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Philippine mayor shot in pre-election ambush 07 Feb 2016 - 08:31 am

Manila: A Philippine town mayor was shot and wounded in an ambush in the conflict-wracked south on Sunday, two days before the official...

N. Korea praises launch, others see as covert missile test 07 Feb 2016 - 08:30 am

This picture taken from North Korean TV and released by South Korean news agency Yonhap on February 7, 2016 shows North Korea's locket...

EU calls on Turkey to let in Syrian refugees 07 Feb 2016 - 08:25 am

Syrian refugees walk near the Syrian-Turkish border near a refugee camp in Bab Al-Salama city, northern Syria, 06 February 2016. EPA/SEDAT SUNA Amsterdam:...

China expresses regret over North Korea rocket launch 07 Feb 2016 - 08:23 am

Beijing: China on Sunday "expressed regret" over North Korea's launch of a long-range rocket, after Pyongyang said it successfully put a satellite into...

The grave-diggers of Maiduguri: burying Boko Haram and the past 07 Feb 2016 - 08:18 am

A grave-digger heaps sand on graves where victims or dead members of Boko Haram Islamists are buried at Gwange Cemetery in Maiduguri, northeast...

Rubio wilts, Trump strong in Republican debate 07 Feb 2016 - 08:15 am

Manchester, United States: Surging Republican hope Marco Rubio wilted under stained attack in the last US presidential debate before the New Hampshire primary...

S. Korea president urges 'strong' UN response to North rocket launch 07 Feb 2016 - 08:06 am

Seoul: South Korean President Park Geun-Hye on Sunday urged a tough UN response to North Korea's long-range rocket launch that came barely a...

Rescuers race to save over 100 buried after Taiwan quake 07 Feb 2016 - 08:02 am

Tainan, Taiwan: Rescuers raced against time Sunday to free more than 100 people still buried beneath the rubble of apartment blocks felled by...

UN Security Council to hold emergency meeting on N. Korea 07 Feb 2016 - 07:57 am

United Nations: The United Nations Security Council will hold an emergency meeting Sunday in New York over North Korea's launch of a long-range...

US denounces 'destabilizing, provocative' N. Korea rocket launch 07 Feb 2016 - 07:54 am

Washington: The United States on Saturday denounced North Korea's launch of a long-range rocket as "destabilizing and provocative." "North Korea's missile and nuclear...

Japan PM Abe calls N.Korean launch 'absolutely intolerable' 07 Feb 2016 - 07:50 am

Tokyo: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe condemned North Korea's launch Sunday of a long-range rocket and said it was a violation of UN...

North Korea launches long-range rocket 07 Feb 2016 - 07:46 am

Seoul: North Korea launched a long-range rocket on Sunday, violating UN resolutions and doubling down against an international community already determined to punish...

Australian PM says woman kidnapped in Burkina has been released 07 Feb 2016 - 07:37 am

Sydney: Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull Sunday said the wife of an elderly Australian doctor kidnapped by Al-Qaeda-linked jihadists in Burkina Faso has...

US officials say North Korea may be nearing launch 07 Feb 2016 - 01:59 am

Airbus Defense & Space and 38 North satellite imagery from February 4, 2016 shows the Sohae Satellite Launching Station in North Korea in...

Iraq’s water minister judges only tiny danger of Mosul dam collapse 07 Feb 2016 - 01:52 am

Employees work at strengthening the Mosul Dam in northern Iraq, February 3, 2016. Reuters/Azad Lashkari BAGHDAD: Iraq’s minister of water resources on Saturday...

Hundreds mourn Quebecers killed in Burkina attacks 07 Feb 2016 - 01:44 am

Zack Carrier looks at pictures of his grandparents Yves Carrier and Gladys Chamberland while being held by his mother Isabelle Cartier at a...

Two puppeteers held for 'glorifying terrorism' in Madrid show 07 Feb 2016 - 01:39 am

Madrid: Two puppeteers were detained in Madrid on Saturday after staging a children's show during which they allegedly praised terrorism, judicial sources told...