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Suicide bomber kills three, wounds 27 in central Baghdad: Police 29 Mar 2016 - 10:09 am

Iraqi security forces gather at the site of a bomb attack in Baghdad's Bab Sharji district, March 29, 2016. REUTERS/Khalid al Mousily BAGHDAD:...

Pakistan's Oscar winner pays tribute to Easter blast victims 29 Mar 2016 - 09:58 am

Pakistani director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy. Reuters Islamabad: Pakistan's first Academy award winner, director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, has paid tribute to victims of the Easter bombing...

Gunfight in Lebanon Palestinian refugee camp kills two 29 Mar 2016 - 09:57 am

BEIRUT: Two people were shot dead and others wounded on Monday in a Palestinian refugee camp in south Lebanon after a dispute between...

China steel firm defaults after chairman found dead 29 Mar 2016 - 09:52 am

An employee works at a factory of Dongbei Special Steel Group Co., Ltd., in Dalian, Liaoning province, China, December 5, 2015. REUTERS/China Daily...

Taliban faction taunts Pakistan PM after Easter Day bombing 29 Mar 2016 - 09:42 am

An handout picture released by the Pakistan Press Information Department (PID) on March 28, 2016, shows Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif addressing the...

Over 700 pro-Qadri protestors arrested in Islamabad 29 Mar 2016 - 09:38 am

Police arrest supporters of Qadri, a police guard who was executed last month for killing former Governor of Punjab province over a blasphemy...

China's Xi faces fresh protests in Prague trip 29 Mar 2016 - 09:35 am

Prague: Chinese President Xi Jinping (pictured) Tuesday faced a turbulent second day of a visit to Prague aimed at boosting trade ties, as...

EgyptAir passenger plane hijacked, forced to Cyprus 29 Mar 2016 - 09:26 am

File picture of an EgyptAir plane. CAIRO: An Egyptair domestic flight from Alexandria to Cairo was hijacked on Tuesday and landed in Cyprus,...

10 Indonesian sailors kidnapped in Philippines 29 Mar 2016 - 09:23 am

A Philippine military helicopter loaded with bodies of soldiers killed in a clash with the Abu Sayyaf militant group prepares to take off...

Protests erupt as Pakistan probe team heads to Pathankot 29 Mar 2016 - 09:20 am

File picture of crowd outside Pathankot Air Base during the terrorist attack in January Pathankot: Protests erupted near the Pathankot airbase on Tuesday...

India confirms Infosys employee killed in Brussels attacks 29 Mar 2016 - 09:13 am

REUTERS/ File photo Mumbai: An Indian man missing since last week's bombings in Brussels died in the attacks that killed 35 people, his...

EU takes aim where it hurts Burundi: Peacekeeper funding 29 Mar 2016 - 09:08 am

Boys walk behind patrolling soldiers in Bujumbura, Burundi, May 15, 2015. REUTERS/GORAN TOMASEVIC By Edmund Blair NAIROBI: The European Union plans to cut...

Week after attack, Belgium reopens wounds 29 Mar 2016 - 08:39 am

A placard reading "I am alive" is seen among graffiti at a street memorial for the victims of bomb attacks in Brussels metro...

Explosion in central Baghdad kills one, wounds nine: Sumaria TV 29 Mar 2016 - 08:37 am

BAGHDAD: At least one person was killed and nine wounded in an explosion on Tuesday morning in central Baghdad, the independent al-Sumaria TV...

Honduran ex-president pleads guilty in NY 29 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Former Honduran president Rafael Callejas leaves the Brooklyn federal court in New York, March 28, 2016 after pleading guilty to charges of racketeering...

Beyonce, Easter Bunny highlight Obama’s final egg roll 29 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama high five each other after reading Maurice Sendak's "Where the Wild Things Are" to...

Twenty-five Cubans reach Florida island 29 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Cubans attend a concert by the UK rock band The Rolling Stones at Ciudad Deportiva in Havana, Cuba, on March 25, 2016. AFP...

Obama unlikely to meet Erdogan during US visit 29 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

President Barack Obama is not expected to hold sit-down talks with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan when he visits Washington later this...