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Five killed in Burundi market attack: goverment 12 Apr 2016 - 12:12 pm

Nairobi: Gunmen in Burundi killed at least five people and wounded seven when they opened fire on a market late Monday, government officials...

UAE joins international think-tank on education 12 Apr 2016 - 11:38 am

Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Microsoft announced that the United Arab Emirates will be a founding member of a global initiative called Leading Countries...

Turkish leader files complaint against "insulting" poem read on German TV 12 Apr 2016 - 11:27 am

A composite picture made of file pictures shows Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a press conference in Bucharest, Romania, 01 April 2015...

Thai drunk drivers to pay penance in morgues 12 Apr 2016 - 11:18 am

The new rehabilitation plan is to get home the message that driving when drunk kills. Bangkok: Drunk drivers in Thailand will be sentenced...

Abbas says 'urgent' need for UN resolution on Israeli settlements 12 Apr 2016 - 11:15 am

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas gestures during an interview in his office in the West Bank city of Ramallah on April 11, 2016. AFP...

EU cracks down on tax havens, targeting big companies 12 Apr 2016 - 11:12 am

EU Financial Services Commissioner Jonathan Hill will make the announcement. Reuters Strasbourg, France: The EU unveils plans on Tuesday to limit the rampant...

US courts India to balance China's military ambitions 12 Apr 2016 - 11:02 am

In this photograph released by the Indian Ministry of Defence on April 11, 2016, US Secretary of Defence Ashton Carter (L) shakes hands...

Russia says one of its attack helicopters crashes in Syria - agencies 12 Apr 2016 - 11:00 am

A Russian Mi-28N Night Hunter attack helicopter crashed in Syria in the early hours of Tuesday morning killing both pilots, Russia's Defence Ministry...

Danylyuk to be Ukraine finance minister in possible government: Lawmaker 12 Apr 2016 - 10:39 am

KIEV: Under a possible government headed by Volodymyr Groysman, the post of Ukrainian finance minister would be given to Oleksandr Danylyuk, an official...

Two further suspects charged in Brussels bombing case 12 Apr 2016 - 10:13 am

BRUSSELS: Belgium has charged a further two men with terrorist offences over alleged links with the rental of a property thought to have...

Cross-border fire from Syria hits Turkish border town, agency says 12 Apr 2016 - 09:59 am

ISTANBUL: Shelling from Syria hit a Turkish border town on Tuesday for the second day in a row, Dogan News Agency said. There...

Loyalist and rebels clash in Yemen, jeopardising truce 12 Apr 2016 - 09:58 am

Children stand in their house during the first day of a ceasefire in Yemen's capital Sanaa April 11, 2016. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah Marib, Yemen:...

One killed, 47 injured in Turkey car bombing: military source 12 Apr 2016 - 09:54 am

Diyarbakir, Turkey: A car bomb exploded at a military post in Turkey's restive Kurdish-dominated southeast, killing a soldier and wounding nearly 50 people,...

Taiwan says Kenyan police used force to put Taiwanese on plane to China 12 Apr 2016 - 09:29 am

Chen Ting-fei, a lawmaker from the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), speaks to the press at Parliament in Taipei on April 12, 2016. Taiwan...

Chance of La Nina at 50 percent in 2016: Australia's weather bureau 12 Apr 2016 - 09:23 am

A lake with low levels of water can be seen in a drought affected farming land on the outskirts of Canberra in Australia...

Police say 7 connected to India temple surrender after fire 12 Apr 2016 - 09:16 am

School children in Agartala pray for the victims of the fire at a Puttingal temple in Kerala, April 11, 2016. Reuters/Jayanta Dey PARAVOOR,...

Brazil congressional committee recommends impeaching Rousseff 12 Apr 2016 - 08:56 am

Members of the impeachment committee react after voting on the impeachment of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff at the National Congress in Brasilia, Brazil ...