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    MAPUTO: A veteran Mozambican crime journalist was killed in a drive-by shooting in downtown Maputo on Friday in an attack that echoed the...

Forensic experts investigate a lorry in which refugees were found dead on autobahn A4 between Parndorf and Neusiedl, Austria, yesterday. Vienna: Austrian police...

US President Barack Obama (right) and New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu (left) meet residents during a tour of the Treme neighbourhood in New...

  Was   Was Alison Parker and Adam Ward, two WDBJ7-TV employees, who were killed in an attack at Bridgewater Plaza in Moneta, Virginia, on...

Iranians stand in front of a cinema featuring "Muhammad" in Tehran on August 27, 2015 -- the first day of screening TEHRAN:  Iran's...

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE: The White House said on Thursday that the U.S. State Department continues to review TransCanada Corp's proposed Keystone XL...

    Bosnian Muslims hail Naser Oric, (C) former commander of the Bosnian Muslim-dominated army in Srebrenica, at the Sarajevo Airport in Sarajevo, Bosnia and...

  ALMATY, KAZAKHSTAN:    ALMATY, KAZAKHSTAN:  Marinika Babanazarova had been director of the Karakalpakstan State Art Museum for more than 30 years. A world-renowned collection...

PARIS: From round disks to oval clusters; many galaxies in the Universe have undergone a dramatic transformation over the past eight billion years...

SAN FRANCISCO: - Apple Inc on Thursday invited journalists to a Sept 9 event, where it is expected to unveil new iPhones and...

OTTAWA:  Fighting to liberalize booze sales, Canadian drinkers and distillers argued in separate legal challenges this week against "unconstitutional" restrictions on the sale...

  VIENNA: German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday that everyone had been "shaken" by news that up to 50 migrants had been found...

ATHENS:  Greece on Thursday named its top judge as caretaker prime minister to organise early elections expected next month, the fifth in the...

Barcelona:  Catalan political parties sharpened their knives on Thursday one month ahead of a key regional election which separatists want to use as...

MOSCOW: A growing economic crisis in Russia and a growth slowdown in China that has rattled world markets mean about $113 billion worth...

      VIENNA: As many as 50 refugees were found dead in a parked truck in eastern Austria on Thursday, the Krone newspaper reported, saying...

    Ukrainian servicemen pass under a booby trap as they patrol an area near the village of Popasna, Lugansk region, Ukraine, August 27, 2015.  ...

BUNOL, Spain: Thousands of revellers pelted each other with tomatoes on Wednesday in the town of Bunol in eastern Spain, bathing the streets...