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  Berlin: A German court Tuesday sentenced a Rwandan Hutu man to life in jail for his active role in orchestrating a church massacre...

FILE - In this Aug. 2010 file photo, former Defense Secretary William Perry testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. AP /Alex Brandon WASHINGTON:...

U.S. Republican presidential candidate Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) speaks during a campaign event at the Maintenance Shop at Iowa State University in Ames,...

File photo   May overtake 2007 floods for damage with more rain expected Aviva, Direct Line, RSA, AXA say too soon for cost estimates...

  ZURICH: A Swiss shopping centre in a town near the northern city of Basel was evacuated on Tuesday due to a bomb threat,...

Represenntative image   VIENNA: Austria has sent hundreds of migrants back to neighbouring Slovenia in the past three days for lying about their nationality...

Representative image   AMSTERDAM: A woman who won a 2.1 million euro ($2.3 million) lottery prize during a divorce has no obligation to share...

  OUAGADOUGOU: Burkina Faso’s constitutional court swore in Roch Marc Kabore as president on Tuesday, making the former prime minister the country’s first new...

    A view of fireworks in a store in Neuss, Germany, 29 December 2015. The sale of fireworks for the New Year celebrations began...

German Chancellor and leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Angela Merkel delivers her speech during the CDU party congress in Karlsruhe, Germany,...

WHO in a statement declared the end of Ebola virus transmission    Conakry: The UN's health agency on Tuesday declared Guinea's Ebola outbreak over...

  By Gordana Katana BANJA LUKA, Bosnia: Facing down trade unions and opposition lawmakers, Bosnia's autonomous Serb Republic on Tuesday adopted a new labour...

Ugandan Police was shocked at the large number of victims in a single incident.     Kampala: At least 13 people drowned in Uganda's Lake...

File photo of Jamie Briggs, the Minister for Cities and Built Environment   Sydney: An Australian government minister resigned Tuesday after admitting to an...

Belgian police searched houses in Brussels and Liege. Reuters    BRUSSELS: Belgian police arrested two people in different parts of the country on Sunday...

  Washington: As many as 58 million large trees in California are threatened by record drought afflicting the state since 2011, says a study...

  Paris: A total of 110 journalists were killed around the world in 2015, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said on Tuesday, warning that more...

  Berlin: It's every cyclist's dream: no red lights, no trucks, just a clear, smooth lane to zoom down with the wind in your...