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Foreign policy thinkers praised by Trump have divergent views 05 Mar 2016 - 05:07 pm

US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump cups his ear to hear the audiences' answer to a question at a campaign rally in Cadillac,...

Merkel urges Greece to speed up efforts to shelter refugees 05 Mar 2016 - 05:02 pm

“Originally, Greece should have created 50,000 accommodation places for refugees by the end of 2015,” German Chancellor Angela Merkel told German tabloid Bild...

Comoros first-round election result upheld 05 Mar 2016 - 04:57 pm

The only woman candidate in the Comoros presidential election Moinaecha Youssouf Djalali greets people during a visit to a market in Moroni. AFP,...

Rupert Murdoch celebrates marriage to Jerry Hall at London church 05 Mar 2016 - 04:49 pm

Media Mogul Rupert Murdoch and former supermodel Jerry Hall pose for a photograph outside St Bride's church following a service to celebrate their...

IS blamed for Yemen care home attack, Pope 'shocked' 05 Mar 2016 - 04:39 pm

Yemeni pro-government fighters inspect an elderly care home in Yemen's main southern city of Aden after it was attacked by gunmen on March...

13,000 refugees at Greek border ahead of crunch EU-Turkey migration summit 05 Mar 2016 - 04:02 pm

A boy looks on sat on the railway tracks at the overcrowded makeshift camp at the Greek-Macedonian border near the Greek village of...

Turkey police plastic bullets at opposition paper rally 05 Mar 2016 - 03:34 pm

Journalists carry an injured woman after Turkish riot-police used tear gas to disperse supporters in front of the headquarters of Turkish daily newspaper...

Laos reports local transmission of Zika virus: WHO 05 Mar 2016 - 03:26 pm

A Cambodian health official holds up a bottle containing mosquitoes caught for testing in an effort to stem an outbreak of the Zika...

Taliban refuses to hold peace talks with Afghan govt 05 Mar 2016 - 03:19 pm

Kabul: The Taliban on Saturday refused to resume long-stalled peace talks with the Afghan government, reiterating their preconditions for holding dialogue, a statement...

Saudi foreign minister says Assad should leave sooner, not later 05 Mar 2016 - 03:19 pm

France's Foreign minister Jean-Marc Ayrault shakes hands with Saudi Foreign Affairs Minister Adel al-Jubeir prior to a meeting on March 4, 2016 at...

Turkey police fire tear gas at opposition paper rally 05 Mar 2016 - 03:16 pm

Smoke rises near a group of women as Turkish anti-riot police officers use tear gas to disperse supporters in front of the headquarters...

Two Kiev soldiers killed in east Ukraine fighting: spokesman 05 Mar 2016 - 03:15 pm

Kiev: Two Ukrainian soldiers were killed in clashes between pro-Russian rebels and government forces over the past 24 hours, a military spokesman in...

Libya's future threatened by "terrifying" IS: UN chief 05 Mar 2016 - 02:52 pm

United Nations (UN) Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon meets Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz at the Presidential palace, in Nouakchott, on March 4,...

Boko Haram cattle rustling prompts market shut-down in Nigeria 05 Mar 2016 - 02:23 pm

Maiduguri, Nigeria: The Borno state government in northeast Nigeria has suspended trading in four cattle markets to prevent the sale of stolen livestock...

Israeli military opens fire on Palestinian farmers in Gaza 05 Mar 2016 - 02:00 pm

Gaza: Israeli occupation military Saturday targeted with gunfire a group of Palestinian farmers as they attempted to enter their agricultural land situated along...

Pope shocked by 'diabolical' attack on Yemen care home 05 Mar 2016 - 01:34 pm

Yemeni pro-government fighters guard outside an elderly care home after unidentified gunmen targeted the home in the southern port city of Aden, Yemen,...

Modi asks officials to speed-up housing, digital India schemes 05 Mar 2016 - 01:33 pm

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi gestures while addressing the gathering during the launch of ''Digital India Week'' in New Delhi, India, July 1,...