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Greece still needs help to face refugee crisis 30 Aug 2016 - 01:19 pm

TOPSHOT - A child holds a placard reading "Open the border" during a demonstration in support to refugees and migrants in front of...

UN passes millions to Syrian regime, UK newspaper says 30 Aug 2016 - 01:17 pm

By Ahmet Gurhan Kartal LONDON: The UN has paid tens of millions of dollars for contracts run by people and groups closely linked...

Ireland "disagrees profoundly" with EU on Apple tax bill 30 Aug 2016 - 01:14 pm

(FILES) This file photo taken on October 2, 2014 shows a man passing by buildings on The Apple campus in Cork, southern Ireland....

Suicide car bomb targets Somalia hotel: official 30 Aug 2016 - 01:13 pm

Mogadishu: A suicide car bomb exploded outside a popular hotel close to the presidential palace in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Tuesday, in an...

Alleged drug lord shot dead in Philippines 30 Aug 2016 - 12:30 pm

Manila: A Philippine businessman and his wife were shot dead after the police chief branded him a drug lord, authorities said Tuesday, fuelling...

Bangladesh upholds Islamist tycoon's death sentence 30 Aug 2016 - 11:17 am

Bangladeshi activists who fought in the 1971 war shout slogans as they celebrate outside The Supreme Court in Dhaka on August 30, 2016,...

Maradona grounded after passport mix-up 30 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

Buenos Aires: Diego Maradona was not able to leave Argentina on the weekend because his passport had been reported "stolen", preventing him from...

Top Clinton aide Abedin separates from scandal-plagued husband 30 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

Huma Abedin, longtime aide to Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, attends a Clinton campaign rally in Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S., July 5,...

Zimbabwe protest leader denied bail amid rising dissent 30 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

Harare: A leader behind a spate of recent anti-government demonstrations in Zimbabwe was on Monday denied bail when he appeared in court on...

Turkey announces clearing Syrian area of terrorists 30 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

By Ozcan Yildirim and Sarp Ozer ANKARA: An area of 400 square kilometers (154 square miles) have been cleared of terrorists in northern...

US, India sign military logistics agreement 30 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter (L) and Indian Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar answer reporters' questions during a joint news conference at the Pentagon...

UN sees surge in Israeli settlements after Quartet report 29 Aug 2016 - 06:55 pm

Palestinian bedouin students return from school to their homes near the Jewish settlement of Maale Adumim in the West Bank village of Al-Eizariya,...

Trade dispute, policy divisions hang over Trudeau trip to China 29 Aug 2016 - 06:46 pm

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Getty Images / AFP By David Ljunggren OTTAWA: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visits Beijing this week seeking...

Human relative 'Lucy' died in fall from tree: study suggests 29 Aug 2016 - 06:40 pm

Lucy's upper-arm bones were shattered by the impact of the fall some 3.2 million years ago (AFP Photo/Zacharias Abubeker) Paris: Lucy, an ancient...

Lebanese editor fined 20,000 euros for Hariri court contempt 29 Aug 2016 - 05:53 pm

Leidschendam, Netherlands: A special court Monday fined the editor of a Beirut-based newspaper 20,000 euros ($22,000) for publishing secret information about witnesses in...