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Body of mystic monk in crystal coffin goes on the road for Holy Year 03 Feb 2016 - 05:00 pm

By Gabriele Pileri SAN GIOVANNI ROTONDO, Italy: The body of one of the most popular Roman Catholic saints, the mystic monk Padre Piobegan,...

Iraq building security wall around Baghdad: military commander 03 Feb 2016 - 04:52 pm

An Iraqi woman rides on a donkey as another follows close by, as they skirt a huge concrete blast wall protecting an Iraqi...

Nigeria president warns of Libya 'time bomb' 03 Feb 2016 - 04:50 pm

Strasbourg: Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari urged the international community on Wednesday to help end the turmoil in Libya, warning that it was creating...

Pilot fears blast on Somalia airliner was bomb 03 Feb 2016 - 04:47 pm

Mogadishu: A blast that ripped a hole in a commercial airliner shortly after take-off from Somalia's capital was probably caused by a bomb,...

Syrian government says unclear how long peace talk preparations will take 03 Feb 2016 - 04:43 pm

A woman walks past election posters of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad along a street in Damascus June 2, 2014. Reuters/Khaled al-Hariri/Files Government negotiator...

Arabs, Kurds retake northern Iraq village from Islamic State 03 Feb 2016 - 04:35 pm

Kurdish fighters walk carrying their weapons towards Tel Abyad of Raqqa governorate after they said they took control of the area June 15,...

Migrant bottleneck on Greek border as Macedonia taxis strike 03 Feb 2016 - 04:15 pm

Thessaloniki, Greece: A bottleneck of around 7,000 refugees and migrants built up along Greece's border with Macedonia on Wednesday after a protest by...

Congolese warlord Katanga on trial again after completing ICC sentence 03 Feb 2016 - 04:07 pm

Congolese national and former millitia chief Germain Katanga, pictured during his trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague in 2012....

Germany moves to make country less attractive to migrants 03 Feb 2016 - 04:04 pm

Berlin: Berlin on Wednesday approved a package of measures aimed at making Germany less attractive to economic migrants, including reducing benefits. The package,...

Algeria moves forward with disputed constitutional reforms 03 Feb 2016 - 03:55 pm

President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, first elected as president of the oil-rich North African state in 1999 and re-elected in 2004 for another five-year term,...

Czech foreign minister expects 5 found in Lebanon to fly home by Thursday 03 Feb 2016 - 03:31 pm

PRAGUE: Five Czechs found in Lebanon on Monday following their suspected kidnapping last July may be flown back to Prague on a government...

Lord Lucan declared dead, four decades after murder mystery 03 Feb 2016 - 03:10 pm

Lord Lucan and Veronica Duncan. London: A British judge declared the infamous Lord Lucan officially dead on Wednesday, four decades after he disappeared...

Muslim butcher's shop sprayed with bullets in Corsica 03 Feb 2016 - 02:43 pm

Ajaccio: The front window of a Muslim butcher's shop was sprayed with bullets during the night on the French island of Corsica, where...

U.S. says making progress in aircraft carrier collaboration with India 03 Feb 2016 - 02:21 pm

U.S. Navy Admiral John Richardson (L), the U.S. chief of naval operations is seen in this file photo taken in Tokyo October 15,...

Russia to bomb Syria until 'terrorist organisations' defeated: Lavrov 03 Feb 2016 - 01:40 pm

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (L) speaks to media during his visit to Muscat, Oman, 03 February 2016. Moscow: Russia said Wednesday it...

Syrian opposition chief Hijab to join troubled Geneva talks 03 Feb 2016 - 01:24 pm

Geneva: The head of Syria's main umbrella opposition group, former Syrian premier Riad Hijab (pictured), will arrive in Switzerland on Wednesday to join...

Iraq Kurd leader: 'Time has come' for statehood referendum 03 Feb 2016 - 01:19 pm

File photo of the Iraqi Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani as he speaks to journalists during a visit to Mount Sinjar in the autonomous...

10 troops missing in Himalayan avalanche: Indian army 03 Feb 2016 - 01:10 pm

Srinagar: Rescuers searched Wednesday for 10 soldiers feared buried in an avalanche in India's remote Himalayas near the de facto border with Pakistan,...