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Philippines to add 2,500 troops to insurgency-plagued southern island 30 Aug 2016 - 02:50 pm

Filipino troops carry dead bodies wrapped in cloths after a military operation against Islamist militant group Abu Sayyaf in Sulu province, southern Philippines...

Three hurt in suicide blast at China's Kyrgyzstan embassy 30 Aug 2016 - 02:20 pm

Kyrgyz police officers gather outside the Chinese embassy in Bishkek on August 30, 2016. AFP / Vyacheslav OSELEDKO Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan: A van driven...

Turkey's Syria operation could spark escalation: Hollande 30 Aug 2016 - 02:15 pm

Civil and military authorities inspect the construction of a border wall between Turkey and Syria near the Mursitpinar border gate in Suruc, bordering...

Five dead in Somalia hotel attack: police 30 Aug 2016 - 02:10 pm

Mogadishu: At least five people were killed Tuesday when jihadists detonated a suicide car bomb outside a popular hotel close to the presidential...

Libya: last chemical weapons stocks shipped out 30 Aug 2016 - 02:00 pm

Tripoli: Libya has shipped the last of its chemical weapons stocks out of the country, officials said Tuesday, under a UN-backed plan to...

Al-Qaeda claims responsibility for attack in W. Tunisia 30 Aug 2016 - 01:50 pm

By Adel al-Thabty TUNIS: Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) on Tuesday claimed responsibility for an attack that occurred one day earlier in...

15 Philippine soldiers killed by Abu Sayyaf; 2 beheaded 30 Aug 2016 - 01:47 pm

Soldiers carry onto a C130 military plane the caskets of their comrades killed after a battle against Islamist militant group Abu Sayyaf in...

Rousseff: Brazil trial a pretext for a 'coup' 30 Aug 2016 - 01:25 pm

Police fire tear gas grenades at supporters of suspendend president Dilma Rousseff holding a demonstration during her impeachment trial in Sao Paulo, Brazil...

Greece still needs help to face refugee crisis 30 Aug 2016 - 01:19 pm

TOPSHOT - A child holds a placard reading "Open the border" during a demonstration in support to refugees and migrants in front of...

UN passes millions to Syrian regime, UK newspaper says 30 Aug 2016 - 01:17 pm

By Ahmet Gurhan Kartal LONDON: The UN has paid tens of millions of dollars for contracts run by people and groups closely linked...

Ireland "disagrees profoundly" with EU on Apple tax bill 30 Aug 2016 - 01:14 pm

(FILES) This file photo taken on October 2, 2014 shows a man passing by buildings on The Apple campus in Cork, southern Ireland....

Suicide car bomb targets Somalia hotel: official 30 Aug 2016 - 01:13 pm

Mogadishu: A suicide car bomb exploded outside a popular hotel close to the presidential palace in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Tuesday, in an...

Alleged drug lord shot dead in Philippines 30 Aug 2016 - 12:30 pm

Manila: A Philippine businessman and his wife were shot dead after the police chief branded him a drug lord, authorities said Tuesday, fuelling...

Bangladesh upholds Islamist tycoon's death sentence 30 Aug 2016 - 11:17 am

Bangladeshi activists who fought in the 1971 war shout slogans as they celebrate outside The Supreme Court in Dhaka on August 30, 2016,...

Maradona grounded after passport mix-up 30 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

Buenos Aires: Diego Maradona was not able to leave Argentina on the weekend because his passport had been reported "stolen", preventing him from...

Top Clinton aide Abedin separates from scandal-plagued husband 30 Aug 2016 - 12:00 am

Huma Abedin, longtime aide to Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, attends a Clinton campaign rally in Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S., July 5,...