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Remove 'Berlin Wall' blocking Syria aid: humanitarian chief 27 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Geneva: Warring Syrian parties expected in Geneva for peace talks this week must agree to "tear down the Berlin Wall" blocking aid workers...

Cabbies block roads as France faces multiple strikes 27 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

axi cars are parked near the Prefecture in Bordeaux, southwestern France, on January 26, 2016, to protest against competition from taxi app company...

One dead in mudslide at French nuclear waste site 27 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Bure, France: One person was killed on Tuesday in a mudslide at a laboratory of France's national nuclear waste management agency in the...

'Active shooter' reported at San Diego military hospital: official 27 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Los Angeles: An "active shooter" was reported at a San Diego military hospital Tuesday, the facility said on its official Facebook page. "An...

Syria regime advances as opposition debates attending talks 26 Jan 2016 - 06:10 pm

Beirut: Syria's regime on Tuesday seized a strategic southern town from rebel forces, as leading opposition representatives debated whether to attend peace talks...

13 illegal migrants drown off southern Malaysia 26 Jan 2016 - 06:05 pm

Kuala Lumpur: Thirteen migrants believed to be from Indonesia drowned after their boats capsized off southern Malaysia, a district police chief was reported...

Trump's wife remains private despite prospect of presidency 26 Jan 2016 - 06:05 pm

Donald Trump and his wife, Melania. WASHINGTON: First lady Melania Trump. If that prospect evokes no clear image, that's no accident. Donald Trump's...

Pakistan orders 400,000 porn sites blocked 26 Jan 2016 - 06:04 pm

Islamabad: Pakistan has asked Internet companies to block more than 400,000 pornography websites, officials said Tuesday, as part of a crackdown on what...

Bemused man set off Rome security alert with toy gun 26 Jan 2016 - 05:59 pm

For representational purpose only. ROME: A man who unwittingly caused a major alert at Rome's central station by wandering through the terminus holding...

Uganda marks Museveni's 30-year rule ahead of polls 26 Jan 2016 - 04:29 pm

A supporter of Uganda political party National Resistance Movement (NRM) speaks on a cellphone next to a poster of President and NRM presidential...

Swedish rights activist held in China returns home 26 Jan 2016 - 04:23 pm

This undated photo at an undisclosed location provided to AFP by the 'Chinese Urgent Action Working Group' shows Swedish human rights activist Peter...

Israeli court to rule on fasting Palestinian journalist 26 Jan 2016 - 04:18 pm

This file photo taken on January 22, 2016 shows a Palestinian man carrying a placard bearing a portrait of Palestinian journalist Mohammed al-Qiq,...

One in nine children globally live in conflict zones: UNICEF 26 Jan 2016 - 04:08 pm

Nureldine al-Tout, a five year old Syrian boy who recently lost his legs in a barrel bomb attack, is carried by a volunteer...

Turkey PM 'categorically against' Kurdish PYD joining Syria talks 26 Jan 2016 - 03:55 pm

A handout picture provided by Turkish President Press office shows Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu (L) and Federica Mogherini (R), High Representative of...

Malaysia clears PM in scandal, says Saudis provided 'donation' 26 Jan 2016 - 03:41 pm

Malaysia's Attorney-General, Mohamed Apandi Ali shows money flow charts during a press conference in Putrajaya, Malaysia, 26 January 2016. Malaysia's attorney general cleared...

'Black Tuesday' as France grapples with taxi, aviation strikes 26 Jan 2016 - 03:36 pm

Taxi drivers take part in a demonstration against VTCs (transport vehicles with chauffeur) at the Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport in Roissy-en-France, outside Paris, on January...