World / Americas

France's far-right set to make history in first poll since attacks 06 Dec 2015 - 10:58 am

National Front leader Marine Le Pen is expected to top the poll in Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie region. Reuters Paris: France's far-right National Front (FN) is...

Fuelling its growth with coal, India champions the poor in Paris 06 Dec 2015 - 09:27 am

Indian PM Narendra Modi at the COP21 summit in Paris recently PARIS/NEW DELHI: India's hardline position in global climate talks has made it...

Is climate change killing American starfish? 06 Dec 2015 - 08:43 am

Forks, United States: On the remote rocky shores of the western United States, low tide brings visitors to wave-splashed tide pools to marvel...

Oil-rich, cash-poor Venezuela in tense election 06 Dec 2015 - 08:42 am

Caracas: Venezuelans vote Sunday in tense elections that could see the opposition seize legislative power from the socialist government and which leaders fear...

At climate talks, African nations pledge to restore forests 06 Dec 2015 - 08:23 am

- FILE - In this Sunday, March 21, 2010 file photo, shafts of sunlight filtering through the forest canopy strike smoke from fires...

FBI searches California shooter Farook's former neighbor's home 06 Dec 2015 - 08:02 am

By Rory Carroll and Yasmeen Abutaleb RIVERSIDE, Calif.: Federal agents in Riverside conducted a search early on Saturday at what neighbors say was...

Jailed Venezuela opposition leader allowed to vote: Colombian ex-president 06 Dec 2015 - 08:00 am

Caracas: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has agreed to let jailed opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez vote in Sunday's key legislative elections, a visiting Colombian...

French support Sunday working, if someone else does it: poll 06 Dec 2015 - 07:55 am

Paris: More than two thirds of French people are in favour of shops opening on Sundays, as long as they don't have to...

Obama to make primetime address after California attack 06 Dec 2015 - 07:54 am

Washington: US President Barack Obama will make a rare primetime address to the nation Sunday laying out how he will keep Americans safe...

London Tube stabbings 'terrorist incident': police 06 Dec 2015 - 07:47 am

Police officers investigate a crime scene at Leytonstone underground station in east London, Britain December 6, 2015. Police were called to reports of...

Colombia finds treasure galleon, ending 300-year mystery 06 Dec 2015 - 07:44 am

Cartagena, Colombia: Colombia says it has found the shipwreck of a storied Spanish galleon laden with gold and precious stones, three centuries after...

Nigeria police make arrests over Boko Haram 'sleeper cells' in Abuja area 06 Dec 2015 - 12:22 am

Abuja: Nigeria's secret police on Saturday said they had arrested a dozen suspects linked to the discovery of "sleeper cells" operated by Boko...

Chad says suicide blasts kill at least 15 in Lake Chad 06 Dec 2015 - 12:09 am

Chadian security forces cordon off the police headquarters in N'Djamena after a suicide bomb attack on June 15, 2015 (AFP Photo/Brahim Adji) Female...

US keenly, but discreetly watches Venezuela vote 06 Dec 2015 - 12:02 am

Nicolas Maduro Washington: The outcome of Venezuela's legislative elections on Sunday, when the political left is in real danger of losing its majority...

Colombia to build museum to showcase shipwreck discovery 06 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

An example of a Spanish galleon. This is a drawing of the galleon Conception. By Julia Symmes Cobb BOGOTA: Colombia will build a...

EU solar panel producers win Chinese import curb extension 06 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

EUROPE/CHINA/TRADE/SOLAR BRUSSELS: European solar panel manufacturers have won an extension of restrictions on Chinese imports after the European Commission agreed on Saturday to...

Schwarzenegger lays wreath at Paris massacre site 06 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Paris: Former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on Saturday laid a floral wreath at the Bataclan concert venue where 90 people were killed during...