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Deadly bombings hit northeastern Syria city, monitor, state TV say 27 Jul 2016 - 10:42 am

Smoke billows near Castello road leading to Bani Zeid during an operation by Syrian government forces to retake control of the rebel-held district...

US expands Central American refugee screening program 27 Jul 2016 - 12:15 am

Two migrants from Guatemala sleep on train tracks in Arriaga, Mexico in August 2014. Reuters/ Jorge Dan Lopez By Julia Edwards and Patricia...

Brazil's Rousseff, Lula to boycott Olympic opening ceremony 27 Jul 2016 - 12:12 am

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva celebrating his 70th birthday with grandson, wife Marisa Leticia, Dilma Rousseff and Sao Paulo's mayor Haddad in Sao...

Jordan deal with donors means legal work for Syria refugees 27 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

Syrian refugees stand at the Zaatari refugee camp located close to the northern Jordanian city of Mafraq near the border with Syria on...

Merkel faces hot summer over refugee stance after attacks 27 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

German chancellor Angela Merkel attends a press conference in Potsdam, eastern Germany on June 25, 2016. AFP Berlin: A rash of attacks in...

Turkish opposition warns govt about witch hunt 27 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

FILE PHOTO: Leader of Republican Peoples Party Kemal Kilicdaroglu speaks during the Republic and Democracy Meeting in Istanbul Turkey on July 24, 2016....

Post-Brexit immigration hot topic as May heads for Poland 27 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

British Prime Minister Theresa May Warsaw: The post-Brexit future of thousands of Poles in Britain will likely be at the top of the...

US 'must resist' Turkey extradition bid: Erdogan's foe 27 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

Fethullah Gulen. Reuters file photo New York: The reclusive cleric accused by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of orchestrating a failed coup, demanded...

Dutch on lookout for fugitive German far-left trio 27 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

Ernst-Volker Staub, 61, Burhard Garweg, 47 and 57-year-old Daniela Klette are former members of the Red Army Faction (RAF), which sowed terror in...

Irom Sharmila to end 16-year hunger strike, run for office 27 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

Indian human rights activist Irom Sharmila speaks to the media outside a prison hospital in the northeastern city of Imphal, India, August 20,...

'Unthinkable' that jihadists could hit small Normandy town 27 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

This photo taken on July 26, 2016 shows the steeple of the Saint-Etienne church of Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, where a priest was killed earlier today...

North Korea says decision on nuclear test depends on US: Yonhap 27 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

North Korea's Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho (C) speaks to reporters after attending the Regional Security Forum (ARF) meeting held on the sideline...

Man shot in Swedish mall, no links to militants: police 27 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

STOCKHOLM: An unidentified assailant shot and wounded a man in a shopping mall in the Swedish city of Malmo on Tuesday, but police...

India’s parliament passes controversial child labour bill 27 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

More than half of India’s child workers are employed in agriculture and more than a quarter in manufacturing - embroidering clothes, weaving carpets...