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Obama presses Congress for Zika funding as worries grow 27 Aug 2016 - 05:36 pm

US President Barack Obama arrives at The White House on August 26, 2016 in Washington DC. Obama visited wounded service members at Walter...

Turkey army, Kurd-backed forces clash in north Syria 27 Aug 2016 - 05:08 pm

Turkish military tanks are seen at the Karkamis district of Turkey's Gaziantep during the "Operation Euphrates Shield" on August 25, 2016. Ensar Özdemir...

Barrel bombs kill at least 15 civilians in Syria's Aleppo: monitor 27 Aug 2016 - 03:49 pm

Syrian rescue workers search for victims through the rubble of a building destroyed during a reported barrel bomb attack in a rebel-held neighbourhood...

Italy's quake survivors fear family villages will become ghost towns 27 Aug 2016 - 03:43 pm

A damaged car is seen after a strong earthquake hit Pescara del Tronto, Italy on August 25, 2016. Alessio Paduano - AA SANT'ANGELO,...

4 Chad troops killed by 'Boko Haram mine' 27 Aug 2016 - 03:30 pm

N'Djamena: Four Chadian soldiers have been killed after a mine planted by Boko Haram Islamists destroyed their vehicle, a security source said on...

Australian burkini designer tells France respect women 27 Aug 2016 - 02:49 pm

Aheda Zanetti (L), designer of the Burkini swimsuit, adjusts one of the swimsuits on model Salwa Elrashid at her fashion store in Sydney,...

'UK boy' seen in new Islamic State execution footage 27 Aug 2016 - 02:38 pm

LONDON: A new propaganda video released by Islamic State depicts five boys, one of them apparently British, executing Kurdish prisoners. The children, who...

Evacuation of Daraya begins in deal to end siege 27 Aug 2016 - 02:29 pm

People gather before being evacuated from the besieged Damascus suburb of Daraya, after an agreement reached on Thursday between rebels and Syria's army,...

22 Islamic State members killed in northern Iraq 27 Aug 2016 - 02:19 pm

A fighter from the Islamic State, formerly known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), mans an anti-aircraft gun mounted...

Italy weeps for earthquake dead 27 Aug 2016 - 02:12 pm

Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi (L) and his wife Agnese (C) react during a funeral service for victims of the earthquake, at a...

Free Syrian Army clears mines from former Islamic State city 27 Aug 2016 - 01:29 pm

Members of Free Syrian Army (FSA) stand guard in Jarabulus district of Aleppo, Syria after taking control of the district's centrum from Daesh...

Turkey allows policewomen to wear Islamic headscarf 27 Aug 2016 - 01:24 pm

Istanbul: Turkey has for the first time allowed policewomen to wear the Islamic headscarf as part of their uniform, according to a ruling...

At least 16 dead in Moscow warehouse fire: ministry 27 Aug 2016 - 01:16 pm

Moscow: At least 16 migrant workers died in a fire that broke out at a Moscow warehouse on Saturday morning, Russian authorities said....

Turkey sends more tanks into Syria after IS-held town capture 27 Aug 2016 - 12:24 pm

Turkish military tanks are seen at the Karkamis district of Turkey's Gaziantep during the "Operation Euphrates Shield" on August 25, 2016. (Ensar Özdemir...

Bangladesh police kill "mastermind" of Dhaka cafe attack 27 Aug 2016 - 11:54 am

Bangladesh police stand guard at the scene of an operation to storm a militant hideout in Narayanganj, some 25 kms south of Dhaka...

Turkey arrests three former diplomats over coup plot 27 Aug 2016 - 11:25 am

A woman wawes a Turkish national flag next to the Yavuz Sultan Selim bridge on August 26, 2016 in Istanbul during the inauguration...

Despite progress, US-Russia fall short on truce for Syria 27 Aug 2016 - 10:32 am

People carry out wreck removal works after a barrel bomb attack staged by Syrian army in the opposition-controlled Bab Neyrab neighborhood of Aleppo,...