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In Venezuela, no toilet paper and now lousy phone service 16 Apr 2016 - 08:48 am

Drugstore worker Beatriz Gorostiza arranges medicine boxes on almost empty shelves at a store in Caracas, Venezuela, 14 April 2016. EPA/MIGUEL GUTIERREZ Caracas:...

Gunmen kidnap four Indonesian sailors off Malaysia 16 Apr 2016 - 08:34 am

File picture used for representation only. Kuala Lumpur: Gunmen have abducted four Indonesian sailors and shot and wounded one crew member on the...

Despite Obama, no revolution expected at Cuba party congress 16 Apr 2016 - 08:27 am

File picture of US President Barack Obama and his family with Cuban President Raul Castro in Havana watching an exhibition baseball game. Reuters ...

Second deadly quake hits southern Japan, rescuers race against time 16 Apr 2016 - 08:23 am

Romon gate (bottom R), designated as a nationally important cultural property, and other buildings damaged by an earthquake are seen at Aso Shrine...

Canada police eavesdropped on BlackBerry messages: media 16 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

A BlackBerry handset. (file photo / Reuters/ JONATHAN ERNST) Ottawa: Law enforcement officials in Canada using an encryption key have been able since...

OIC calls on Western states to combat Islamophobia 16 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech during joint press conference after closing session of 13th Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Summit...

Merkel authorises Turkey request for criminal probe against TV comic 15 Apr 2016 - 02:56 pm

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is seen in Berlin on April 12, 2016. Anadolu Agency / Mehmet Kaman Berlin: Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday...

Back to the future: role-reversal from 1975 Brexit vote 15 Apr 2016 - 02:48 pm

UKIP leader Nigel Farage (C), with UKIP Deputy Chairman Diane James (L) and UKIP Mayoral candidate Peter Whittle, delivers a letter to Downing...

EU’s Tusk warns Macedonia not to risk its EU, NATO ties 15 Apr 2016 - 02:43 pm

EU Council president Donald Tusk attends a press briefing at the European Union summit in Brussels on August 30, 2014. AFP / Alain...

US defense secretary visits carrier in disputed South China Sea 15 Apr 2016 - 02:33 pm

U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter walks down from the plane upon his arrival at the tarmac of Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA)...

Taliban launch major push to retake northern Afghan city 15 Apr 2016 - 02:24 pm

This file photograph taken on November 3, 2015 shows Afghan Taliban fighters as they listen to an unseen Mullah Mohammad Rasool Akhund, the...

Mugabe's party defends Zimbabwe leader after mass rally 15 Apr 2016 - 02:18 pm

Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe speaks during the burial of two national heroines, Victoria Chitepo and Vivian Mwashita, at the National Heroes Acre on...

More than 200 killed in fighting near Syria's Aleppo this week: monitor 15 Apr 2016 - 02:09 pm

Opposition forces members prepare to attack against Syrian regime forces in Melah region of Aleppo on April 14, 2016. Anadolu Agency / Ahmed...

Ukraine seeks 15 years in jail for suspected Russian troops 15 Apr 2016 - 02:03 pm

Alexander Alexandrov as identified by Ukranian officials lies on a bed at the Kiev Millitary hospital on May 19, 2015. AFP / Genya...

China to discus controversial foreign NGO law again 15 Apr 2016 - 01:58 pm

Demonstrator with mask of Xi Jinping mask and a banner reading release Bei Feng and Chang Pings relatives during the protest against his...

India's smog-choked capital imposes driving restrictions 15 Apr 2016 - 01:50 pm

Indian civil defense volunteers hold placards reading: 'I will make Delhi pollution free', at a traffic light during the second phase of the...

Sanders heads to Vatican, says trip not political 15 Apr 2016 - 01:47 pm

Democratic US presidential candidate Bernie Sanders holds a town hall event at the Navajo Nation casino in Flagstaff Arizona, March 17, 2016. REUTERS...

Education gains not enough to bring women equal jobs, pay: research 15 Apr 2016 - 12:45 pm

REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE: Egyptian-American community activist Rana Abdelhamid demonstrates how to hold ones fist for an attack punch during a self-defense workshopfor Muslim women...