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Brazil probes 3 deaths with Zika links, aims for vaccine in a year 12 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Brazilian Health Minister Marcelo Castro listens during a press conference in Brasilia, on February 11, 2016. Castro announced a partnership between the Brazilian...

Turkey ends two month anti-PKK operation in Kurdish town 12 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

People carry on February 10, 2016 in Diyarbakir the coffin of 16-year-old Mahmut Bulak, who was killed during a protest against operations in...

Russia claims US planes bombed Syria's Aleppo 12 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Stalls are seen on a street beside damaged buildings in the rebel held al-Shaar neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria, February 10, 2016. REUTERS Moscow: ...

At least 52 dead in Mexico prison riot 12 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Male inmates look out of the Topo Chico prison in Monterrey, Mexico, February 11, 2016. Fifty-two people were killed and twelve people were...

Erdogan threatens to send refugees to EU as NATO steps in 12 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Syrian people wait in front of the Oncupinar crossing gate to go back to Syria, near the town of Kilis, in south-central Turkey,...

Russian protest leader sues Putin over 'corruption' 12 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Opposition leader Alexei Navalny talks to the media after leaving a justice court building in Moscow, April 22, 2014. REUTERS Moscow: Russian opposition...

Russia raises spectre of "world war" if nations fail to negotiate over Syria 12 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev chairs a meeting with ministers and top officials on social and economic policy in Moscow, on February 10,...

6 dead in 'criminal' attack on Saudi education office 11 Feb 2016 - 05:56 pm

Riyadh: A man killed six employees at an education department office in Saudi Arabia on Thursday, the interior ministry said, describing it as...

N. Korea expels S. Koreans from industrial zone, seizes assets 11 Feb 2016 - 04:54 pm

Policemen guide a vehicle transporting South Korean employees working at the KIC (Kaesong industrial complex) as they return from KIC on the Grand...

51,000 displaced since Russian air strikes on Aleppo began: UN 11 Feb 2016 - 04:47 pm

Geneva: Some 51,000 people have been displaced since Damascus, backed by Russian air strikes, launched its latest offensive on the Syrian city of...

Kurdistan is 'part of Iraq' and should remain so: PM Abadi 11 Feb 2016 - 04:37 pm

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi speaks at a joint press conference with German Chancellor after their meeting at the Chancellery in Berlin on...

Dozens dead in Mexico prison riot: reports 11 Feb 2016 - 04:24 pm

Video grab showing riot police and relatives of inmates of a prison in the northern city of Monterrey in Mexico on February 11,...

Attacker shoots at offices in Saudi Arabia, six dead 11 Feb 2016 - 04:19 pm

RIYADH: An attacker opened fire at an education department in southern Saudi Arabia on Thursday, killing six employees, a senior Saudi official said....

Turkey-Israel talks to restore ties going well, no deal yet: AKP spokesman 11 Feb 2016 - 03:00 pm

NKARA: Talks between Turkey and Israel to mend fences are going well but a deal has not yet been reached in efforts to...

Pentagon chief seeks more help in anti-IS fight 11 Feb 2016 - 02:22 pm

US Secretary of Defense Ash Carter (L) walks with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at NATO headquarters in Brussels on February 10, 2016....

70 injured as Egypt train derails 11 Feb 2016 - 01:47 pm

Cairo: At least 70 people were injured in Egypt on Thursday when a passenger train derailed and two of its cars overturned, the...

Calls for safety overhaul in Taiwan after quake disaster 11 Feb 2016 - 01:00 pm

Excavators are used during the search and rescue operation at the Wei-Kuan complex, which collapsed in the 6.4-magnitude earthquake in the southern Taiwanese...

Russia ready to discuss Syria ceasefire at international talks 11 Feb 2016 - 12:56 pm

US Secretary of State John Kerry is set to meet Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Munich. AFP/Brendan Smialowski Munich, Germany: Russia said...