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Corpse found in garden of Airbnb rental in France 29 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Represntative image of a Paris Suburb. Members of special French RAID forces with a police dog and French riot police (CRS) secure the...

Tribal girl gangraped, filmed in Telangana 29 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Representative image. Reuters Hyderabad: Police in Telangana on Sunday held three accused including two juveniles for gangrape of a tribal girl, who was...

Gunmen kill pro-govt Sunni cleric in Yemen's Aden 28 Feb 2016 - 06:41 pm

Yemeni pro-regime fighters patrol a street in the southern port city of Aden, on November 1, 2015. AFP, Saleh al-Obeidi Aden: Gunmen killed...

Gambia strongman Jammeh eyes fifth term in office 28 Feb 2016 - 06:34 pm

President Yahya Jammeh of Gambia, pictured here in Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast, on March 28, 2014. AFP, Issouf Sanogo Banjul, Gambia: Gambian President Yahya...

Historic deals contemplated as Ireland ousts coalition 28 Feb 2016 - 06:21 pm

People cheer as Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams (R) is held aloft with with Sinn Fein candidate Imelda Munster (L) after being re-elected...

Swiss set to reject proposal to expel foreign criminals: projection 28 Feb 2016 - 05:33 pm

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

China muzzles 'The Cannon' for criticising media controls 28 Feb 2016 - 05:25 pm

China closes the social media accounts of a tycoon nicknamed "The Cannon" after he criticises the Communist Party's grip on the media. AFP,...

Arab League chief says will not seek second term 28 Feb 2016 - 05:18 pm

Arab League Secretary General Nabil al-Arabi during a press conference after he returned from Switzerland where he attended the so-called Geneva II peace...

Pope urges united response to refugee “drama”, hopeful for Syria 28 Feb 2016 - 05:08 pm

Pope Francis waves to pilgrims, gathered in St. Peter's square at Vatican, from the window of his appartment during his weekly general sunday...

Registration of madrassas under National Action Plan to start in April 28 Feb 2016 - 04:55 pm

File photo of Pakistani boys reading the Quran at an Islamic school in Islamabad. AFP /Aamir Qureshi ISLAMABAD: The government of Pakistan has...

Militiamen clash with guards at Yemen presidential palace: Official 28 Feb 2016 - 04:48 pm

A Saudi soldier stands guard at the international airport of Yemen's southern port city of Aden in this July 24, 2015 file photo....

New protests hit France's farm show 28 Feb 2016 - 04:47 pm

Journalists work amongst debris after angry French farmers destroyed the French Ministry of Agriculture information booth on the opening day of the International...

Egypt to probe football star for funding 'terror group' 28 Feb 2016 - 04:34 pm

his file photo taken on December 20, 2012 shows former football player Mohamed Aboutrikaattending a press conference after the GLO-CAF African Football Awards...

Turkey has foiled 18 suicide attacks so far this year: interior minister 28 Feb 2016 - 04:25 pm

ISTANBUL: Turkish security forces have foiled 18 suicide attacks since the start of the year, three of them by intercepting vehicles laden with...

Egyptian lawmaker attacked with shoe for dining with Israeli ambassador 28 Feb 2016 - 04:02 pm

CAIRO: Egyptian lawmaker Tawfik Okasha was attacked in parliament on Sunday, with one colleague hurling a shoe at him and others demanding he...

Bangladesh police raid suspected militant hideout, find explosives 28 Feb 2016 - 03:58 pm

File photo/ AFP DHAKA: Bangladesh police seized explosives and bomb-making materials on Sunday from a hideout used by Jama’atul-Mujahideen militants believed to be...

France's Jean-Marie Le Pen gives stamp of approval to Trump 28 Feb 2016 - 03:49 pm

Donald Trump (file / Reuters) Paris: French far-right patriarch Jean-Marie Le Pen, kicked out of his own party for xenophobic and anti-Semitic comments,...