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Life returns to Syria's Aleppo after two weeks of fighting 06 May 2016 - 12:00 am

Residents walk near damaged buildings in the rebel held area of Old Aleppo, May 5, 2016. REUTERS / Abdalrhman Ismail Aleppo, Syria: After...

Air strikes on Syria displaced camp killing 28 as Aleppo truce holds 06 May 2016 - 12:00 am

Syrians carry a giant pre-Baath Syrian flag as they shout slogans during an anti-regime protest in the rebel-held Bustan al-Qasr district in eastern...

Polish opposition creates coalition after ruling party 'takeover' 06 May 2016 - 12:00 am

Pro-democracy demonstration at the Old Town in Warsaw January 9, 2016. Reuters Warsaw: Several Polish opposition parties on Thursday announced the creation of...

Trump and Clinton, the White House race's unpopular winners 05 May 2016 - 06:31 pm

File photo combination shows Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and Republican challenger Donald Trump. (AFP) New York: It's the paradox of the 2016...

Turkish PM Davutoglu bows out as Erdogan aims at stronger presidency 05 May 2016 - 06:08 pm

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu looks during a press conference following the central executive committee of the ruling party Justice and Development party...

Woman rescued six days after Kenya building collapse 05 May 2016 - 04:21 pm

A woman is carried on a stretcher by medical personnel after she was rescued alive on May 5, 2016 after being trapped in...

Saudi busts Islamic State fighters in Makkah 05 May 2016 - 03:30 pm

DUBAI: Saudi security forces undertook an operation against alleged Islamic State fighters in Makkah on Thursday, state television channel Ekhbariya said. "The security...

Kenyan rescuers free woman trapped under rubble for six days - witnesses 05 May 2016 - 03:22 pm

NAIROBI: Rescue workers pulled out a woman alive from under the rubble of a residential building in Kenya's capital on Thursday, six days...

Clinton may be required to testify on emails: US judge 05 May 2016 - 12:23 pm

US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks during a campaign event on substance abuse and addiction in Charleston, West Virginia, United States, May...

Twin bombings kill 10 civilians in central Syria: monitor 05 May 2016 - 12:13 pm

Beirut: A double bomb attack on Thursday in central Syria killed at least 10 civilians and wounded 40 others, according to the Syrian...

Pakistani woman 'strangled for helping friend elope' 05 May 2016 - 12:05 pm

File photo of Pakistani police. Reuters Peshawar, Pakistan: A Pakistani woman was drugged, strangled and then her body set ablaze because she helped...

Kanhaiya's health worsens, hospitalised 05 May 2016 - 11:56 am

File photo of JNU students leader Kanhaiya Kumar New Delhi: JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar, who has been on hunger strike for a...

Yemen govt urges UN action over rebel fire on besieged third city 05 May 2016 - 10:35 am

Yemeni loyalist forces and onlookers gather at the scene of a suicide attack targeting the police chief in the base of the Saudi-backed...

Trump shores up Republican unity as he takes on Clinton in White House battle 05 May 2016 - 10:28 am

US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump (C) greets his supporters as he arrives to speak in New York on May 3, 2016, following...

London looks set to elect Muslim mayor 05 May 2016 - 10:22 am

Britain's Labour party candidate for London Mayor Sadiq Khan (R) and his wife Saadiya pose for photographers as they leave a Polling Station...

Turkish assets hit as ruling party prepares to replace prime minister 05 May 2016 - 09:45 am

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan meets Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu at the Presidential Complex in Ankara, Turkey on May 4, 2016. Turkish...

City where Soviet workers rose up stays calm in Russian crisis 05 May 2016 - 09:30 am

People wait at a bus stop, with the Ascension Cathedral seen in the background, in Novocherkassk, in Rostov-on-Don region, Russia, February 24, 2013....

Bangladesh Islamist party leader to hang for war crimes 05 May 2016 - 09:07 am

File photo of Moulana Motiur Rahman Nizami, chief of the Jamaat-e-Islami, Bangladesh's biggest Islamic Political Party. REUTERS/RAFIQUR RAHMAN/FILES DHAKA: Bangladesh's Supreme Court on ...