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By Noah Barkin BERLIN: , Oct 19 (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel drew criticism on Monday for embracing Turkey to enlist its...

Bratislava: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Monday more should have been done to tackle the "root causes" of the worst refugee and...

LONDON: A 50-year-old British woman working for a London-based media training charity who was on her way to Iraq has been found dead...

        Berlin: German prosecutors said Monday they were investigating a complaint against three Facebook managers, which alleges they failed to act against racist comments...

WASHINGTON: Owners of recreational drones in the United States will soon have to register them with authorities, the government said Monday, as the...

BOGOTA: Colombian police said Monday that they had arrested a family of four, including a teenager, that were together carrying 91 cocaine and...

Berkasovo, Serbia: Croatia allowed thousand of migrants who were stuck at the border with Serbia to cross into its territory late Monday afternoon,...

  By David Adams MIAMI:  A U.S. Navy search and rescue vessel was to leave port in Virginia for the Bahamas on Monday afternoon...

By Alister Doyle BONN, Germany:  South Africa on Monday criticised a draft United Nations accord on fighting climate change as a form of...

  NEW YORK:  An 80-year-old alleged mobster accused of taking part in the spectacular 1978 airport heist immortalized in Martin Scorsese's movie "Goodfellas" went...

By Nichola Groom An innovative, government-sponsored program aimed at funding energy-saving home improvements has drawn praise from powerful supporters, including President Obama. But...

ROME:  An Italian court on Monday cleared activist writer Erri De Luca of allegations that he had incited crime by saying in an...

Protesting students   By Nqobile Dludla JOHANNESBURG: Thousands of students rallied at top South African universities on Monday in protest at plans to hike...

In this 1`965 image provided by MGM, Yuri Zhivago, played by Omar Sharif (2nd from L), is shown arriving with replacement Russian troops...

This image obtained from NASA shows Tropical Storm Olaf (C) in the eastern Pacific. MIAMI: Hurricane Olaf gained strength Monday as it churned...

Kuo Kai-Wen, director of the Seismology center, points at a map to show where a magnitude 5.2 earthquake shook parts of Taiwan, at...

People walk past a portrait of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin in the centre of Donetsk, the main city held by pro-Russian rebels in...

People walk past a poster for Canadian Liberal Party leader Justin Trudeau in Montreal on October 17, 2015 AFP     Ottawa: Canadians appear set...