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Islamic State regains Syrian stronghold near Turkey border: Monitor 11 Apr 2016 - 10:12 am

AMMAN: Islamic State militants took back a stronghold in Syria's northern Aleppo countryside on Monday, days after losing it to a grouping of...

Peru election goes to run-off, Fujimori vulnerable despite lead 11 Apr 2016 - 09:48 am

Peruvian presidential candidate for the Popular Force Party Keiko Fujimori during a press conference in Lima, Peru, 10 April 2016. EPA/ERNESTO ARIAS By...

Poland's Kaczynski blames Tusk's government for president's jet crash 11 Apr 2016 - 09:30 am

The Polish President Andrzej Duda (C) gives a speech at the Presidential Palace in Warsaw, Poland on April 10, 2016 during the sixth...

Death toll from South Asian quake rises to 6: officials 11 Apr 2016 - 09:24 am

A man injured in an earthquake is rushed for medical treatment at a hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan, 10 April 2016. EPA/ARSHAD ARBAB Islamabad:...

Cambodian opposition MP arrested over 'fake' border map on Facebook 11 Apr 2016 - 09:16 am

PHNOM PENH: A Cambodian opposition member of parliament has been arrested for posting a map on Facebook professing to show that the government...

G7 foreign ministers oppose provocation in East and South China Seas 11 Apr 2016 - 09:10 am

US Secretary of State John Kerry chats with Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond following a silent prayer...

Warring sides pledge support as Yemen truce begins 11 Apr 2016 - 09:06 am

A Yemeni fighter loyal to exiled President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi looks at smoke rising in the distance in the Sirwah area, in Marib...

Earthquake off northeast Taiwan measures 5.5 magnitude: weather bureau 11 Apr 2016 - 09:05 am

TAIPEI: An earthquake measuring 5.5 magnitude struck off the northeast coast of Taiwan on Monday, the island's Central Weather Bureau said, shaking buildings...

Former Saddam aide seeks to reshape Iraq's Sunni insurgency 11 Apr 2016 - 08:50 am

Iraqis walks past an empty plinth from where the statue of Iraq's former president Saddam Hussein was toppled when US-led forces took control...

US Navy officer charged with spying, possibly for China, Taiwan 11 Apr 2016 - 08:46 am

National flags of the US and China in front of an international hotel in Beijing. REUTERS/JASON LEE By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON: A U.S....

Heatwave shuts more than 250 Malaysian schools: reports 11 Apr 2016 - 08:29 am

A child plays in a river to cool off as schools remain closed due to the ongoing heatwave in Termerloh, outside Kuala Lumpur,...

DMK promises prohibition, to slash milk prices 11 Apr 2016 - 08:03 am

Chennai: DMK president M. Karunanidhi on Sunday promised prohibition in Tamil Nadu if his party returned to power in the southern state after...

Disaster in Kerala temple kills 110, Modi visits site 10 Apr 2016 - 05:10 pm

People gather at the site of the accident where a fire triggered by fireworks resulted in damage at a temple in Kollam, India,...

King Salman calls for joint fight against 'terrorism' 10 Apr 2016 - 04:36 pm

A handout photograph made available by the Egyptian Presidency on 10 April shows Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (R) meeting with Saudi King...

Singapore PM feuds in public with sister 10 Apr 2016 - 03:35 pm

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (file photo / Reuters) Singapore: Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Sunday denied abusing his power...