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Venezuela sinks deeper into messy political crisis 12 Jan 2016 - 06:36 pm

The opposition coalition, the Democratic Unity Roundtable (MUD), accuses the court of bias in favor of President Nicolas Maduro Caracas: Venezuela's opposition-controlled legislature...

India urged to ban FGM as women break silence on secret ritual 12 Jan 2016 - 06:26 pm

The campaign is led by Masooma Ranalvi, a 49-year-old publisher who has launched an online petition in which she describes how she was...

Afghan drug raid seizes more than tonne of heroin: govt 12 Jan 2016 - 06:21 pm

Representative image Kabul: A special Afghan task force has seized more than a tonne of heroin in a raid on an illegal narcotics...

More women in new Ivory Coast government, some key changes 12 Jan 2016 - 06:17 pm

Daniel Kablan Duncan Abidjan: Ivory Coast Prime Minister Daniel Kablan Duncan appointed more women Tuesday to his new government, tasked with accelerating economic...

Istanbul suicide bomber was Islamic State jihadist: Turkey PM 12 Jan 2016 - 06:11 pm

Ankara: The Istanbul suicide bombing that left 10 people dead, mostly Germans, was carried out by a jihadist from the Islamic State extremist...

Philadelphia newspapers donated to new nonprofit group 12 Jan 2016 - 06:06 pm

New York: Philadelphia's two daily newspapers are being donated to a newly created non-profit organization in a bid to keep the struggling news...

Switzerland and Nigeria discuss return of $300 million stolen by Abacha 12 Jan 2016 - 06:01 pm

Sani Abacha By Camillus Eboh ABUJA: Authorities in Switzerland are in talks to arrange the return to Nigeria of $300 million confiscated from...

Questions linger over death of music icon Bowie 12 Jan 2016 - 05:56 pm

London: Music legend David Bowie was famously private during his lifetime but also in his death, with a string of questions about the...

Danish right-wing party says it no longer guarantees government majority 12 Jan 2016 - 05:52 pm

Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen COPENHAGEN: A small Danish right-wing party announced on Tuesday that it would no longer automatically guarantee the survival...

Ivory Coast’s Ouattara names new government, makes key changes 12 Jan 2016 - 05:46 pm

Alassane Ouattara Shake-up comes after landslide poll win last year. PM says government has “combat mission.” Top jobs in finance, diplomacy, justice and...

Premature to speak of asylum for Assad: Putin 12 Jan 2016 - 05:41 pm

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday it was premature to say whether Moscow would grant asylum to embattled Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad,...

At least nine Germans among dead in Istanbul suicide attack: Turkish official 12 Jan 2016 - 05:37 pm

Istanbul: At least nine Germans were among the 10 people killed in a suicide bombing Tuesday in the heart of Istanbul's tourist district,...

Gabon presidential hopeful seeks to end Bongo rule, wants more accountability 12 Jan 2016 - 05:31 pm

Jean Ping By Gerauds Wilfried Obangome LIBREVILLE: Former African Union chairman Jean Ping, a leading critic of Gabon’s President Ali Bongo, says he...

Syria opposition condemns Istanbul suicide bombing 12 Jan 2016 - 05:26 pm

Beirut: Syria's opposition coalition on Tuesday denounced the attack by a Syrian suicide bomber that killed 10 people in Istanbul's tourist heartland. The...

Iranian fighter jet crashes, 2 pilots dead 12 Jan 2016 - 05:23 pm

Tehran: An Iranian F-4 Phantom fighter jet crashed during training exercises near the border with Pakistan on Tuesday, killing both pilots, state television...

Obama jokes about a Trump State of the Union address 12 Jan 2016 - 05:17 pm

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama said he could envision Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump giving a State of the Union address - but in...

Turkey PM tells Merkel most of dead in Istanbul attack are Germans 12 Jan 2016 - 05:01 pm

Ankara: Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Tuesday offered his condolences to German Chancellor Angela Merkel over the suicide bombing in Istanbul, saying...