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Brawls in Turkish parliament delay legislation on EU migrant deal 28 Apr 2016 - 12:24 pm

K Party and pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) lawmakers scuffle during a debate at the Parliament in Ankara, Turkey late April 27, 2016....

Indonesia to host talks on maritime security after kidnappings 28 Apr 2016 - 11:56 am

Jakarta: Indonesia hopes next week to secure an agreement with Malaysia and the Philippines on conducting joint military patrols on the high seas...

Cambodian soldiers behind MP attack 'were in leader's security unit' 28 Apr 2016 - 11:40 am

Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen looks up from his smartphone at a ceremony in Phnom Penh February 25, 2016. REUTERS. Phnom Penh: Three...

EU-Turkey deal only way to solve migration crisis: EU's Timmermans 28 Apr 2016 - 11:30 am

Syrian refugees sit outside their container at Harran refugee camp in the Sanliurfa province, Turkey April 26, 2016. REUTERS/UMIT BEKTAS The agreement between...

Magnitude 5.2 earthquake felt in southwestern France 28 Apr 2016 - 11:28 am

A magnitude 5.2 earthquake rattled the southwestern French city of La Rochelle on Thursday in the strongest quake in mainland France since April...

Police, Hindu hardliners halt church wedding in India 28 Apr 2016 - 11:22 am

AFP/ Noah Seelam/ File New Delhi: A group of hardline Hindu activists and police stormed a church in central India and stopped a...

China adopts law putting new controls on foreign NGOs: Xinhua 28 Apr 2016 - 11:07 am

China has passed a law imposing new regulations on foreign NGOs, Xinhua reports. AFP Photo/Mark Ralston Beijing: China's Communist-controlled legislature passed a law...

Italy to start fingerprinting migrants at sea 28 Apr 2016 - 11:05 am

Italy is to introduce the fingerprinting of migrants crossing the Mediterranean as soon as they are picked up by rescue boats, officials say....

Air strikes on Aleppo hospital kill 20, including children 28 Apr 2016 - 10:55 am

A Syrian boy is comforted as he cries next to the body of a relative who died in a reported airstrike on April...

Bahrain declared free of Coronavirus 28 Apr 2016 - 10:12 am

Manama: Bahrain is free of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV), said Bahraini Supreme Health Council (SHC) President Dr. Sheikh Mohammed bin...

Lebanese army kills Islamic State leader at Syrian border -security source 28 Apr 2016 - 10:00 am

BEIRUT: Lebanese forces killed an Islamic State leader on Thursday in an army operation in the mountainous border region with Syria, Lebanon’s National...

Twelve people detained over suicide bomb attack in Turkey’s Bursa - NTV 28 Apr 2016 - 09:40 am

ISTANBUL: Turkish authorities have detained twelve people over a suicide bomb attack in the northwestern city of Bursa that wounded eight, broadcaster NTV...

Yemen suicide bomber targets Aden police chief 28 Apr 2016 - 09:34 am

Aden: A suicide bomber targeted the police chief of Yemen's second city Aden on Thursday in the latest attack against senior officials in...

Israel imposes full closure on West Bank 28 Apr 2016 - 09:22 am

A Palestinian man sits atop the rubble of a house which was destroyed by Israeli troops during an Israeli raid in the West...

Australia data shows gun controls a huge success 20 years after mass shooting 28 Apr 2016 - 09:09 am

Guns that have just had their barrels crushed in Sydney are stacked after they were handed over on the last day of the...

China won't allow chaos or war on Korean peninsula: Xi 28 Apr 2016 - 08:56 am

Chinese President Xi Jinping shakes hands with guests after delivering a speech at the opening ceremony of the fifth regular foreign ministers' meeting...