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With Havana trip, Obama seeks to make history, lock in Cuba opening 15 Mar 2016 - 01:01 pm

US President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro meet at the United Nations General Assembly in New York September 29, 2015. REUTERS/KEVIN...

Al Qaeda gunmen drank in bar before unleashing Ivory Coast attack 15 Mar 2016 - 12:50 pm

A still image taken from security camera footage shows people running for safety as shots are fired at the beach resort in Grand...

Al-Qaeda threatens France and allies after Ivory Coast attack 15 Mar 2016 - 12:42 pm

A police cordon is seen while Ivorian police prepare to inspect the area of the hotel Etoile du Sud following an attack by...

US Congress calls IS atrocities 'genocide' 15 Mar 2016 - 12:41 pm

US lawmakers pressurise Obama administration to call IS attacks against Christians, Yezidis and minorities as war crimes and genocide. Washington: American lawmakers voted...

Australian journalists escape charges, to leave Malaysia: lawyer 15 Mar 2016 - 12:40 pm

ABC journalists Louie Eroglu (L) and Linton Besser. Photo courtesy Sally Neighbour/ABC/Twitter Kuala Lumpur: Two Australian journalists who were detained in Malaysia after...

Clashes spread to new areas of southeast Turkey after bombing 15 Mar 2016 - 12:25 pm

People walk past destroyed vehicles as they leave their houses during a clashes in central Diyarbakir on March 15, 2016. / AFP /...

Russia, Tajikistan hold massive military drills near Afghan border 15 Mar 2016 - 12:02 pm

Dushanbe: Russia and fragile ex-Soviet ally Tajikistan have begun large-scale military drills close to the Central Asian state's restless border with Afghanistan, a...

Millions in US at risk from rising seas: study 15 Mar 2016 - 12:01 pm

File photo taken on Nov 28, 2012, of a woman looking at a roller coaster washed away after Hurricane Sandy, in Seaside Heights,...

Two Canadian soldiers knifed at recruiting station 15 Mar 2016 - 11:57 am

Toronto Police chief Mark Saunders addressed the media outside of the Joseph Sheppard Federal Building after a man in his 20s burst into...

IS group claims killing of 'preacher' in Bangladesh 15 Mar 2016 - 11:55 am

Dhaka: The Islamic State group said Tuesday it killed a Bangladeshi who was hacked to death this week, describing the victim as a...

North Korean leader says will soon test nuclear warhead 15 Mar 2016 - 11:49 am

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un talks with officials at the ballistic rocket launch drill of the Strategic Force of the Korean People's...

First Russian planes fly out of Syria base: ministry 15 Mar 2016 - 11:44 am

Moscow: A first group of Russian military planes on Tuesday left Moscow's base in Syria heading for home after President Vladimir Putin's shock...

Somali militants seize small port in Puntland region 15 Mar 2016 - 11:42 am

File picture of Al Shabaab militants outside a building in Mogadishu. Reuters By Abdiqani Hassan BOSASSO, Somalia: Somali al Shabaab fighters have seized...

Macedonia returned about 600 migrants to Greece: Police 15 Mar 2016 - 11:32 am

A migrant tries to stop a child from falling in the water as migrants wade across a river near the Greek-Macedonian border, west...

Mass-murderer Breivik makes Nazi salute as he arrives in court 15 Mar 2016 - 11:28 am

Mass killer Anders Behring Breivik raises his arm in a Nazi salute as he enters the court room in Skien prison, Norway March...

Legal opinion backs Austria's migrant cap: Paper 15 Mar 2016 - 11:27 am

Migrants wait to board a train at a transit camp near Gevgelija, Macedonia, February 18, 2016. Reuters VIENNA: A cap on asylum claims ...

Australia gripped in endless summer as heat breaks records 15 Mar 2016 - 11:15 am

Abnormal heat condition is affecting the entire country. Reuters Sydney: A heatwave has Australia gripped in a seemingly endless summer, with a run...

'Forced labour' for thousands of maids in Hong Kong: report 15 Mar 2016 - 11:04 am

A supporter holds a sign with a drawing of Indonesian domestic helper Erwiana Sulistyaningsih, during a protest calling for better protection of migrant...