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Indian student held on sedition charge bailed after free-speech protests 02 Mar 2016 - 05:09 pm

File photo of Kanhaiya Kumar, centre, JNU student union head of is escorted by police outside the Patiala House court in New Delhi,...

South Africa’s finance minister Gordhan says unable to meet deadline to answer police questions 02 Mar 2016 - 05:06 pm

South Africa's Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan delivers his 2016 budget address to the parliament in Cape Town, February 24, 2016. Reuters/Mike Hutchings JOHANNESBURG:...

Lebanon's Hariri says to keep dialogue open with Hezbollah 02 Mar 2016 - 04:59 pm

Lebanon's former prime minister Saad al-Hariri (C) is seen standing at the entrance of the parliament building in Beirut, Lebanon March 2, 2016....

Three girls kidnapped from school in Lagos, Nigeria 02 Mar 2016 - 04:57 pm

File photo. People participate in a sit-in demonstration organized by the Abuja ''Bring Back Our Girls'' protest group at the Unity Fountain in...

Indonesia, Australia issue tsunami warning after 7.9 magnitude quake off Sumatra 02 Mar 2016 - 04:55 pm

JAKARTA: Indonesia issued a tsunami warning on Wednesday after a massive and shallow earthquake struck off the west coast of its island of...

Macedonia lets in 200 refugees, 10,000 still stranded: Greece 02 Mar 2016 - 04:38 pm

Refugees and migrants walk towards the Greek village of Idomeni beside the Greek-Macedonian borders on March 2, 2016. AFP Idomeni: Macedonia on Wednesday...

7.8 magnitude quake hits W.Indonesia, tsunami alert: local agency 02 Mar 2016 - 04:04 pm

Jakarta: A 7.9-magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia's western island of Sumatra Wednesday, the US Geological Survey said, with local authorities issuing a tsunami...

Spanish parties dismiss Socialists' 'unreal' bid to govern 02 Mar 2016 - 03:42 pm

Podemos (We Can) party leader Pablo Iglesias gestures during an investiture debate at parliament in Madrid, Spain, March 2, 2016. REUTERS/ Andrea Comas ...

North Korea says nuclear deterrent not aimed at South 02 Mar 2016 - 03:34 pm

North Korea's ambassador So Se Pyong addresses the 30th Session of the Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, September...

43 Kurdish YPG fighters killed in Syria in battle with Islamic State 02 Mar 2016 - 02:40 pm

Smoke rises over the northern Syrian town of Tel Abyad as it is pictured from the Turkish border town of Akcakale, in Sanliurfa...

Philippines probes attack on IS-targeted top Saudi cleric 02 Mar 2016 - 02:12 pm

Philippine soldiers patrol the streets in Zamboanga, on southern island of Mindanao. AFP Zamboanga: Philippine authorities were on Wednesday probing an assassination attempt...

China urges U.S. to not sensationalize South China Sea dispute 02 Mar 2016 - 02:04 pm

Soldiers of China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy patrol on Woody Island, in the Paracel Archipelago, which is known in China as Xisha...

Most nations in Americas have laws that can suppress journalism: report 02 Mar 2016 - 02:03 pm

A trader reads the newspaper on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange December 4, 2015. REUTERS/BRENDAN MCDERMID BY ELLEN WULFHORST All...

New coalition commander inherits raging war in Afghanistan 02 Mar 2016 - 01:57 pm

Incoming Commander of Resolute Support forces and United States forces in Afghanistan, U.S. Army General John Nicholson walks during a change of command...

Philippine officials say China blocking access to disputed South China Sea atoll 02 Mar 2016 - 01:54 pm

An aerial photo taken though a glass window of a Philippine military plane shows the alleged on-going land reclamation by China on mischief...

Syrian govt forces open new battle with rebels in northwest 02 Mar 2016 - 01:53 pm

Forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad drive a vehicle mounted with an anti-aircraft weapon in the town of Rabiya after they recaptured...

Turkey says has hit only Islamic State targets since ceasefire started 02 Mar 2016 - 01:52 pm

Thick black smoke rises over an eastern Kobani neighborhood following an airstrike on November 8, 2014. REUTERS/ YANNIS BEHRAKIS ANKARA: Turkey has hit...

Afghan forces kill Indian consulate suicide attackers 02 Mar 2016 - 01:31 pm

Afghan policemen take position during the gunfire in front of the Indian consulate in Jalalabad, Afghanistan March 2, 2016. REUTERS BY RAFIQ SHIRZAD...