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Three killed in Burundi attacks ahead of Ban visit 22 Feb 2016 - 04:38 pm

A protester sets up a barricade during a protest against Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza and his bid for a third term in Bujumbura,...

Tuk-tuks trump elephants at Sri Lanka polo match 22 Feb 2016 - 04:23 pm

Players take part in in a tuk-tuk (three-wheeler) polo match as part of a promotional event organized by a local Sri Lankan leasing...

Germany fears xenophobia taking hold in ex-communist east 22 Feb 2016 - 04:14 pm

Supporters of the Pegida movement (Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the Occident) gather in Dresden, eastern Germany, on February 6, 2016. AFP ...

Turkish army presses crackdown on Kurdish militants, Europe worried over rights 22 Feb 2016 - 04:01 pm

Street vendors take cover as Turkish riot police use a water cannon to disperse Kurdish demonstrators during a protest against the curfew in...

Uber driver attacked in Kenya, his taxi torched - police 22 Feb 2016 - 03:55 pm

The logo of car-sharing service app Uber on a smartphone over a reserved lane for taxis in a street is seen in this...

Ugandan opposition leader arrested as election outcry grows 22 Feb 2016 - 03:48 pm

Uganda's main opposition leader Kizza Besigye in his car, is stopped by police officers as he tried to drive to Kampala on February...

U.S. targets Islamic State with 19 strikes in Iraq, Syria: Statement 22 Feb 2016 - 03:37 pm

WASHINGTON: The United States and its allies staged 19 strikes against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria on Sunday in its latest round...

Closing borders would cost EU 470 bn euros over 10 years: study 22 Feb 2016 - 03:33 pm

File photo/ Reuters Berlin: Ending Europe's open-borders Schengen agreement would cost EU economies at least 470 billion euros ($520 billion) over a decade,...

Indian forces kill all militants in Kashmir after 3-day gunbattle 22 Feb 2016 - 03:27 pm

epa05174978 Smoke rises from a building where militants have taken refuge during a fire fight on the third consecutive day in Sempora Pampore,...

Top commanders of anti-IS coalition meet in Kuwait 22 Feb 2016 - 03:14 pm

Chief of Staff of the Lebanese Armed Forces Brigadier-General Jean Kahwaji (L) and Netherlands Chief of Defence General Tom Middendorp (2ndL) attend a...

Pakistan to import 'game-changing' Hepatitis-C drug: officials 22 Feb 2016 - 03:11 pm

Islamabad: Pakistan has authorised the import of an expensive Hepatitis-C drug from the United States to improve treatment for the estimated eight million...

German government condemns 'cowardly' anti-migrant mob 22 Feb 2016 - 03:03 pm

People hold up banners reading "Arson is coward and no solution" (L) and "When houses burn one cannot applaud" as they demonstrate on...

Bolivia's Morales hopes late ballots will result in vote victory 22 Feb 2016 - 02:51 pm

Members of the electoral jury count votes of the Bolivian referendum in La Paz, Bolivia on February 21, 2016. (AFP / Aizar Raldes) ...

Syria shrine attack was deadliest in war with 120 dead: monitor 22 Feb 2016 - 02:26 pm

Map locating the Sayyida Zeinab Shiite shrine just south of Damascus, the target of deadly bomb attacks Sunday. (AFP Photo/Jonathan Jacobsen, Jihad Kachaami) ...

Haryana caste protesters keep up blockade; Delhi water restored 22 Feb 2016 - 02:15 pm

Demonstrators from the Jat community sit on top of a school bus as they block the Delhi-Haryana national highway during a protest at...

Jihadists cut regime supply route to Syria's Aleppo: monitor 22 Feb 2016 - 02:08 pm

Syrian government forces look at a bridge broken by Islamic State (IS) group fighters connecting the village of al-Tiba with Aleppo's thermal power...