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Danish parliament adopts controversial reforms on asylum seekers 27 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Denmark's Minister of Immigration and Integration Inger Stojberg listen to the debate in the Danish Parliament regarding a proposal on changing of the...

Could Bloomberg upend the White House race? 27 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Former mayor of New York Michael Bloomberg and Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo at the COP21 United Nations conference on climate change in...

Remove 'Berlin Wall' blocking Syria aid: humanitarian chief 27 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Geneva: Warring Syrian parties expected in Geneva for peace talks this week must agree to "tear down the Berlin Wall" blocking aid workers...

Cabbies block roads as France faces multiple strikes 27 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

axi cars are parked near the Prefecture in Bordeaux, southwestern France, on January 26, 2016, to protest against competition from taxi app company...

One dead in mudslide at French nuclear waste site 27 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Bure, France: One person was killed on Tuesday in a mudslide at a laboratory of France's national nuclear waste management agency in the...

'Active shooter' reported at San Diego military hospital: official 27 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Los Angeles: An "active shooter" was reported at a San Diego military hospital Tuesday, the facility said on its official Facebook page. "An...

Trump's wife remains private despite prospect of presidency 26 Jan 2016 - 06:05 pm

Donald Trump and his wife, Melania. WASHINGTON: First lady Melania Trump. If that prospect evokes no clear image, that's no accident. Donald Trump's...

Bemused man set off Rome security alert with toy gun 26 Jan 2016 - 05:59 pm

For representational purpose only. ROME: A man who unwittingly caused a major alert at Rome's central station by wandering through the terminus holding...

Uganda marks Museveni's 30-year rule ahead of polls 26 Jan 2016 - 04:29 pm

A supporter of Uganda political party National Resistance Movement (NRM) speaks on a cellphone next to a poster of President and NRM presidential...

Swedish rights activist held in China returns home 26 Jan 2016 - 04:23 pm

This undated photo at an undisclosed location provided to AFP by the 'Chinese Urgent Action Working Group' shows Swedish human rights activist Peter...

'Black Tuesday' as France grapples with taxi, aviation strikes 26 Jan 2016 - 03:36 pm

Taxi drivers take part in a demonstration against VTCs (transport vehicles with chauffeur) at the Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport in Roissy-en-France, outside Paris, on January...

Vietnam party retains key policymakers, cabinet posts not guaranteed 26 Jan 2016 - 03:19 pm

A delegate (C) casts his vote in a ballot box while other delegates wait for their turn, during the 12th National Congress of...

Paris lycees evacuated after 5 receive bomb threat 26 Jan 2016 - 03:13 pm

PARIS: Police intervened at Paris high schools on Tuesday after five of them received a bomb threat by telephone around mid-morning, the Paris...

Kerry urges vigorous political debate in Cambodia ahead of 2018 vote 26 Jan 2016 - 01:42 pm

US Secretary of State John Kerry (C) holds up an "I love Cambodia" T-shirt that he bought for his grandchild as he walks...

Russia says Syrian strikes have helped 'turn around' situation 26 Jan 2016 - 01:06 pm

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (C) holds his annual press conference in Moscow, on January 26, 2016. AFP / ALEXANDER NEMENOV Moscow: Air...

Poland likely to scrap $3 bln Airbus helicopter deal: Report 26 Jan 2016 - 11:25 am

A flight test engineer holds an Airbus Group flag after the first flight of the Airbus A320neo in Colomiers, southwestern France. Reuters/Regis Duvignau ...

Suicide bombers kill 32, wound dozens in northern Cameroon 26 Jan 2016 - 10:04 am

Along with Nigeria, Niger, Chad and Benin, Cameroon is part of a regional military force fighting Boko Haram jihadists in west Africa. (AFP/Reinnier...