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Iceland premier resigns as Panama Papers scandal widens 06 Apr 2016 - 07:55 am

Iceland's Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson speaks to media outside Iceland president's residence in Reykjavik, Iceland, April 5, 2016. REUTERS/Sigtryggur Johannsson Reykjavik: Iceland's...

Industry threatens nearly half of natural heritage sites: WWF 06 Apr 2016 - 07:35 am

Paris: Almost half of all natural World Heritage Sites, including the Great Barrier Reef and Machu Picchu, are threatened by industrial activities such...

Republican Cruz crushes Trump in Wisconsin, says party will unite 06 Apr 2016 - 07:05 am

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump talks with rival Ted Cruz during a commercial break in the midst of the Republican presidential candidates debate...

Record-breaking levels of harvest-time hunger in South Sudan 06 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

People walk through the UN base outside Bentiu, South Sudan, September 17, 2015. AFP, Tristan McConnell By Katy Migiro NAIROBI: A record 5.8...

Iceland PM to step down after Panama disclosures 06 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

This file photo taken on October 27, 2014 shows the Prime Minister of Iceland Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson during a press conference ahead of...

South African President Zuma survives impeachment vote 06 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

South African President Jacob Zuma arrives at a Human Rights Day rally in Durban, March 21, 2016. REUTERS, Rogan Ward Cape Town: South...

Obama dismisses Trump plan to force Mexico to pay for wall 06 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

Washington: President Barack Obama on Tuesday dismissed as "half-baked" a reported plan by Donald Trump to force Mexico to pay for a giant...

Rousseff says biding time on Brazil cabinet reshuffle 06 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

Brazil's embattled President Dilma Rousseff said she would not reshuffle her cabinet before the lower house vote, which is expected in mid-April. Reuters...

Green sea turtles of Florida, Mexico no longer 'endangered' 06 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

File photo of a green sea turtle afflicted by a kind of herpes virus that causes fibropapillomatosis at the Turtle Hospital in Marathon,...

Trump pushes border wall plan to drum up votes as Wisconsin loss looms 06 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

Donald Trump addresses a press conference following his victory in the Florida state primary on March 15, 2016 in West Palm Beach, Florida....

Eleven Congo women, girls say pregnant by Tanzania peacekeepers: UN 06 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

File photo of UN peacekeepers from Tanzania patroling near the border crossing point between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo in Goma....

Iceland opposition still wants snap election despite PM’s resignation 06 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

Police stand by as protest against Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson outside parliament in Reykjavik on April 4, 2016. AFP, HALLDOR KOLBEINS REYKJAVIK: Iceland’s opposition...

Panama mulls retaliation as France looks to put it on 'tax haven' list 06 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

Panama's Minister of the Presidency Alvaro Aleman speaks during a press conference about the Mossack Fonseca firm and the Panama Papers revelations, in...

Germany’s Merkel says Greece can’t have debt haircut in euro zone 06 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

“It is not a demand of the federal government to have no debt haircut but rather in our opinion this is legally not...

Pope Francis to visit Greece to highlight refugee crisis 06 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

Pope Francis speaks as he leads the Chrismal mass in Saint Peters Basilica at the Vatican March 24, 2016. REUTERS Stefano Rellandini By...

Panama Papers: UK PM under pressure over father's offshore fund 06 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron holds a Q&A session on the forthcoming European Union referendum with staff of PricewaterhouseCoopers in Birmingham, Britain, April...