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IS blasts kill more than 140 as US, Russia press Syria truce 22 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Syrians gather at the site of a double car bomb attack in the Al-Zahraa neighbourhood of the central Syrian city of Homs on...

Infant refugee at centre of Australian hospital protest gets reprieve 22 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Asylum-seeker advocates gather outside Brisbane's Lady Cilento Children's Hospital in support of one-year-old baby Asha in Brisbane, February, 21, 2016. REUTERS, Jamie McKinnell/AAP ...

Vatican’s Australian finance chief rejects ‘baseless’ child abuse allegations 22 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Cardinal George Pell gestures as he talks during a news conference for the presentation of new president of Vatican Bank IOR, at the...

Australia resumes talks with six countries to resettle asylum seekers: report 22 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Protesters against the Nauru detention centre hang from a bridge above a freeway in Melbourne, Australia, February 11, 2016. Reuters/Tracey Nearmy/AAP SYDNEY: Australia...

Bolivians vote on limits to leftist Morales's record rule 22 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Bolivian President Evo Morales (R) greets people as he arrives at the community of Villa 14 in the Chapare region on February 21,...

Uber driver arrested over deadly US shooting rampage 22 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Chicago: A man arrested early Sunday on suspicion of shooting dead six people in the northern US state of Michigan was an Uber...

Trump supreme as White House race rolls on 22 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Washington: Only five Republicans were left in the race for the White House Sunday, and frontrunner Donald Trump hammered home the idea that...

Conditions not met for April 24 elections in Macedonia : EU, US 22 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

The leader of Macedonia's biggest opposition party SDSM, Zoran Zaev, centre, talks to the media in Skopje on January 16, 2016. AFP SKOPJE:...

Analysis: EU’s real brake isn’t Britain but Franco-German impasse 21 Feb 2016 - 06:54 pm

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (left) British Prime Minister David Cameron (centre) and French President Francois Hollande (right) take part in a meeting at...

At least 30 dead in bombings south of Damascus: state TV, monitor 21 Feb 2016 - 06:52 pm

Photo from twitter/@MilitaryMediaSy Damascus: At least 30 people were killed Sunday in a series of attacks, including a car bombing, near a Shiite...

Crowded field competes for Comoros president 21 Feb 2016 - 06:46 pm

The only woman candidate in the Comoros presidential election Moinaecha Youssouf Djalali greets people during a visit to a market in Moroni (AFP,...

Palestinian tries to stab Israeli soldier in West Bank, shot dead: army 21 Feb 2016 - 06:27 pm

An Israeli soldier takes aim during clashes with Palestinian youths in the village of Qabatiya, near the West Bank town of Jenin. AFP,...

Germany mulling military training mission in Tunisia: report 21 Feb 2016 - 06:06 pm

"The IS terror is threatening all of North Africa," German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen told Bild am Sonntag newspaper. She said...

Boris Johnson: joker mayor who dreams of leading Britain 21 Feb 2016 - 06:05 pm

FILES) This file photo taken on October 28, 2014 shows Mayor of London Boris Johnson boxing with a trainer during his visit to...

After Nevada, Sanders faces struggle to broaden appeal 21 Feb 2016 - 06:00 pm

Bernie Sanders By John Whitesides WASHINGTON: Bernie Sanders’ high-flying Democratic presidential campaign fell back to Earth on Saturday in Nevada. If the Vermont...

Scalia’s absence to be felt as US Supreme Court returns 21 Feb 2016 - 05:55 pm

Justice Antonin Scalia. Reuters file photo By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON: The eight remaining members of the U.S. Supreme Court will feel the absence...

CDC, Brazil start big study to test Zika link to birth defects 21 Feb 2016 - 05:48 pm

Representative image. Reuters By Julie Steenhuysen U.S. and Brazilian researchers are heading to João Pessoa in the state of Paraíba on Monday to...

France to mark start of Battle of Verdun, symbol of French suffering 21 Feb 2016 - 05:39 pm

People wearing uniforms of the 56th and 59th light infantry battalions and standard-bearers pose during a ceremony marking the centenary of the beginning...