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Paris attacks suspect charged in Belgium, fights extradition 20 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

“’He wanted to blow himself up at the Stade de France and ... backed down’,” the lead French investigator told reporters in Paris,...

WHO experts in Cape Verde to monitor Zika, microcephaly case 19 Mar 2016 - 06:51 pm

REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE: This file photo taken on August 16, 2014 shows A girls suspected of being infected with the Ebola virus having her...

Prince Harry hopes to draw focus to quake-hit Nepal with visit 19 Mar 2016 - 06:39 pm

Britain Prince Harry meets with Nepal Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli at his office at Singha Durbar in Kathmandu March 19, 2016....

Tanzania court jails two Chinese men for ivory smuggling: media 19 Mar 2016 - 06:30 pm

REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE: Ivory tusks are displayed after the official start of the destruction of confiscated ivory in Hong Kong, May 15, 2014. Reuters ...

“Quiet man” threatens to blow Britain’s ruling party apart over Europe 19 Mar 2016 - 06:21 pm

The rancorous departure of Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith, a leading campaigner for Britain to quit the European Union, also deals...

Suicide bomber kills four, wounds 36 in Istanbul shopping district 19 Mar 2016 - 06:09 pm

Istiklal street, a major shopping and tourist district, is sealed off by security forces after a suicide bombing in central Istanbul, Turkey March...

Five arrests after Indian Muslim cow herders hanged 19 Mar 2016 - 05:59 pm

In September, a Muslim man, Mohammad Akhlaq (pictured) was dragged from his house in Uttar Pradesh state and beaten to death by a...

Britain's Prince Charles pays tribute to Kosovo war missing 19 Mar 2016 - 05:52 pm

Charles (R), Prince of Wales meets women from the families with missing persons from the 1998-9 war between Kosovo guerrillas and Serb security...

Over 230,000 Colombian children uprooted by war despite peace talks: UNICEF 19 Mar 2016 - 05:37 pm

Women who were relatives, partners or fellow militants of the 112 members of leftist political movement Marcha Patriotica killed in the last four...

Salah Abdeslam charged with 'terrorist murder': prosecutors 19 Mar 2016 - 05:36 pm

Belgian lawyer Sven Mary leaves the judicial police headqurters after his meeting with Salah Abdeslam, a suspect in the November Paris attacks who...

Europe's worst air crashes in past 10 years 19 Mar 2016 - 05:30 pm

Emergencies Ministry members and investigators work at the crash site of the Boeing 737-800 Flight FZ981 operated by Dubai-based budget carrier Flydubai, at...

From Kennedy to Obama, 50 years of secret US-Cuba talks 19 Mar 2016 - 05:28 pm

Cuban President Raul Castro, left, and his US counterpart Barack Obama held a meeting in Panama in April 2015, the first between US...

Islamic State rocket kills US Marine in Iraq: Pentagon 19 Mar 2016 - 05:24 pm

The Marine, who was providing force protection fire, died in the rocket attack at a base near Makhmur, a town between the cities...

Syria sees 'no progress' at peace talks, blasts UN mediator 19 Mar 2016 - 05:20 pm

UN mediator for Syria, Staffan de Mistura talks to Reuters during an interview at the UN in Geneva, Switzerland on March 1, 2016....

Greece scrambles to implement EU-Turkey migrant deal 19 Mar 2016 - 05:11 pm

Tens of thousands of refugees are trapped in dire conditions after Balkan countries shut their borders, many of them at the overwhelmed border...

Pope Francis posts first picture on Instagram 19 Mar 2016 - 05:01 pm

Vatican City: Pope Francis posted his first photo on Instagram on Saturday, a picture showing him kneeling down praying, on the third anniversary...

Salah Abdeslam will oppose transfer to France: lawyer 19 Mar 2016 - 04:38 pm

Salah Abdeslam (inset) and suspected accomplice, Hamza Attou (right), at a petrol station on a motorway between Paris and Brussels in Trith-Saint-Leger in...