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Clashes in northeast Ivory Coast kill 20, displace 1,300 29 Mar 2016 - 06:00 pm

This file photo taken on March 15, 2016 shows police officers of the Research and Assistance Police (FRAP) standing on the beach in...

Obama announces new steps to fight painkiller epidemic 29 Mar 2016 - 06:00 pm

Washington: US President Barack Obama on Tuesday announced new plans to combat the epidemic of heroin and prescription painkiller abuse which kills tens...

Without Scalia, US Supreme Court rejects challenge to union fees 29 Mar 2016 - 05:54 pm

Antonin Scalia. Reuters By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON: The shorthanded U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a conservative legal attack on a vital source...

Hopes fade of imminent deal to end Ukraine political crisis 29 Mar 2016 - 05:39 pm

Ukrainian former Prime Minister and leader of Batkivshchyna (Fatherland) party Yulia Tymoshenko speaks during a parliament session in Kiev, Ukraine, March 29, 2016....

UN war crimes court frees ex-official jailed for contempt 29 Mar 2016 - 05:03 pm

File photo of Florence Hartmann, former spokeswoman of the International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia ICTY in The Hague on March 24, 2016....

16 dead as army clashes with rebels in DR Congo 29 Mar 2016 - 04:52 pm

Few hawkers gather at an empty market as a "dead city" strike is called by five defeated opposition candidates to protest the re-election...

Three killed in pipeline explosion in Nigeria's delta 29 Mar 2016 - 03:57 pm

(File Photo) A woman walks along an oil pipeline in Otu Jerenmi in Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta, March 5, 2006. REUTERS/GEORGE ESIRI YENAGOA,...

UK's William and Kate set to visit Taj Mahal, evoking Diana's famous photo 29 Mar 2016 - 03:09 pm

LONDON: More than two decades after Britain's Princess Diana was pictured forlornly alone at the Taj Mahal, her son Prince William and his...

Inside the Pentagon: US military HQ has amenities of a small city 29 Mar 2016 - 03:05 pm

Staff leave the River Entrance of the Pentagon, generally used by defence ministers and generals. (File photo, November 13, 2011.) Fortress-like and five-sided,...

Trump signals he’s ready to fight for every delegate 29 Mar 2016 - 02:59 pm

Republican US presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a news conference in Washington, in this file photo taken March 21, 2016. (Reuters /...

Many South Sudanese flee country over food insecurity: UN 29 Mar 2016 - 02:40 pm

KAMPALA, Uganda: The United Nations refugee agency says food insecurity is forcing a growing number of South Sudanese to seek refuge in Sudan....

Congo capital partly shut to protest veteran leader's re-election 29 Mar 2016 - 01:56 pm

A man walks past empty stalls and closed shops during a "dead city" strike called by five defeated opposition candidates to protest the...

Ukraine's prosecutor general dismissed amid govt turmoil 29 Mar 2016 - 01:25 pm

Viktor Shokin MOSCOW: Ukraine's parliament on Tuesday accepted the resignation of the prosecutor general who has been accused of failing to deal with...

Released Brussels suspect had alibi - lawyer 29 Mar 2016 - 01:14 pm

Wreckage outside the Brussels airport terminal following bomb attacks. REUTERS/Yorick Jansens/Pool BRUSSELS: The Brussels bombings suspect charged with terrorist murder, but then released...

Brussels airport aims for limited reopening this week 29 Mar 2016 - 12:09 pm

Police forces check vehicles at the entry to Brussels Zaventem airport in Brussels, Belgium, 29 March 2016. AFP BRUSSELS: Brussels airport on Tuesday ...

Capitol returning to normal day after intruder is shot 29 Mar 2016 - 11:10 am

Police surround a grey truck believed to belong to the suspect in a shooting at the Capitol Visitors Center on Capitol Hill, in...

EU puts Britons at risk from dangerous criminals, 'Out' campaigners say 29 Mar 2016 - 10:56 am

Union flags and the Big Ben clocktower cover notebooks are seen on sale in London, Britain. REUTERS/LUKE MACGREGOR By Michael Holden LONDON: The...

Tymoshenko’s Fatherland Party won’t join Ukraine coalition unless conditions met 29 Mar 2016 - 10:48 am

Ukrainian ex-prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko attends a session at the Pecherskiy district court in Kiev October 11, 2011. REUTERS/ GLEB GARANICH KIEV: The...