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Obama campaign machine revving up to elect Clinton 03 Jul 2016 - 03:11 pm

By JOSH LEDERMAN WASHINGTON: The vaunted data-driven machine that twice got President Barack Obama elected is revving up to help elect Hillary Clinton,...

UK: Former Remain, Leave campaigners vie for Tory helm 03 Jul 2016 - 02:55 pm

LONDON: The frontrunners in Britain’s Tory leadership contest, top figures from the opposing Remain and Leave campaigns, appeared on TV on Sunday to...

Immigration control vital for EU deal: UK leadership frontrunner 03 Jul 2016 - 02:12 pm

Children play in the courtyard of an abandoned school used by volunteers for hosting Syrian and Afghan refugees in Athens on July 1,...

At least 6 dead after Russian plane on fire-fighting mission crashes in Siberia 03 Jul 2016 - 01:46 pm

MOSCOW: At least six people have died after a Russian plane on a fire-fighting mission crashed in Siberia, Russian news agencies reported on...

FBI interviews Hillary Clinton over private emails 03 Jul 2016 - 11:32 am

By Esra Kaymak WASHINGTON: The FBI interviewed Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton Saturday about her private email server when she was secretary of...

Call for release of Sierra Leone diplomat kidnapped in Nigeria 03 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

Kidnapping for ransom has been a long-standing problem for the police in Nigeria. (AFP Photo/Quentin Leboucher) Freetown: Nigerian security officials are questioning the...

Dry weather bringing people, bears together in New England 03 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

Hikers ignnore a warning on road closure due to a bear attack last weekend which closed the Millard Campground in Altadena, California on...

First woman president: How great a milestone? Women differ 03 Jul 2016 - 12:00 am

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton attends a town hall with about 100 millennials who are digital content creators and social media influencers,...

Bill Clinton offers rewards, and risks, to wife's campaign 02 Jul 2016 - 05:09 pm

Bill Clinton (file photo / Reuters) By CATHERINE LUCEY DES MOINES, Iowa: His popularity among Democrats is off the charts, he's a fundraising...

Anti-Brexit protesters march in London 02 Jul 2016 - 03:03 pm

People hold banners during a 'March for Europe' demonstration against Britain's decision to leave the European Union, in central London, Britain July 2,...

French PM tells London financial firms "Welcome to Paris" 02 Jul 2016 - 01:26 pm

French Prime Minsiter Manuel Valls delivers his speech at the National Assembly following Britain's referendum results last week to leave the European Union,...

Are we overusing the tribute of flying flag at half-staff? 02 Jul 2016 - 12:00 pm

File photo of American flags fly at half mast. Reuters By Jennifer Peltz NEW YORK: Nearly every day, somewhere in the country, the...

Burqa ban comes into force in Swiss canton 02 Jul 2016 - 11:43 am

By Betul Yuruk GENEVA, Switzerland: Wearing a burka in public places has been banned in the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino in southern Switzerland....

Polls closing in cliffhanger Australian election 02 Jul 2016 - 11:25 am

Leader of the opposition Labor Party Bill Shorten (R) and his wife Chloe (L) vote at Moonee Ponds West Public School polling station...

French poet Yves Bonnefoy dies aged 93 02 Jul 2016 - 11:08 am

File photo of French poet Yves Bonnefoy --Literature prize in Romance Languages FIL 2013-- posing for a picture during an interview with AFP...

Austria gears up for post-Brexit election battle 02 Jul 2016 - 10:30 am

Presidential candidate Alexander van der Bellen gives a press conference after Austrian Constitutional Court annulled his May 23 win following a legal challenge...