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14,000 residents returning to fire-ravaged Canadian city 02 Jun 2016 - 10:33 am

Destroyed houses in the Timberlea neighbourhood are seen as thousands of evacuees who fled a massive wildfire began to trickle back to their...

Building collapse kills soldier in SE Turkey 02 Jun 2016 - 10:32 am

ANKARA (AA): A Turkish soldier has succumbed to wounds after being caught in a building collapse caused by an attack of the terrorist...

Rare giant panda born in Belgium 02 Jun 2016 - 10:30 am

(file photo: AFP) BRUSSELS: A giant panda has given birth in a Belgian zoo, its keepers said on Thursday, marking a rare event...

Rain pummels France; Seine overflows its banks in Paris 02 Jun 2016 - 10:22 am

A photo taken on June 1, 2016 shows the flooded Seine river and the Eiffel Tower in Paris. AFP / BERTRAND GUAY By...

Murder, suicide shake UCLA campus 02 Jun 2016 - 10:21 am

Students and others are searched by security officers after a campus shooting, June 1, 2016 at the University of California's Los Angeles campus...

350 children trapped in school by flash floods in Germany 02 Jun 2016 - 10:13 am

People stand in the street damaged by floods in the Bavarian village of Simbach am Inn east of Munich, Germany, June 1, 2016....

India court convicts 24 over 2002 Gujarat riots massacre 02 Jun 2016 - 09:54 am

Buildings damaged during religious riots are seen in Ahmedabad on June 1, 2016. AFP / SAM PANTHAKY Ahmedabad, India: An Indian court convicted...

Offensive in Syria aimed at cutting off IS supply route 02 Jun 2016 - 09:16 am

File photo of Kurdish People's Protection Units fighters. Reuters Washington: The US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group in Syria is trying to...

At least four people killed in flooding in south Germany 02 Jun 2016 - 09:12 am

Firemen look at a flooded mobilehome in Triftern, southern Germany, on June 1, 2016. AFP / LUKAS BARTH BERLIN: At least four people...

Death toll from car bomb attack in Somali capital rises to 10 02 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

MOGADISHU: The death toll from an al Shabaab car bomb attack on a hotel in the Somali capital on Wednesday has risen to...

Hani al-Mulki sworn in as Jordan's new prime minister 02 Jun 2016 - 12:00 am

A handout picture released by the Jordanian Royal Palace on June 1, 2016 shows Jordan's new Prime Minister Hani Mulki taking a oath...

First aid enters Syria's besieged Daraya since 2012 01 Jun 2016 - 06:54 pm

The Syrian Red Cross tweeted an image showing the convoy entering Darayya. ICRC Syria Beirut: A humanitarian aid convoy on Wednesday entered the...

WHO declares end of Ebola virus in Guinea 01 Jun 2016 - 06:11 pm

Washington: The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday declared the Republic of Guinea Ebola-free today. "Forty-two days have passed since the last person...

UK announces new probe into 1974 Birmingham bombing 01 Jun 2016 - 05:50 pm

LONDON: British authorities Wednesday have announced a fresh probe into a 1974 bomb attack attributed to the Irish Republican Army (IRA) that killed...

20,000 children in Iraq’s Fallujah at risk: UNICEF 01 Jun 2016 - 05:08 pm

Displaced Iraqi boys stand on May 31, 2016 at the Alexanzan camp in the Dora neighbourhood on the southern outskirts of Baghdad where...

Xi calls for calm as North Korean official visits China 01 Jun 2016 - 04:56 pm

By Mahmut Atanur BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for calm and restraint on the Korean Peninsula during a meeting Wednesday with...

3 Burkina police killed in attack near Mali 01 Jun 2016 - 04:51 pm

Ouagadougou: Unidentified gunmen have killed three police officers in northern Burkina Faso near the Malian border, the government and local officials said Wednesday....