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Congo's Sassou Nguesso to seek third term in March vote 26 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Pope in a recent meeting with Jews Vatican City: Pope Francis will celebrate the 500th anniversary of the Reformation by attending an ecumenical...

Refugee centre worker stabbed to death by migrant in Sweden 26 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Stockholm: A young asylum seeker on Monday allegedly stabbed to death an employee at a refugee centre in Sweden as police demanded more...

Rome station evacuated after shooter alert 26 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Rome: Rome's main train station was evacuated on Monday evening after railway police said they had received an alert that an armed man...

US Treasury official calls Russia’s Putin corrupt: BBC 26 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

WASHINGTON: A U.S. Treasury official said the United States considers Russian President Vladimir Putin to be corrupt and that it has known this...

UN presses South Sudan rivals to resolve differences 26 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

The two sides missed a January 22 deadline for forming the transitional government after rebels rejected South Sudab President Salva Kiir's (pictured) creation...

China releases Swedish rights activist: Stockholm 26 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Stockholm: A Swedish human rights activist detained earlier this month by China for allegedly posing a threat to national security, has been released,...

Nearly 10,000 displaced by clashes in Sudan's Darfur: UN 26 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Khartoum: Clashes between Sudanese forces and rebels in conflict-hit Darfur have forced some 10,000 people to flee their homes, the UN-African Union mission...

New trial opens in Costa Rica environmentalist's murder 26 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Costa Rican environmental activist Jairo Mora. Photograph: Carlyn Samuels San José: Seven men accused of brutally murdering Costa Rican environmental activist Jairo Mora...

South Sudan needs arms embargo; leaders killing civilians: UN experts 26 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Jikany Nuer White Army fighters holds their weapons in Upper Nile State, South Sudan February 10, 2014. Reuters/Goran Tomasevic By Louis Charbonneau and...

Migrant killed on Greek-Macedonian border as EU vows tighter security 26 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Thessaloniki, Greece: A Pakistani man was stabbed to death on the Greek-Macedonian border on Monday as the European Commission pledged to increase security...

Poland's Walesa to publicly debate communist spy allegations 26 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Warsaw: Poland's former president and Solidarity union leader Lech Walesa will publicly defend himself against allegations that he was in league with the...

Police arrest Bosnian tycoon-turned-politician 25 Jan 2016 - 06:44 pm

SARAJEVO: A Bosnian tycoon and head of a party in the ruling coalition was arrested on Monday on suspicion of obstructing justice in...

US justices extends ban on mandatory life sentences for juveniles 25 Jan 2016 - 06:41 pm

WASHINGTON: The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled that its 2012 decision that barred mandatory life sentences without parole for those under age...

WHO warns Zika to spread across Americas, spurring vaccine hunt 25 Jan 2016 - 06:35 pm

World Health Organization Director-General Margaret Chan addresses the delegates during the WHO Executive Board meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, January 25, 2016. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse ...

Oslo trash incinerator starts experiment to slow climate change 25 Jan 2016 - 06:26 pm

Aker Solutions starts test to capture carbon dioxide. Oslo incinerator first in world to test trapping carbon.. High costs have deterred investments in...

Lithuania, Poland, Ukraine to launch joint brigade in 2017 25 Jan 2016 - 06:15 pm

Warsaw: Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine on Monday said a joint brigade of 4,000 troops would be operational next year, as the region maintains...

European rights watchdog 'concerned' by France emergency renewal 25 Jan 2016 - 06:02 pm

Thorbjorn Jagland Strasbourg: The Council of Europe on Monday criticised France's bid to extend the state of emergency imposed after the deadly Paris...