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Kerry starts swansong tour in Vietnam with Asia push 13 Jan 2017 - 09:04 pm

Ho Chi Minh City: John Kerry began his swansong tour as US Secretary of State in Vietnam on Friday, defending Washington's 'pivot' to...

Obama eases Sudan sanctions 13 Jan 2017 - 07:35 pm

Washington: US President Barack Obama took the controversial step of easing some economic sanctions against Sudan Friday, trying to improve relations with a...

Fraud probe targets Brazil president's ally 13 Jan 2017 - 07:25 pm

Brasília: Brazilian police said they launched a major search for evidence Friday in a big fraud probe targeting an ex-minister of President Michel...

France sees 'new step' for Africa as summit opens 13 Jan 2017 - 07:20 pm

Bamako: France's top diplomat Jean-Marc Ayrault struck a defiant tone at a summit on Friday with foreign ministers from across Africa as he...

Assad linked to Syrian chemical attacks for first time 13 Jan 2017 - 07:11 pm

International investigators have said for the first time that they suspect President Bashar al-Assad and his brother are responsible for the use of...

Israel fears fresh UN initiative after Paris conference 13 Jan 2017 - 07:06 pm

United Nations, United States: Israel's UN ambassador on Friday raised concern over what he said were moves at the Security Council to adopt...

Turkey's Erdogan rebukes MPs over 'leg-biting' brawl 13 Jan 2017 - 06:04 pm

Istanbul: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan took the country's lawmakers to task Friday over an "ugly" brawl in parliament during a vote on...

Hungary's Orban defies EU with migrant detentions 13 Jan 2017 - 06:02 pm

Budapest: Hungary's right-wing Prime Minister Viktor Orban said Friday he has defied Brussels by reintroducing the systematic detention of migrants arriving in the...

Trump says cabinet picks free to express own ideas 13 Jan 2017 - 06:00 pm

Washington: US President-elect Donald Trump on Friday shrugged off the strikingly divergent positions his cabinet picks have taken on Russia, torture, and a...

Four suicide bombers kill 15 in northeast Nigeria, police say 13 Jan 2017 - 05:55 pm

YOLA, Nigeria: Four suicide bombers killed 15 people in a crowded market in the town of Madagali in Nigeria’s northeastern Adamawa state on...

One dead in Boko Haram blasts in Nigeria: state govt 13 Jan 2017 - 05:50 pm

Kaduna, Nigeria: At least one person was killed and three others injured when three explosions ripped through a town in northeastern Nigeria, the...

African Union says it will stop recognising Jammeh as Gambian president from Jan .19 13 Jan 2017 - 05:49 pm

ADDIS ABABA: The African Union will cease to recognise Gambia’s Yahya Jammeh as the West African nation’s legitimate president as of Jan. 19,...

Japan's Abe enjoys Duterte's folksy diplomacy in Philippines 13 Jan 2017 - 10:08 am

Davao, Philippines: With a visit to Philipine President Rodrigo Duterte's bedroom, having one of the world's rarest birds named in his honour and...

Turkey attacks US-backed Kurdish fighters in Syria 13 Jan 2017 - 07:31 am

Syrian rebels backed by Turkish tanks are advancing under intense bombardment towards a major northern town in Syria held by Kurdish-led forces. Fighting...

Civilians, who fled the violence from the outskirts of Qabasin town, push a tricycle with their belongings, near the northern Syrian town of al-Bab, Syria January 12, 2017. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi

Trump communications pick Monica Crowley accused of plagiarism; book sales suspended 12 Jan 2017 - 10:07 pm

NEW YORK: The publisher of Monica Crowley's "What the (Bleep) Just Happened?" said Tuesday it is halting sales of the book, pending the...

When home is the street: India’s pavement dwellers battle apathy, rain 12 Jan 2017 - 10:02 pm

CHENNAI, India: For Dhanalakshmi S and her family, a small shack squeezed among scores of similar dwellings on a narrow street in the...

Bangladeshi law proposing child marriage in “special cases” is a step backwards: charities 12 Jan 2017 - 09:45 pm

NEW DELHI: Bangladesh will be taking a step backwards in efforts to end child marriage if parliament approves changes to a law which...

UN chief Guterres says Cyprus talks show progress but no “quick fix” 12 Jan 2017 - 06:39 pm

GENEVA: Talks to hammer out a new security deal for Cyprus have showed encouraging results, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday,...