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North Korea to halt search for Japanese abductees: KCNA 13 Feb 2016 - 08:35 am

Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had made resolving the emotive abductees issues a pledge of his political career. Tokyo: North Korea has declared...

Drug cartel ruled in Mexico prison hit by riot 13 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Family members of inmates react as they stand outside the Topo Chico Prison in Monterrey, Mexico, February 11, 2016. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril Monterrey, Mexico:...

Three Iraqi presidential guards kidnapped near northern town -sources 13 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

BAGHDAD: Three members of Iraq’s presidential guard were kidnapped on Friday near a checkpoint run by Shi’ite militiamen close to the northern district...

Athletes concerned about Zika before Rio Olympic test event 13 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Workers disinfect the archery venue in Rio. EPA RIO DE JANEIRO: International athletes set to compete in an Olympic diving test event in...

Student tortured and killed in Egypt given funeral at home in Italy 13 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Giulio Regeni ROME: An Italian student who was tortured and found dead in Egypt last week was given a funeral in his hometown...

‘I am a prisoner of conscience’: pro-Biafra leader tells AFP 13 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Nnamdi Kanu. An undated file photo Abuja: A pro-Biafra leader whose arrest sparked a wave of protests across Nigeria’s southeast has told AFP...

Canadian man found 30 years after going missing 13 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Edgar Latulip pictured before going missing in September 1986. North American Missing Persons Network Ottawa: A Canadian man who disappeared 30 years ago...

Clinton, Sanders clash over Obama as they vie for minority votes 13 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Hillary Clinton speaks as Bernie Sanders listens. Reuters/Jim Young Clinton castigates Sanders as too critical of Obama. Sanders says senators have right to...

Clooney says refugee crisis is huge, U.S. Muslim ban won’t happen 13 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

By Sarah Mills BERLIN: George Clooney said on Friday the refugee crisis is bigger than the headline-grabbing exodus from Syria and Iraq, and...

Ex Spanish minister testifies in televised graft inquiry 13 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Esperanza Aguirre, president of the PP in the Spanish capital region and a former education and culture minister under former prime minister Jose...

South Sudan rebel leader wants soldiers out in further hurdle to peace deal 13 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Riek Machar By Drazen Jorgic NAIROBI: South Sudan rebel leader Riek Machar said on Friday he wanted soldiers cleared out of the capital...

WHO sees Zika link proven in weeks as U.S., India lead vaccine race 13 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Growing evidence of Zika’s role in neurological disorders. “Few more weeks to prove causality”, says top WHO official. U.S. NIH and India’s Bharat...

Arab Israelis demand release of Palestinian hunger striker 13 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

A youth stands behind a wall sprayed with graffiti depicting Mohammed Allan, a Palestinian held by Israel without trial, on August 16, 2015...

Merkel's liberal refugee policy 'unsustainable in long-term': French PM 13 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Manuel Valls Berlin: Germany's liberal refugee policy which ushered in 1.1 million asylum-seekers last year is not sustainable, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls...

Would-be Boko Haram bomber 'caught by her ponytail' 13 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Kano, Nigeria: A would-be suicide bomber who refused to detonate her explosives in northeast Nigeria was identified as she tried to flee because...

Bahrain at impasse five years after failed uprising 13 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Dubai: Five years after Sunni-ruled Bahrain crushed a popular uprising by the Shiite majority, the kingdom is locked in a political impasse exacerbated...

Lavrov says US, Russia must 'cooperate on ground' in Syria 13 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Munich, Germany: Russian and US armed forces must "cooperate on the ground" in Syria to facilitate a truce and humanitarian access agreed by...

Saudi FM says 'be patient' on women's rights 13 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir arrives to the 52nd Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, 12 February 2016. Munich: Saudi Arabia's foreign...