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Sydney mom drops baby and toddler from 2nd floor window 12 Mar 2016 - 01:37 pm

SYDNEY: A mother trapped by a fire in her Sydney apartment safely dropped her 2-day-old baby and 2 year-old toddler from a second-floor...

1,000-Year-Old Indian Statues Seized From NYC Auction House 12 Mar 2016 - 01:24 pm

In this photo provided by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, an Indian statue believed to be from 8th and 10th centuries AD...

Riot breaks out at Alabama prison 12 Mar 2016 - 01:09 pm

A riot broke out at a prison in southern Alabama, authorities said on Saturday, and a local news website said inmates had set...

UN Cites 'Horrendous' Human Rights Situation in South Sudan 12 Mar 2016 - 01:08 pm

FILE- In this file photo taken Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2016,displaced people walk next to a razor wire fence at the United Nations base...

US accuses Uganda of rights violations after presidential vote 12 Mar 2016 - 12:59 pm

Uganda President elect Yoweri Museveni addresses the nation at his country home in Rwakitura, Kirihura district in western Uganda, February 21, 2016. Reuters/James...

They've escaped war and crossed the sea. Now Europe wants to send them back 12 Mar 2016 - 12:14 pm

Greek Coast Guard officers give migrants instructions for disembarking an old fishing vessel they have used to reach Mytilene, Greece. (Washington Post photo...

New find of suspected MH370 debris to be sent to Australia 12 Mar 2016 - 11:17 am

A piece of debris found by a South African family off the Mozambique coast in December 2015, which authorities will examine to see...

Teen girls charged in France over 'concert hall attack plot' 12 Mar 2016 - 11:03 am

Paris: Two teenage girls have been charged in France with allegedly plotting to assault a Paris concert hall some four months after the...

Aiming to sidestep Apple dispute, Obama makes case for access to device data 12 Mar 2016 - 09:27 am

US President Barack Obama participates in an onstage interview at the South by Southwest Interactive in Austin, Texas, March 11, 2016. Reuters/Jonathan Ernst ...

Trump's Chicago rally called off for safety reasons amid chaos 12 Mar 2016 - 09:10 am

Demonstrators celebrate after Republican US presidential candidate Donald Trump cancelled his rally at the University of Illinois in Chicago March 11, 2016. Reuters ...

Rivals say Trump's rhetoric partly to blame for protests 12 Mar 2016 - 09:07 am

Texas Senator and Republican Presidential Candidate Ted Cruz addresses the crowd at the Northwest Suburban Republican Lincoln Day Dinner at The Meadows Club...

Europe needs to plug data gaps to track militants - German police head 12 Mar 2016 - 08:29 am

Holger Muench, Chief Commissioner of Germany's Bundeskriminalamt (BKA) Federal Crime Office presents the annual report on organized crime in Germany during a news...

Singer in Paris attack apologizes for alleging inside job 12 Mar 2016 - 08:25 am

A file photo taken on March 9, 2016 shows Jesse Hughes of the band Eagles of Death Metal performing during a concert in...

European Union and Cuba sign agreement to normalize relations 12 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

A Cuban flag flies over 'Almendares' bridge in Havana, Cuba February 26, 2016. REUTERS HAVANA: The European Union and Cuba signed an agreement...

Ex-rival Carson endorses U.S. Republican front-runner Trump 12 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Former Republican U.S. presidential candidate Ben Carson (L) endorses Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at a Trump campaign event in Palm Beach, Florida...

Zimbabwe plans compensation for evicted white farmers: minister 12 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Zimbabwe Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa, seen here in 2013. AFP Photo, Jekesai Njikizana Harare: Zimbabwe plans to compensate white farmers for land seized...