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UN pushes 'get-tough agenda' on peacekeeper sex abuse 18 May 2016 - 08:36 am

United Nations, United States: A former number two at the US Department of Homeland Security is forcing the United Nations to confront one...

Dirty and dangerous: strike exposes Haiti's crumbling hospitals 18 May 2016 - 08:34 am

(FILES) This file photo shows Haitians awaiting treatment at the General Hospital in Port-au-Prince. AFP / HECTOR RETAMAL Port-au-Prince: When a pregnant woman...

Baghdad attacks kill at least 43 people 18 May 2016 - 12:00 am

Iraqis gather at the scene of a suicide bomb attack in Baghdad's Sadr city, Iraq, May 17, 2016. EPA Baghdad: Attacks including suicide...

Mexico shuns approach by US lobby group seeking to work against Trump 18 May 2016 - 12:00 am

By Gabriel Stargardter MEXICO CITY: Mexico has rebuffed an approach from a U.S. lobbying group seeking a government endorsement for its efforts to...

Iraq’s Shi’ite rivalries risk turning violent, weakening war on Islamic State 18 May 2016 - 12:00 am

The crisis presents the biggest political challenge yet to Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, a moderate Shi’ite Islamist who took office in 2014...

Mauritania supreme court orders anti-slavery activists freed 18 May 2016 - 12:00 am

Biram Ould Dah Ould Abeid, runner-up in the 2014 presidential elections and leader of the Abolitionist Movement in Mauritania, was sentenced to two...

Lives at risk as young mothers left invisible, fears Plan International head 18 May 2016 - 12:00 am

Anne-Birgitte Albrectsen. Courtesy: Plan International By Belinda Goldsmith COPENHAGEN: The lives of millions of girls giving birth under the age of 15 are...

Self-injectable contraceptives could be life-saver in Africa: health experts 18 May 2016 - 12:00 am

REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE: A nurse prepares a vaccine shot at a hospital in Budapest, Hungary, November 20, 2009. REUTERS / Karoly Arvai By Emma...

Closure of BBC recipe website cooks up storm in UK 17 May 2016 - 06:54 pm

London: A BBC plan to shut down its recipe website left Britons simmering Tuesday at the demise of a resource offering free tips...

Fighting among Syrian rebels kills more than 50 17 May 2016 - 06:09 pm

Syrian Civil Defence workers evacuate a body following a regime air strike on May 17, 2016, in the rebel-held al-Sukari neighborhood of the...

Renzi claims victory in fight over EU budget rules 17 May 2016 - 05:23 pm

Polish President Andrzej Duda (L) and Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi (R) speak to the media during a joint news conference following their...

Mobile phone plays villain: Man divorces bride hours after marriage 17 May 2016 - 04:40 pm

Image for representation purpose only. Doha: A man in Saudi Arabia divorced his bride hours after the marriage ceremony for ignoring him and...

Ukrainian pleads guilty in hack-for-profit scheme 17 May 2016 - 04:30 pm

Washington: A Ukrainian national has pleaded guilty to charges of hacking into databases holding unpublished company press releases to gain insider information that...

U.S., Russia set to probe Syria ceasefire violations 17 May 2016 - 03:41 pm

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (L) and US Secretary of State John Kerry (R) attend the ministerial meeting on Syria in Vienna, Austria,...

Thailand orders halt to Uber, Grab motorbike taxi service 17 May 2016 - 03:40 pm

BANGKOK: Thailand has ordered Uber Technologies and Grab to halt their motorcycle taxi-hailing services, a senior transport official said on Tuesday. The services...

Brazil names Ilan Goldfajn new central bank head 17 May 2016 - 03:08 pm

Brasília: Brazil's interim government on Tuesday named economist Ilan Goldfajn as the new head of the central bank, a key post in the...

Baghdad attacks kill at least 25 people 17 May 2016 - 03:02 pm

Iraqi security forces gather at the site of a suicide bombing in the Shaab area in northern Baghdad on May 17, 2016. AFP...

India's Modi to visit Iran, seeking to boost trade 17 May 2016 - 02:32 pm

New Delhi: India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Iran this week, seeking to boost trade with the oil-rich country after international sanctions...