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Jeb Bush gun photo ignites Twitter storm 17 Feb 2016 - 08:19 am

Washington: Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush won Twitter for a few hours on Tuesday after posting a photograph of a handgun under the...

Obama vows to stop Islamic State from 'digging in' in Libya 17 Feb 2016 - 08:16 am

Forces loyal to Libya's General National Congress prepare to fight Islamic State group jihadists on the outskirts of the city of Sirte (AFP...

Costa Rica police hunt killer of American and family 17 Feb 2016 - 08:11 am

file photo- Reuters San José: Costa Rican police were Tuesday hunting a Nicaraguan man suspected of murdering an American resident, his Costa Rican...

Big-brained mammals more likely to go extinct: study 17 Feb 2016 - 08:02 am

A new study has found that mammals with larger brains are more at risk of going extinct (AFP Photo/Emmanuel Dunand) Paris: Mammals with...

A million children severely malnourished in eastern, southern Africa: UN 17 Feb 2016 - 08:00 am

A 14-month-old baby undergoes an arm circumference test for severe acute malnutrition in Ogolcho, in Ethiopia's drought affected Oromia region on January 31,...

US open to reconciliation with Panama over 1989 invasion 17 Feb 2016 - 07:59 am

A relative of a victim of the 1989 US invasion of Panama pays a visit to the grave of her loved one, at...

Colombian jailed for 40 years after acid attack on lover 17 Feb 2016 - 07:57 am

Bogota: A Colombian man who hired a homeless person to douse his live-in lover's face with acid was sentenced to 40 years in...

Obama under fire for lack of leadership over Syria 17 Feb 2016 - 07:55 am

Two wounded youth from Idlib in Syria walk in a refugee camp near the Oncupinar crossing gate in Kilis, in south-central Turkey on...

Obama convinced Trump 'will not be president' 17 Feb 2016 - 07:53 am

Rancho Mirage, United States: US President Barack Obama on Tuesday hammered home his belief that Republican White House hopeful Donald Trump would not...

Trump warns of Boeing plant going to China 17 Feb 2016 - 07:52 am

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a rally in North Augusta, South Carolina on February 16, 2016 (AFP Photo/Jim Watson) North Augusta,...

Obama calls for 'tangible steps' to lower South China Sea tensions 17 Feb 2016 - 07:47 am

Rancho Mirage, United States: US President Barack Obama on Tuesday called for "tangible steps" to lower tensions in the South China Sea over...

Six pregnant Mexican women infected with Zika 17 Feb 2016 - 07:46 am

A government employee fumigates a home against the Aedes aegypti mosquito to prevent the spread of the Zika virus in Acapulco, Mexico on...

Canada sending military helicopters to Iraq: minister 17 Feb 2016 - 07:42 am

Griffon helicopter Ottawa: A week after announcing the withdrawal of fighter jets from Iraq, Canada's defense minister on Tuesday said it is swapping...

Egypt court clears policeman over 2011 torture, killing case 17 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Coptic Orthodox Christians carry a blood-splattered image of Jesus as they demonstrate against Saturday's bomb attack in front of the Coptic Orthodox Church...

Prince William appears to back Britain's EU membership 17 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Britain's Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, poses after painting the eye of a ''Shaun the Sheep'' sculpture at the British Ambassador's official residence...

Better water management could halve global food deficit: scientists 17 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

An image from Syria's Aleppo. Reuters By Astrid Zweynert LONDON: Investing in agricultural water management could substantially reduce hunger while limiting some of...

Russia rejects nomination of jailed artist Pavlensky for state art prize 17 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Artist Petr Pavlensky with his mouth sewed up in solidarity with a protest in St Petersburg in 2012. Handout via Reuters Moscow: The...

Rubio challenged on immigration by voteless veteran 17 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Beaufort, United States: Jose Ruben Guerrero is a former US Marine, a self-described "conservative immigrant" who thinks White House hopeful Marco Rubio would...