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Pakistan military admits IS presence in country 01 Sep 2016 - 04:33 pm

File photo of a Pakistani flag on a mast as paramilitary Frontier Corps soldiers talk while guarding. Reuters Rawalpindi, Pakistan: Pakistan's military on...

Canada to open seven new visa centres in China 01 Sep 2016 - 02:38 pm

Beijing: The Canadian government will open seven additional visa application centres in China to help serve a growing number of Chinese tourists who...

Syria rebels make gains in major Hama offensive: monitor 01 Sep 2016 - 02:16 pm

Syrians fleeing from the town of Souran, in northern Hama, drive past burning vehicles on September 1, 2016, after fighters from the Jund...

Indonesia Warns Over Zika Risk in Singapore 01 Sep 2016 - 01:51 pm

Health workers fumigate the area to eradicate mosquitoes that spread diseases such as Aedes aegypti, Zika virus and other dangerous diseases or viruses...

Refugee in Germany dies while trying to burn his wife alive 01 Sep 2016 - 01:48 pm

Berlin: A refugee in a German shelter died Thursday while trying to set his wife on fire, leaving the woman seriously injured and...

Powerful militia storms out of Myanmar peace talks 01 Sep 2016 - 01:42 pm

Naypyidaw, Myanmar: Delegates from one of Myanmar's most heavily armed ethnic groups stormed out of peace talks on Thursday in an early blow...

25 palestinian journalists imprisoned by Israel 01 Sep 2016 - 01:19 pm

Ramallah: The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that Israel is holding captive 25 Palestinian journalists, including seven who are imprisoned under arbitrary...

End Syria's bloodshed, says father of dead toddler Aylan 01 Sep 2016 - 01:14 pm

(FILES) This file photo taken on September 6, 2015 shows Abdullah Kurdi, father of three-year-old Aylan Kurdi (also know as Aylan Shenu) who...

Pink Floyd exhibition in London to blend music and art 01 Sep 2016 - 12:00 am

Nick Mason of Pink Floyd poses for a photograph in front of the band's iconic inflatable pig at the Victoria and Albert Museum,...

Brazil's Senate strips Rousseff of presidency 01 Sep 2016 - 12:00 am

Senator Fernando Collor speaks during the final session of voting on suspended Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff's impeachment trial in Brasilia, Brazil, August 31,...

Obama leaves Washington for final G20 summit 01 Sep 2016 - 12:00 am

U.S. President Barack Obama waves as he boards Air Force One for travel to deliver speeches on climate change in Nevada and Hawaii,...

Syrian rebels advance further towards government-held Hama city 01 Sep 2016 - 12:00 am

The town of Soran BEIRUT: Syrian rebels advanced further towards government-held Hama city on Wednesday, capturing a town in an offensive that threatens...

Brazil's Senate decides not to bar Rousseff from public office 01 Sep 2016 - 12:00 am

Supporters of Brazilian suspended President Dilma Rousseff follow the Senate's session as it votes on stripping her of the presidency in a traumatic...

Biden thanks Barzani for Kurdish fight against Islamic State 01 Sep 2016 - 12:00 am

WASHINGTON: U.S. Vice President Joe Biden thanked the President of the Iraqi Kurdish Region Masoud Barzani for Kurdish commitment in the fight against...

First commercial flight from US since 1961 arrives in Cuba 31 Aug 2016 - 06:09 pm

Passengers check-in for the jetBlue flight to Cuba on August 31, 2016 at Fort Lauderdale National Airport in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Cuba and...

Apple tax bill undermines transatlantic cooperation, Lew says 31 Aug 2016 - 06:08 pm

Apple Operations International, a subsidiary of Apple Inc, is seen in Hollyhill, Cork, in the south of Ireland August 30, 2016. REUTERS/Stringer Washington: ...