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Insight: For Iran and Hezbollah, a costly week in Syria 14 May 2016 - 10:49 am

People inspect a site hit by an airstrike in the rebel-controlled city of Idlib, Syria May 13, 2016. REUTERS/AMMAR ABDULLAH By Tom Perry...

Mexico debates legalizing opium poppy for medicine 14 May 2016 - 10:35 am

Mexico City: Fed up with drug-related violence, a growing number of Mexican politicians see one potential cure: legalizing the cultivation of opium poppies...

Hezbollah blames Islamist extremists for killing military chief in Syria 14 May 2016 - 10:12 am

Members of Lebanon's Shiite militant group Hezbollah carry a portrait of Mustafa Badreddine, a top Hezbollah commander who was killed in an attack...

Two Indian reporters shot dead in less than 24 hours 14 May 2016 - 09:50 am

New Delhi: Gunmen shot dead two journalists in 24 hours in separate incidents in eastern India, police and local reports said Saturday, the...

Venezuela's Maduro extends economic emergency measures 14 May 2016 - 09:43 am

A handout picture made available by the Miraflores Press shows Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro during a meeting with members of his government at...

Buddhist monk hacked to death in Bangladesh 14 May 2016 - 09:26 am

File photo of Bangladesh policemen outside Supreme Court. DHAKA: An elderly Buddhist monk was hacked to death on Saturday at a temple in...

Obama toasts Nordic nations after Russia-focused summit 14 May 2016 - 08:36 am

US President Barack Obama claps during a state dinner for Nordic leaders at the White House in Washington, US, May 13, 2016. REUTERS/Joshua...

World's smallest porpoise nearer extinction in Mexico 14 May 2016 - 08:29 am

Mexico City: Environmentalists warned Friday that Mexico's vaquita marina, the world's smallest porpoise, was close to extinction as the government reported that only...

GCC states denounce Iran’s attempts to politicise Haj 14 May 2016 - 05:42 am

Riyadh: Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states have denounced Iran’s attempts to politicise Haj and using the Islamic pillar to harm Saudi Arabia. Secretary-General...

U.S. court rejects bid to make full Senate ‘torture report’ public 14 May 2016 - 12:00 am

REUTERS/ File photo By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON: A federal appeals court on Friday rejected a lawsuit calling for the full release a U.S. ...

Swedish Green junior coalition party replaces leader after turmoil 14 May 2016 - 12:00 am

The election committee joint head of party nominees Gustav Fridolin and Isabella Lovin (R) arrive to the presser at the Green Party headquarters...

Airbus wants to replace A400M parts after cracks found: German defense ministry 14 May 2016 - 12:00 am

A German airforce Airbus A400M military aircraft takes off from the German army Bundeswehr airbase in Jagel, northern Germany December 10, 2015. REUTERS/Fabian...

Political paralysis feared as Croatian vote fails again 14 May 2016 - 12:00 am

File photo of Ivan Suker, the senior deputy leader of the conservative HDZ party, attending the start of a meeting with public sector...

EU naval mission 'failing' on people smuggling: UK peers 14 May 2016 - 12:00 am

Picture released by the Italian Navy (Marina Militare) shows a rescue operation of migrants and refugees at sea, off the coast of Sicily,...

Trump denies posing as his own publicist 13 May 2016 - 06:59 pm

Protestors, hold photos of Republican Senators, rally outside of the the National Republican Senatorial Committee office, where Donald Trump is meeting with Senate...

Insurgents kill 19 seizing Syrian Alawite village: Observatory 13 May 2016 - 06:16 pm

File photo of women walking past damaged buildings along a street in the old city of Homs June 3, 2015. REUTERS/OMAR SANADIKI BEIRUT:...

Editors leave Russian media group over Kremlin pressure: source 13 May 2016 - 06:10 pm

Elizaveta Osetinskaya, Editorial Director of RBC Media Holding, attends the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland January 22,...