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Obama departs US for historic Cuba visit 21 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama board Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland on March 20,...

Trump defends 'spirited' campaign chief after rally violence 20 Mar 2016 - 06:22 pm

A supporter wears a mask depicting Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump during a campaign rally by Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Bernie Sanders...

Russia: Black boxes from plane crash site are badly damaged 20 Mar 2016 - 06:13 pm

A flight recorder from the crashed Boeing 737-800 Flight FZ981 operated by Dubai-based budget carrier Flydubai, is seen in Moscow, Russia, in this...

Brazil business world bets on Rousseff exit 20 Mar 2016 - 06:12 pm

Demonstrators attend a protest calling for the impeachment of Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff at Paulista Avenue in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in this December...

Zanzibar holds election re-run 20 Mar 2016 - 05:58 pm

Voting began in Zanzibar on March 20 with security tight and an opposition boycott in place for the re-run of October's election in...

Migrants still arriving as EU-Turkey deal enters force 20 Mar 2016 - 03:53 pm

A rescue boat (L) shines a light on a dinghy carrying refugees and migrants as it approaches the shore near the city of...

Southern Russian city grieves after jet crash kills 62 20 Mar 2016 - 03:41 pm

Russian people pay their last respect at a memorial place at the airport of Rostov-on-Don to the victims of the FlyDubai plane crash,...

UNESCO adds 20 new sites to list of biosphere reserves 20 Mar 2016 - 03:24 pm

Isla Cozumel Mexico Lima: The United Nation's cultural body UNESCO has added 20 new sites to its network of protected biosphere nature reserves,...

Paris attacks suspect Abdeslam spends first night in jail 20 Mar 2016 - 02:46 pm

Paris attacks fugitive Salah Abdeslam woke up behind bars on March 20, 2016 after spending his first night in jail on charges of...

Kenya army says killed 34 Shebab in Somalia firefights 20 Mar 2016 - 02:24 pm

Nairobi: The Kenyan military said Sunday it killed 34 Islamic insurgents in two separate battles in neighbouring Somalia this weekend. Military spokesman David...

Thinker, soldier, business boss: many faces of Germany's anti-immigrant AfD 20 Mar 2016 - 02:19 pm

Chairwoman of the anti-immigration party Alternative for Germany (AfD) Frauke Petry (2nd R), and AfD candidates Uwe Junge in Rhineland-Palatinate, Andre Poggenburg in...

Brazil's restive rich draft a duck to protest president 20 Mar 2016 - 02:03 pm

People demonstrate against Brazilian former president (2003-2011) Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in Sao Paulo, Brazil on March 19 2016. AFP PHOTO /...

14 killed as bus carrying foreign students crashes in Spain: regional official 20 Mar 2016 - 01:49 pm

Pic: 324 TV Barcelona: Fourteen people were killed and 43 injured on Sunday when a bus carrying foreign students crashed in northeastern Spain,...

Congo presidential election opens under communications blackout 20 Mar 2016 - 01:33 pm

Republic of Congo President Denis Sassou Nguesso votes at a polling station in Brazzaville, Congo, October 25, 2015. REUTERS/ROCH BAKU By Aaron Ross...

Merkel takes high-risk bet on Turkey in refugee crisis 20 Mar 2016 - 01:26 pm

Turkey's Prime minister Ahmet Davutoglu (C) talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) and Britain Prime minister David Cameron (L) during the European...

U.N. staffers pull out of Western Sahara mission - state media 20 Mar 2016 - 01:19 pm

RABAT: Dozens of United Nations international staffers pulled out of their Western Sahara mission on Sunday after Morocco demanded they leave because of ...

Swedish newspaper websites shut down in hacker attack 20 Mar 2016 - 01:15 pm

Stockholm: The online editions of Sweden's main newspapers were knocked out for several hours by unidentified hackers at the weekend, police said Sunday...