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Muhammad Ali, boxing and cultural icon, dead at age 74 04 Jun 2016 - 08:27 am

Muhammad Ali cuddling his daughters Laila, (L)and Hana at a hotel in London, December 1978. Action Images/MSI Former world heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali,...

French government urges end to strikes a week before Euro soccer 04 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

France's defender Adil Rami (C) runs with a ball during a training session at the St Symphorien Stadium in Metz, eastern France, on...

NATO's top soldier says Trump comments play into hands of Putin 04 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

Chairman of NATO's military committee Petr Pavel speaks to Reuters on the sidelines of the IISS Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore June 3, 2016....

Dangerous migrant smuggling routes flourish in lawless Libya 04 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

A Libyan security forces officer stands during a raid on illegal migrants at a hideout in Tripoli, Libya, April 17, 2016. REUTERS/Hani Amara ...

U.S. jet strikes target Islamic State from Mediterranean 04 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

The aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman performs a full power run during sea trials in the Atlantic Ocean in this July 8,...

Pakistan increases defense spending by 11 percent 04 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

Security official place bags containing budget documents to the parliament where Pakistani Finance Minister Ishaq Dar presented the national budget for the fiscal...

Pakistan budget seeks decade-high growth as IMF loan nears end 04 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

Employees sort documents before they are distributed for the presentation of the 2016-17 budget in the National Assembly in Islamabad, Pakistan, June 3,...

India's Modi to arrive in Doha on Saturday as he embarks on a five-nation tour 04 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

File photo of India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi. New Delhi: India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi will embark on a five-nation trip this weekend...

Rio Games refugee team will have 10 athletes: IOC 03 Jun 2016 - 04:20 pm

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach attends a news conference in Lausanne, Switzerland, June 3, 2016. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse By Karolos Grohmann LAUSANNE,...

Saudi’s Jubeir says Arab peace plan best option for Israel 03 Jun 2016 - 04:14 pm

French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault (L) shakes hands with Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir prior to an international and interministerial conference in a...

National team 'no longer German', says right-wing leader 03 Jun 2016 - 04:05 pm

Alexander Gauland. Reuters Berlin: A German right-wing populist politician who caused outrage by racially disparaging footballer Jerome Boateng followed up Friday by saying...

Mexican “Spiderman” weaves web of knowledge for science students 03 Jun 2016 - 03:59 pm

Moises Vazquez, 26, known as Spider-Moy, a computer science teaching assistant at the Faculty of Science of the National Autonomous University of Mexico...

Niger confirms bird flu outbreak in poultry 03 Jun 2016 - 03:48 pm

Workers from the Animal Protection Ministry cull chicks to contain an outbreak of bird flu at a farm in Ivory Coast, August 14,...

Major powers to study incentives to revive Mideast peace process: France 03 Jun 2016 - 03:36 pm

French Foreign minister Jean-Marc Ayrault, French President Francois Hollande and United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon pose prio to an international and interministerial...

Croatia PM Oreskovic calls on his two deputies to resign 03 Jun 2016 - 03:33 pm

Croatia PM Tihomir Oreskovic at the Presidental office in Zagreb, December 23, 2015. Reuters / Antonio Bronic ZAGREB: Croatian Prime Minister Tihomir Oreskovic...