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'Desperate' Mexican drug lord wants quick extradition to US 03 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Mexico City: Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman wants to be rapidly extradited to the United States out of "desperation" over being...

Carson appears set to drop out of US presidential race 03 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

“I do not see a political path forward in light of last evening’s Super Tuesday primary results,” retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson said in...

Brazil mine disaster company settles for $6.1 billion 03 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Reuters file Brasília: The owners of an iron ore mine in Brazil where a burst dam spewed a toxic flood, flattening a village...

Rights group decries ‘crisis of violence and impunity’ in Mexico 03 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

View during a demonstration to demand justice in the murder of Mexican photojournalist Ruben Espinosa. AFP MEXICO CITY: Too many crimes, including torture,...

Israel army to return Palestinian land after decades: NGO 02 Mar 2016 - 05:48 pm

Palestinian bedouin students return from school to their homes near the Jewish settlement of Maale Adumim in the West Bank village of Al-Eizariya,...

Netanyahu seeks to expel families of Palestinian attackers 02 Mar 2016 - 05:30 pm

Benjamin Netanyahu , in a letter to Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit released to the media, asked for a legal opinion on such a move,...

Indian student held on sedition charge bailed after free-speech protests 02 Mar 2016 - 05:09 pm

File photo of Kanhaiya Kumar, centre, JNU student union head of is escorted by police outside the Patiala House court in New Delhi,...

South Africa’s finance minister Gordhan says unable to meet deadline to answer police questions 02 Mar 2016 - 05:06 pm

South Africa's Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan delivers his 2016 budget address to the parliament in Cape Town, February 24, 2016. Reuters/Mike Hutchings JOHANNESBURG:...

Lebanon's Hariri says to keep dialogue open with Hezbollah 02 Mar 2016 - 04:59 pm

Lebanon's former prime minister Saad al-Hariri (C) is seen standing at the entrance of the parliament building in Beirut, Lebanon March 2, 2016....

Three girls kidnapped from school in Lagos, Nigeria 02 Mar 2016 - 04:57 pm

File photo. People participate in a sit-in demonstration organized by the Abuja ''Bring Back Our Girls'' protest group at the Unity Fountain in...

Indonesia, Australia issue tsunami warning after 7.9 magnitude quake off Sumatra 02 Mar 2016 - 04:55 pm

JAKARTA: Indonesia issued a tsunami warning on Wednesday after a massive and shallow earthquake struck off the west coast of its island of...

Macedonia lets in 200 refugees, 10,000 still stranded: Greece 02 Mar 2016 - 04:38 pm

Refugees and migrants walk towards the Greek village of Idomeni beside the Greek-Macedonian borders on March 2, 2016. AFP Idomeni: Macedonia on Wednesday...

7.8 magnitude quake hits W.Indonesia, tsunami alert: local agency 02 Mar 2016 - 04:04 pm

Jakarta: A 7.9-magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia's western island of Sumatra Wednesday, the US Geological Survey said, with local authorities issuing a tsunami...

Spanish parties dismiss Socialists' 'unreal' bid to govern 02 Mar 2016 - 03:42 pm

Podemos (We Can) party leader Pablo Iglesias gestures during an investiture debate at parliament in Madrid, Spain, March 2, 2016. REUTERS/ Andrea Comas ...

North Korea says nuclear deterrent not aimed at South 02 Mar 2016 - 03:34 pm

North Korea's ambassador So Se Pyong addresses the 30th Session of the Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, September...

43 Kurdish YPG fighters killed in Syria in battle with Islamic State 02 Mar 2016 - 02:40 pm

Smoke rises over the northern Syrian town of Tel Abyad as it is pictured from the Turkish border town of Akcakale, in Sanliurfa...

Philippines probes attack on IS-targeted top Saudi cleric 02 Mar 2016 - 02:12 pm

Philippine soldiers patrol the streets in Zamboanga, on southern island of Mindanao. AFP Zamboanga: Philippine authorities were on Wednesday probing an assassination attempt...