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Japan opens prison to care for quake evacuees 19 Apr 2016 - 11:14 am

Picture taken on April 17 shows evacuees in their vehicle used as shelter in Mashiki, in Kumamoto. AFP / KAZUHIRO NOGI Mashiki, Japan:...

Suicide attack injures at least 8 in NW Pakistan: officials 19 Apr 2016 - 11:10 am

Peshawar, Pakistan: A suicide bomb attack outside a government office in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday injured at least eight people, two of whom...

Iran-Saudi hajj talks halted because of visa hurdle 19 Apr 2016 - 10:57 am

Tehran: Talks between regional rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia on this year's hajj pilgrimage have stalled because of a disagreement on how visas...

Taliban attack Afghan security office in Kabul with bomb, gunfire 19 Apr 2016 - 10:39 am

Afghan security forces carry an injured security personnel after a suicide car bomb attack in Kabul, Afghanistan April 19, 2016. Reuters/Omar Sobhani By...

Three burnt to death in India over human sacrifice rumours 19 Apr 2016 - 10:33 am

State of Jharkhand highlighted in India map. New Delhi: Three members of an Indian family burnt to death after a mob locked them...

Spain arrests Moroccan accused of links to Islamist militants 19 Apr 2016 - 10:04 am

File photo of an armed Spanish police officer stands guard during a security operation at Colon square in central Madrid. Reuters MADRID: Spanish...

China, India move closer to military hotline: Xinhua 19 Apr 2016 - 09:41 am

Beijing: China and India are moving towards setting up a military hotline, Chinese state media reported, with a border dispute and tensions over...

Australia's Turnbull bets his political future on a difficult budget 19 Apr 2016 - 09:37 am

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull attends a meeting at a hotel in Shanghai, China, April 14, 2016. REUTERS/ALY SONG By Byron Kaye and...

Afghan president says several killed and wounded in Kabul blast 19 Apr 2016 - 09:19 am

Soldiers secure the premises of the Ministry of Defense during a gun battle with Taliban militants in Kabul, Afghanistan, 19 April 2016. EPA/JAWAD...

Syrian negotiator says Assad's future not up for discussion at peace talks 19 Apr 2016 - 09:17 am

File picture of President Bashar al-Assad AMMAN: The Syrian government's chief negotiator said President Bashar al-Assad's future was not up for discussion at...

With alliances strained, Obama seeks to reassure Gulf states on Iran 19 Apr 2016 - 08:51 am

US President Barack Obama waves from the door of Air Force One as he ends his visit to Cuba, at Havana's international airport,...

New York votes, Clinton and Trump tipped to win 19 Apr 2016 - 08:36 am

U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event in Buffalo, New York, U.S., April 18, 2016. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri New York: ...

Chinese man sentenced to death for leaking state secrets 19 Apr 2016 - 08:27 am

President Xi Jinping has overseen a revamp of the security apparatus, aimed at combating threats both at home and abroad. BEIJING: A Chinese...

Blast rocks Afghan capital, close to state buildings, US embassy 19 Apr 2016 - 08:25 am

A man stands inside his damaged shop near the scene of a bomb blast that targeted the Ministry of Defense in Kabul, Afghanistan,...

Jerusalem bus blast caused by bomb: Israeli police 19 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

Israeli police forensic experts work at the scene after an explosion tore through a bus in Jerusalem on Monday and set a second...

Arab League denounces Netanyahu remarks on Golan 19 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

A picture taken from the Israeli-occupied sector of the Golan Heights shows the border with Syria near the village of Majdal Shmas on...

Putin, Obama confirm willingness to strengthen Syria ceasefire: Kremlin 19 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Barack Obama agreed during a phonecall on Monday to strengthen a Syria ceasefire brokered...