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Zika epidemic 'clearly' on the decline in Brazil: WHO 25 Apr 2016 - 02:22 pm

The Zika virus is mainly spread via the bite of the Aedes aegypti mosquito The Zika virus is mainly spread via the bite...

Kenya: Police fire teargas at opposition march 25 Apr 2016 - 02:15 pm

NAIROBI: Kenyan police fired teargas into a crowd of opposition leaders and their supporters who were marching on the office of the country's...

Cruz, Kasich team up to stop party frontrunner Trump 25 Apr 2016 - 12:56 pm

A young supporter plays with a Donald Trump doll before Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump appeared at a rally in a hangar at...

Obama to stress partnership with Europe in Germany speech 25 Apr 2016 - 11:46 am

US President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel react during their tour at the Hannover Messe in Hanover, Germany April 25, 2016....

Quake hits off southern Mexico coast, no damage reported 25 Apr 2016 - 11:43 am

MEXICO CITY: An earthquake struck off the southern coast of Mexico early on Monday but there were no immediate reports of damage. The...

Metro station hit in Brussels attacks reopens 25 Apr 2016 - 11:40 am

A security agent stands as a train arrives at the Maalbeek metro station on its re-opening day on April 25, 2016 in Brussels,...

Crocodile attacks sleeping Australian camper 25 Apr 2016 - 11:29 am

Picture of freshwater crocodile at Australia Zoo for representation. Sydney: A 19-year-old on a family camping holiday in northern Australia had a lucky...

Haiti says election could drag on for months, protests grow 25 Apr 2016 - 08:56 am

Haiti's provisional president Jocelerme Privert speaks during an interview with Reuters in the National Palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, March 1, 2016. REUTERS/Andres Martinez...

Police charge Australian teenager with planning ANZAC terror attack 25 Apr 2016 - 08:35 am

Families take part in the ANZAC parade to mark the centenary of the Gallipoli landings in Sydney on April 25, 2016. AFP /...

3 people killed in eastern Ukraine 24 Apr 2016 - 05:38 pm

MOSCOW: The Ukrainian government says three troops have been killed in the volatile eastern Ukraine over the past 24 hours. Oleksander Motuzyanik from...

Happiness can't be downloaded like an app: Pope to youth 24 Apr 2016 - 03:35 pm

Pope Francis (C) tours St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on his open car at the end of a mass he celebrated for...

George Clooney leads Yerevan march commemorating Armenian genocide 24 Apr 2016 - 03:32 pm

(L-R, front) Armenia's President Serzh Sargsyan, actor George Clooney and singer Charles Aznavour attend a flower-laying ceremony at the Tsitsernakaberd Armenian Genocide Memorial...

Obama makes farewell visit to Germany on free trade push 24 Apr 2016 - 03:15 pm

US President Barack Obama (2-L) is received by Stephan Weil (C), premier of the German state Lower Saxony, and John B. Emerson (R),...

Migrants seek new routes into Balkans 24 Apr 2016 - 02:55 pm

Refugee men pretending to be tv journalists for an imaginary Refugee TV conduct an interview at a makeshift camp for migrants and refugees...

Sending troops to Syria would be 'mistake', Obama warns 24 Apr 2016 - 12:24 pm

Syrian civil defence volunteers evacuate people from a damaged building following a reported airstrike on April 23, 2016 in Tareeq al-Bab in the...

There's no place like home, even in the Chernobyl disaster zone 24 Apr 2016 - 12:09 pm

Cars of the children autodrome are seen in the abandoned city of Pripyat, Ukraine, April 22, 2016. Alexey Furman / Anadolu Agency By...

Serbia’s Vucic seeks mandate for EU talks in early election 24 Apr 2016 - 11:51 am

Serbian voters head to the polls for the second time in the past two years on Sunday, in snap elections to designate a...

EU-US trade deal 'will fail' if US refuses concessions: German minister 24 Apr 2016 - 11:38 am

German Vice Chancellor, Economy and Energy Minister Sigmar Gabriel attends a press conference before a Ministerial Coference of Friends of Industry on April...