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White House hopefuls face latest election battle 21 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

A vote here sign stands outside a polling station across from the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina on February...

Jewel thieves make off with $1mn booty in Switzerland: police 21 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Representative image by Darley Shen, Reuters Geneva: Swiss police said Saturday they have launched a manhunt for three men who robbed a high-end...

Turkey announces new security measures following Ankara attack: PM 21 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Ankara: Turkey is to introduce new national security measures, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Saturday, in the wake of a suicide car bombing...

French PM pledges more military support for Sahel to fight insurgents 21 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

OUAGADOUGOU: French Prime Minister Manuel Valls on Saturday pledged greater military assistance to the former French colony of Burkina Faso and other countries...

Italy mourns literary giant Umberto Eco 21 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Italian author Umberto Eco pictured with Canadian author Anne Hebert and French writer Jean-François Josselin in 1982. AFP, Pierre Guillaud Rome: Italy was...

Faustin-Archange Touadera elected Central Africa president: electoral authority 21 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Bangui, Central African Republic: Faustin-Archange Touadera, a former prime minister and maths teacher standing as an independent, has been elected president of the...

Russia pledges more Syria raids, opposition sets truce terms 21 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Beirut: Russia pledged Saturday to continue backing Syrian government forces against "terrorism", as a key opposition group said it would support a proposed...

Egypt writer jailed for writing "gross indecency" scenes in state-owned review 21 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Ahmed Naji. Photograph credit: Berlin ID Cairo: An Egyptian court handed a novelist a two-year jail sentence for "gross indecency" on Saturday over...

Syrian opposition says temporary truce possible, but deal seems far off 21 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Residents look for survivors at a site hit by what activists said were three consecutive air strikes carried out by the Russian air...

US judge OKs dropping charges against Iranian after prisoner swap 20 Feb 2016 - 06:54 pm

Representative image. File photo of US State Secretary John Kerry and Iran Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif By Yeganeh Torbati and Joel Schectman...

Obama begins process of picking Supreme Court justice 20 Feb 2016 - 06:51 pm

Washington: President Barack Obama this weekend will begin thumbing through resumes for a potential successor to conservative Supreme Court icon Antonin Scalia, aides...

North Korea artillery shot heard from South Korea island prompts alarm 20 Feb 2016 - 06:41 pm

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (C) attends a photo session with the scientists, technicians, workers of earth observation satellite Kwangmongsong-4 in this...

German airlines to up medical testing after Germanwings crash: reports 20 Feb 2016 - 06:38 pm

Gendarmes and investigators work on March 26, 2015 in the scattered debris on the crash site of the Germanwings Airbus A320. AFP Berlin:...

'High risk' of crucial Rio metro extension not opening for Olympics: report 20 Feb 2016 - 05:32 pm

Rio de Janeiro: Rio's mayor warned that an extension of the city's metro system crucial to moving huge crowds around during the Olympics...

Mexican woman with Zika gives birth to healthy child 20 Feb 2016 - 05:28 pm

Representative image Mexico City: A woman with a confirmed case of the Zika virus in the southern state of Chiapas gave birth to...

Syria opposition sets conditions for temporary truce 20 Feb 2016 - 05:22 pm

Former Syrian Prime Minister Riad Hijab. AP Photo/Francois Mori Beirut: A key Syria opposition umbrella group on Saturday said it would agree a...

Ugandan opposition chief Besigye rejects 'sham elections' results 20 Feb 2016 - 05:21 pm

Uganda's top opposition leader Kizza Besigye. AFP, Isaac Kasamani Kampala: Uganda's top opposition leader Kizza Besigye said poll results Saturday handing President Yoweri...