND STEPHANIE NEBEHAY Members of the International Shugden Community rally against the Dalai Lama,...

European Union and Cuba sign agreement to normalize relations 12 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

A Cuban flag flies over 'Almendares' bridge in Havana, Cuba February 26, 2016. REUTERS HAVANA: The European Union and Cuba signed an agreement...

Ex-rival Carson endorses U.S. Republican front-runner Trump 12 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Former Republican U.S. presidential candidate Ben Carson (L) endorses Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at a Trump campaign event in Palm Beach, Florida...

American stabbed in Kuwait, US warns citizens 12 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Representative image, by Reuters Kuwait City: An American has been stabbed and wounded in Kuwait and the assailant arrested, the US embassy said,...

Zimbabwe plans compensation for evicted white farmers: minister 12 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Zimbabwe Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa, seen here in 2013. AFP Photo, Jekesai Njikizana Harare: Zimbabwe plans to compensate white farmers for land seized...

Nigerian Senate head facing graft charges hires 66-lawyer defence team 12 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Nigeria Senate President Bukola Saraki sits at the Code of Conduct Tribunal at Darki Biu, Jabi Abuja, Nigeria, in this file picture taken...

South African court to try misconduct cases against peacekeepers in Congo 12 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

The South Africa contingent of the UN peacekeepers in Congo erect a razor wire barrier around Goma airport in the Democratic Republic of...

Russian accused by US of spy ring role pleads guilty 12 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Evgeny Buryakov, 41, who worked at Russian state-owned Vnesheconombank, (VEB bank) had been arrested in January 2015 as U.S. authorities unveiled charges against...