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Nationalist Myanmar party rejects UN envoy’s meet offer 22 Jun 2016 - 03:13 pm

Yanghee Leeg, the UN’s special rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar By Kyaw Ye Lynn YANGON, Myanmar: A powerful ethnic party in Myanmar...

Britons in France divided on Brexit 22 Jun 2016 - 02:47 pm

file photo: reuters By Hajer M’tiri PARIS: As the “leave” or “remain” campaigns fight neck and neck in the polls, Britons in France...

Russian warplanes attack Aleppo areas with chemicals 22 Jun 2016 - 02:40 pm

Syrian rescuers search the rubble of a destroyed building following a reported Syrian government forces attack at the Tariq al-Bab neighbourhood in the...

Spain considers impact of Britain leaving EU 22 Jun 2016 - 02:37 pm

The river Thames passes Blackfriars bridge with a view of cranes and towers of the City of London behind on June 22, 2016. ...

In Cairo, heat and long days test Ramadan faithful 22 Jun 2016 - 02:19 pm

Egyptian cook Fathi grills chicken outside a restaurant in the Egyptian capital Cairo on June 21, 2016. AFP / KHALED DESOUKI / TO...

Putin slams NATO for 'aggressive' activities, rhetoric 22 Jun 2016 - 01:27 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin (C), Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (R) and Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu (L) attend a wreath-laying ceremony marking the 75th...

US Coast Guard searching for missing family off Florida 22 Jun 2016 - 01:23 pm

Washington: Rescuers are searching for a father and his three teenage children who went missing off Florida's Gulf Coast aboard a 29-foot (9-meter)...

Zambian newspaper shut down ahead of elections 22 Jun 2016 - 01:04 pm

Lusaka: Zambia's biggest independent newspaper has been shut down by the authorities over unpaid taxes, the editor said Wednesday, calling the move an...

36 Libyan troops killed in Sirte clashes with Islamic State 22 Jun 2016 - 01:02 pm

file photo: Reuters TRIPOLI: At least 36 unity government troops were killed in clashes with Islamic State militants in Libya’s northern city of...

Afghanistan risks "new spiral in violence", UN official says 22 Jun 2016 - 11:55 am

Afghan policemen arrive at the site of a suicide attack in Kabul Afghanistan June 20, 2016. Reuters/Omar Sobhani Kabul: Afghanistan faces the risk...

Dutch-based easyJet pilots to hold day-long strike on Friday 22 Jun 2016 - 11:53 am

AMSTERDAM: Dozens of easyJet pilots based in the Netherlands will hold a second strike on Friday lasting 24 hours after failing to secure...

India launches record 20 satellites in single mission 22 Jun 2016 - 11:39 am

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman, Kiran Kumar Rao (2R), along with members of the team, gestures as he displays models of the...

Snap election may not end Croatia’s political deadlock 22 Jun 2016 - 11:03 am

Tomislav Karamarko, president of Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) party, listens to the national anthem during an election rally at Arena in Zagreb, Croatia,...

Final Yugoslav president 'knew I would be last' 22 Jun 2016 - 10:56 am

File photo of the final leader of Yugoslavia Stipe Mesic. Zagreb: Even its last president did not have faith. Twenty-five years after the...

US court convicts two of conspiring to join IS 22 Jun 2016 - 10:56 am

Los Angeles: A US court on Tuesday convicted two men of attempting to help the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria, with...

Indonesia says has no overlapping South China Sea claims with China 22 Jun 2016 - 10:43 am

JAKARTA: Indonesia’s foreign minister on Wednesday rejected China’s stance that the two Asian nations have overlapping claims in the South China Sea, where...

China jails top executive at China Resources unit 22 Jun 2016 - 10:41 am

Beijing: A Chinese court has jailed a former top executive in one of the country's largest state-owned conglomerates for 10 years for bribery...

Peru president-elect jokes about ending ties with U.S. if Trump wins 22 Jun 2016 - 10:36 am

Incoming Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski attends a mass in Manchay on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, June 12, 2016. REUTERS/Mariana Bazo Lima:...