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Calais 'jungle' migrant dies after hit by lorry 31 Mar 2016 - 09:38 am

Agents dismantled shelters on February 29, 2016 in the "jungle" migrants and refugees camp in Calais, northern France. AFP / PHILIPPE HUGUEN Calais: ...

India has important role in nuclear weapon stewardship: US 31 Mar 2016 - 09:25 am

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (L) is welcomed by European council President Donald Tusk and EU commission President Jean-Claude Juncker (R) at the...

Hong Kong threatens 'action' against independence party 31 Mar 2016 - 09:13 am

AFP/ file photo Hong Kong: The Hong Kong government has threatened to "take action" against a new independence party and China slammed the...

Under fire on abortion, Trump fights to court women 31 Mar 2016 - 09:06 am

Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump turns away from the cameras as he speaks at a town hall event in Appleton, Wisconsin, March...

El Salvador plans 'extraordinary' moves to fight violence 31 Mar 2016 - 09:05 am

Salvadoran policemen walks in at the Quezaltepeque jail in Quezaltepeque, El Salvador, March 29, 2016. REUTERS SAN SALVADOR: El Salvador plans to boost...

North Korea in 'top-speed dash' for May congress, Kim's nuclear policy 31 Mar 2016 - 08:53 am

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un watches the ballistic rocket launch drill of the Strategic Force of the Korean People's Army (KPA) at...

Argentine Senate approves deal to end debt dispute, re-enter markets 31 Mar 2016 - 08:50 am

Senators debate the approval of a settlement with creditors over the country's defaulted debt at the Senate in Buenos Aires, Argentina, March 30,...

U.N. widens probe of fresh Central Africa sex abuse allegations 31 Mar 2016 - 08:45 am

REUTERS/ SIEGFRIED MODOLA BY LOUIS CHARBONNEAU UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations on Wednesday said it has widened an investigation of allegations of sexual...

US condemns UN call for list of firms operating in West Bank 31 Mar 2016 - 12:04 am

Homes near the Jewish settlement of Maale Adumim in the West Bank village of Al-Eizariya east of Jerusalem. REUTERS, Ammar Awad WASHINGTON: The...

UN decides against drawdown of DR Congo peacekeepers 31 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

The South Africa contingent of the UN peacekeepers in Congo erect a razor wire barrier around Goma airport in the Democratic Republic of...

UN expert decries Israeli soldier’s killing of Palestinian 31 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

A Palestinian protester on a wheelchair talks with an Israeli soldier during clashes with Israeli security forces following a demonstration to mark Land...

Opinion: How Donald Trump has already shaken US relations with friends and foes 31 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a press conference at the Trump International Hotel in Washington,DC. March 21, 2016. AFP, Jim Watson ...

French minister compares veiled women to 'negroes who supported slavery' 31 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Emmanuelle Cosse (L), French Minister of Housing and Sustainable Homes and French Minister for the Family, Children and Women's Rights Laurence Rossignol (R)...

Thousands attend funeral for controversial Toronto mayor Rob Ford 31 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

This November 15 2013 photo shows former Toronto Mayor Rob Ford surrounded by the media as he leaves his office at Toronto City...

US top court sympathetic to property owner over water permits 31 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

The US Supreme Court is pictured in Washington, June 8, 2015. Reuters, Gary Cameron By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON: The US Supreme Court on...

Islamists end protest in Pakistani capital 31 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Supporters of Mumtaz Qadri, a police guard who was executed last month for killing former Punjab Governor over a blasphemy row gather outside...

Spanish court to probe Bankia predecessor over mortgages 31 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

A statue of Christopher Columbus with an extended hand is seen in front of a Spanish flag in central Madrid, June 11, 2012....

Lebanese newspaper As-Safir changes decision; not to close 31 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

BEIRUT: Lebanese daily As-Safir will not shut down, its editor-in-chief and publisher said on Wednesday, despite announcing last week it would close after ...