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Russian opposition leader Navalny hit by cake attack 25 Feb 2016 - 03:57 pm

Alexei Navalny has fearlessly exposed the corruption of Russian elites. AFP /Dmitry Serebryakov Moscow: Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny on Thursday said attackers...

Pakistan rights activists praise historic women's bill 25 Feb 2016 - 03:04 pm

Pakistani women browsing books at the Lahore Literary Festival in Lahore. (AFP / Ahmed Riaz) Lahore, Pakistan: Activists Thursday hailed the passing of...

Teenager near Tokyo found to have Zika virus after return from Brazil - NHK 25 Feb 2016 - 02:14 pm

TOKYO: A male teenager near Tokyo was found to have been infected with Zika virus after a visit to Brazil, Japan's first case...

Mortar attack kills four in Somali capital - Police 25 Feb 2016 - 02:11 pm

MOGADISHU: A mortar attack near Somalia's parliament building in the capital Mogadishu killed four people and injured eight others, police said on Thursday,...

Trump vs Rubio and Cruz at Houston Republican debate 25 Feb 2016 - 02:04 pm

A combination photo shows US Republican presidential candidates Marco Rubio (L) in North Las Vegas, Nevada, Donald Trump in Spartanburg, South Carolina, and...

Deporting foreigners for breaking the law is hot issue as Swiss ready for polls 25 Feb 2016 - 02:00 pm

Backlit posters of the right-wing populist Swiss People's Party (SVP) that translate from German as "Finally Create Security" to advertise their initiative for...

Prabhu spares fare, freight rate hikes, focuses on passenger comfort 25 Feb 2016 - 01:44 pm

People board a passenger train at a railway station in New Delhi, India, February 25, 2016. Reuters/Anindito Mukherjee New Delhi: Sparing fare and...

Syria truce 'not binding' for Turkey if security threatened: PM 25 Feb 2016 - 01:28 pm

Turkish Prime Minister and the leader of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) Ahmet Davutoglu delivers a speech during a party's meeting at...

India's first rail-auto logistics hub in Chennai soon: Prabhu 25 Feb 2016 - 01:22 pm

Passengers wait for their train to depart at a railway station in Amritsar on February 25, 2016, as the annual Railways Budget is...

Iran's election: Voting figures and methods 25 Feb 2016 - 11:17 am

Tehran: Iranians are voting Friday to elect 290 members of parliament and 88 members of the Assembly of Experts, a panel of clerics...

Iran election field narrows to fewer than 5,000 hopefuls 25 Feb 2016 - 10:51 am

An Iranian student holds a picture of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during the anniversary ceremony of Iran's Islamic Revolution in Behesht...

Pakistan begins 'last phase' of militant offensive 25 Feb 2016 - 10:18 am

Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif. AFP Islamabad: Pakistan has begun the "last phase" of a bloody operation targeting militants in the...

Australian icebreaker runs aground in Antarctica 25 Feb 2016 - 10:05 am

A photo taken on 25 February, 2016, received from the Australian Antarctic Division shows Australia's flagship icebreaker the Aurora Australis running aground at...

Tens of thousands of Fijians homeless after cyclone - disaster agency 25 Feb 2016 - 09:48 am

A Unicef handout photo taken on February 24, 2016 shows a woman holding her son in the remnants of her house after Cyclone...

Emergency workers find bodies of Nepal plane crash victims 25 Feb 2016 - 09:19 am

Wreckage of Twin Otter plane, operated by private Tara Air, is pictured after it crashed due to bad weather, in Myagdi, Nepal, February...

Rubio and Cruz, 'Latino' candidates at odds with their own community 25 Feb 2016 - 08:27 am

Washington: Two Republicans of Hispanic descent who take a hard line on immigration are running for the White House this year, an irony...

Australia warns of 'advanced' Indonesia terror threat 25 Feb 2016 - 08:18 am

Sydney: Australia on Thursday warned that terrorists might be in the "advanced stages of preparing attacks" in Indonesia and advised travellers to take...