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Five dead in US mall shooting, gunman on the run 24 Sep 2016 - 07:31 pm

Los Angeles: Police searched Saturday for a shooter who killed five people at a shopping mall in the US state of Washington in...

Anti-Trump campaigners tear down cardboard wall at Brandenburg Gate 23 Sep 2016 - 05:25 pm

Activists from the online campaign group Avaaz tore down a cardboard wall near the site of the former Berlin Wall on Friday to...

Some 60 Canada schools, universities evacuated over threat 21 Sep 2016 - 06:16 pm

Montreal: Some 60 schools and universities in eastern Canada were evacuated Wednesday over a series of threats, including an anonymous bomb threat received...

12 officers hurt in N. Carolina protests after fatal police shooting 21 Sep 2016 - 09:47 am

Police officers wearing riot gear block a road during protests after police fatally shot Keith Lamont Scott in the parking lot of an...

Brexit prompts some Jewish Britons to reconcile with German roots 21 Sep 2016 - 08:45 am

London rabbi Julia Neuberger poses for a photograph with the old German passport of her grandmother, Hermine Sara Rosenthal, at the West London...

"L.A. Confidential" director Curtis Hanson found dead at California home 21 Sep 2016 - 08:37 am

Director Curtis Hanson participates in the HBO panel for the film "Too Big to Fail" during the Television Critics Association winter press tour...

Refugee arrivals in Mediterranean surpass 300,000 20 Sep 2016 - 05:44 pm

GENEVA: The United Nations on Tuesday warned this year was expected to be the deadliest on record for refugees in the Mediterranean Sea...

Ban Ki-moon makes final appeal for action on Syria, climate 20 Sep 2016 - 05:13 pm

U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon addresses the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters, September 20, 2016 in New York City.Drew Angerer/AFP United...

At least 37 killed by Congo security forces in two days of violence 20 Sep 2016 - 04:59 pm

Flares are launched by DRCongo Police forces during a demonstration in Goma on September 19, 2016. AFP / Mustafa MULOPWE DAKAR: Human Rights...

'Brexit will cost us jobs' warns Dutch king 20 Sep 2016 - 04:40 pm

Dutch King Willem-Alexander stands after delivering a speech from the throne next to Queen Maxima waving in the Ridderzaal (Knights' Hall) during the...

Work starts on wall near Calais' 'Jungle' migrant camp 20 Sep 2016 - 03:37 pm

Workers dig foundations of a wall along the road leading to the harbour of Calais, northern France on September 20, 2016 to stop...

"Serious concern" in Somalia as 5 mln go hungry: UN 20 Sep 2016 - 02:59 pm

Civilians walk near the site of a suicide car bomb attack, which killed a top Somaliageneral along with four of his security guards,...

Refugees trying to reach Greece via Aegean on rise 20 Sep 2016 - 02:54 pm

Migrants queue next to burned tents at the Moria camp on the Greek island of Lesbos, following the overnight fire on September 20,...

Trump son compares Syrian refugees to poisoned candies 20 Sep 2016 - 12:22 pm

Washington: Donald Trump's eldest son triggered an online storm with a tweet comparing Syrian refugees to a bowl containing an assortment of tainted...

Thousands flee Greek migrant camp fire as tensions flare 20 Sep 2016 - 10:54 am

A migrant is covered with a blanket after a fire at the Moria migrant camp on the island of Lesbos, Greece, September 19,...

Weakness at home hobbles once-powerful Merkel in Europe 20 Sep 2016 - 09:43 am

German Chancellor and chairwomen of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Angela Merkel addressing a news conference in Berlin, Germany, September 19, 2016. REUTERS/Fabrizio...

US, China to step up cooperation on North Korea 20 Sep 2016 - 08:35 am

File picture of US President Barack Obama and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang during their meeting in the Great Hall of the People in...

17 killed, including 3 police, in Kinshasa clashes 19 Sep 2016 - 06:37 pm

Congolese opposition supporters chant slogans during a march to press President Joseph Kabila to step down in the Democratic Republic of Congo's capital...