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India’s Modi faces voters in five states as reforms slow 04 Mar 2016 - 04:57 pm

State elections are important for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to be able to gain control of parliament’s upper house, where members are...

Italy confirms two hostages freed in Libya 04 Mar 2016 - 04:52 pm

This image provided by the Sabratha Anti-Daesh Operation Room, shows Gino Pollicardo, left, and Filippo Calcagno after their release from Islamic State custody...

Macedonia president slams EU over crisis of own making 04 Mar 2016 - 04:33 pm

Macedonia's President Gjorge Ivanov listens during a news conference in Riga April 27, 2012. REUTERS, Ints Kalnins Rome: Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov on...

France won't open border to migrants in case of Brexit: minister 04 Mar 2016 - 04:25 pm

"If we open the border tomorrow, what will happen? The British, who run their own border, will block them and send them back,"...

'Missing' bookseller back in Hong Kong: government 04 Mar 2016 - 03:37 pm

Lui Por one of the Hong Kong publishers that was abducted by Chinesse autorities is seen here on Phoenix TV Hong Kong: One...

Indian nurses among the 16 dead in gun attack on Yemen care home 04 Mar 2016 - 03:34 pm

Yemeni security forces gather outside an elderly care home in Yemen's main southern city of Aden after it was attacked by gunmen on...

Swiss, EU agree to extend free movement deal to workers from Croatia 04 Mar 2016 - 03:28 pm

A Swiss flag at the Euro 2016 qualifier between Switzerland and Slovenia at the St. Jakob park stadium in Basel on September 5,...

Lavrov says 'no consensus' over polls in rebel east Ukraine 04 Mar 2016 - 02:21 pm

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. AFP Moscow: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said that "no consensus" has been reached over the timing...

Philippines boards North Korean freighter after UN sanctions 04 Mar 2016 - 02:19 pm

Representative image of a cargo ship. An inspection team with bomb-sniffing dogs boarded the cargo ship Jin Teng (no in this picture) at...

Turkey’s AKP forms plans for stronger presidency 04 Mar 2016 - 01:33 pm

Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses members of parliament from his ruling AK Party, during a meeting at the Turkish parliament in...

Five years on, closure has yet to come to Fukushima parents 04 Mar 2016 - 01:25 pm

Takayuki Ueno, 43, who lost his parents, daughter and son in the March 11, 2011 tsunami, stands in front of his house that...

Israeli soldier hurt in car attack, Palestinian assailant killed: army 04 Mar 2016 - 01:15 pm

An Israeli soldier stands guard during the removal of the car which was used by a female Palestinian who rammed her vehicle into...

Honduran environmentalist murdered: family 04 Mar 2016 - 01:07 pm

Relatives and friends of murdered indigenous activist Berta Caceres protest, in La Esperanza, 200 km northwest of Tegucigalpa, on March 3, 2016. AFP, ...

Rivals rip Trump but promise support if he is the nominee 04 Mar 2016 - 12:54 pm

Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump shows off the size of his hands as rivals Marco Rubio (L), Ted Cruz (2nd R) and...

Attacks escalate as Trump clashes with rivals 04 Mar 2016 - 12:49 pm

But despite escalated attacks against Donald (pictured) Trump by his rivals on the debate state, each one of them -- Senator Ted Cruz,...

Got a problem? Try Cambodia PM’s ministry of Facebook 04 Mar 2016 - 12:43 pm

Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen looks up from his smartphone at a ceremony in Phnom Penh February 25, 2016. REUTERS, Samrang Pring By...

Jailed Anwar backs old foe Mahathir to bring down Malaysian PM 04 Mar 2016 - 12:35 pm

Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim's offer marked a seismic shift in Malaysia’s political landscape, as the vendetta between the two has seethed since...