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Pope calls for worldwide ban on death penalty 21 Feb 2016 - 02:51 pm

Pope Francis leads his Sunday Angelus prayer in Saint Peter's square at the Vatican February 21, 2016. PopeFrancis on Sunday called for a...

Australia issues security alert for Kuala Lumpur 21 Feb 2016 - 02:05 pm

A Malaysian soldier patrols in front of the Petronas Towers at the venue of the 27th ASEAN summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, November...

PM Cameron implores London Mayor Boris not to join EU leave campaign 21 Feb 2016 - 01:57 pm

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron speaks outside 10 Downing Street in London, Britain February 20, 2016. REUTERS/Toby Melville By William James and William...

Moderate 5.9 magnitude quake hits NW Pakistan 21 Feb 2016 - 01:50 pm

Peshawar, Pakistan:A moderate 5.9-magnitude earthquake shook northwestern Pakistan on Sunday, with tremors felt in different cities, but officials said there were no immediate...

Kerry says he, Lavrov reached provisional agreement on terms of Syria ceasefire 21 Feb 2016 - 01:46 pm

US Secretary of State John Kerry AMMAN, Jordan: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Sunday he and his Russian counterpart Sergei ...

Three journalists from Turkish state news agency kidnapped by PKK: Media 21 Feb 2016 - 01:22 pm

ISTANBUL: Three reporters for Turkey's state-owned Anadolu Agency have been kidnapped by insurgents from the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in Mardin, in the...

Moderates could gain influence over choice of next leader in Iran vote 21 Feb 2016 - 01:03 pm

Iranian women attend a reformist campaign for the upcoming parliamentary elections in Tehran February 20, 2016. REUTERS/ Raheb Homavandi By Babak Dehghanpisheh BEIRUT:...

Violence-hit areas of Haryana resemble a war zone 21 Feb 2016 - 12:52 pm

Indian Army personnel patrol following fatal caste protests in Rohtak on February 20, 2016. AFP By Jaideep Sarin Rohtak: The main market of...

Chechen leader offers to buy 'patriotic' footballer in Putin T-shirt row 21 Feb 2016 - 12:52 pm

Moscow: Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov (pictured) on Sunday offered to buy Russian footballer Dmitry Tarasov for the Terek Grozny club after UEFA charged...

Insight-After winning EU deal, Britain's Cameron faces harder battle 21 Feb 2016 - 12:37 pm

British politicians (L-R) John Whittingdale, Theresa Villiers, Michael Gove, Chris Grayling, Iain Duncan Smith and Priti Patel pose for a photograph at the...

Thousands in Japan rally against U.S. base on Okinawa 21 Feb 2016 - 12:28 pm

People hold banners as they listen to a speaker during a rally against a new US military base in Okinawa, Japan's nouthernmost prefecture,...

US criticises Uganda election, says concerned about Besigye's arrest 21 Feb 2016 - 12:17 pm

Ugandan soldiers patrol a street in Kampala, Uganda, February 20, 2016. Reuters/Goran Tomasevic By Elias Biryabarema KAMPALA: The United States has criticised the...

Double car bombing kills 46 in Syria's Homs: monitor 21 Feb 2016 - 12:11 pm

Syrians gather at the site of a double car bomb attack in the Al-Zahraa neighbourhood of the central Syrian city of Homs on...

Suspected Islamist militants kill Hindu priest in Bangladesh 21 Feb 2016 - 11:50 am

DHAKA: Suspected Islamist militants stabbed and killed a Hindu priest at a temple in Bangladesh on Sunday, and shot and injured a devotee...

Syria's Assad says he is ready for truce if "terrorists" do not exploit it 21 Feb 2016 - 11:42 am

A handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) on February 20, 2016 shows President Bashar al-Assad gesturing during an...

Seven people killed in random Michigan shootings, suspect in custody 21 Feb 2016 - 11:39 am

The police have not yet determined the motives for the seemingly random attacks. Reuters Michigan: Seven people were shot and killed and several...

Nauru asylum baby to remain in Australia: immigration minister 21 Feb 2016 - 11:30 am

Pro-refugee activist Marge Heatherington (L) holds up a placard as she and others keep vigil outside the Mater Hospital in Brisbane on February...

UN under pressure to show it can help end Burundi violence 21 Feb 2016 - 11:30 am

A Burundian soldier walks infront of a demonstration against the Rwandan government in Burundi's capital Bujumbura, February 20, 2016. Reuters/Evrard Ngendakumana By Michelle...