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Putin in firing line over Ukraine, Syria at Berlin talks 19 Oct 2016 - 07:50 pm

Berlin: President Vladimir Putin faces a grilling over Russia's role in Ukraine and Syria at talks in Berlin Wednesday, on his first visit...

Court review, hacked emails add twist to Greek broadcast reforms saga 19 Oct 2016 - 07:37 pm

ATHENS: A plan by Greece to reduce its number of TV stations suffered setbacks on Wednesday after a court said it would examine...

Nigeria's Buhari meets Chibok girls 19 Oct 2016 - 07:31 pm

Abuja: Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday met the 21 Chibok girls who were released by Boko Haram last week, pledging to "redouble"...

Brazil arrests top lawmaker behind Rousseff impeachment: police 19 Oct 2016 - 07:19 pm

Brasília: Brazilian police on Wednesday arrested Eduardo Cunha who was one of the country's most powerful lawmakers and the architect of former president...

Al Jazeera says journalist and team detained in Somalia 19 Oct 2016 - 06:53 pm

NAIROBI: Somali security agents have detained a British journalist working for television network Al Jazeera together with his cameraman and their driver and...

Spain’s white villages offer glimpse of vanished past 19 Oct 2016 - 06:06 pm

ARCOS DE LA FRONTERA: Dazzling clusters of cube-shaped houses perched on top of Andalusia’s olive tree-studded mountains, the “Pueblos Blancos”, or white villages,...

South Africa’s Gordhan says relations with Zuma very good 19 Oct 2016 - 05:59 pm

JOHANNESBURG: South African Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said on Wednesday his relations with President Jacob Zuma were very good and he was hard...

Gunman kills two Americans near Kabul base, NATO says 19 Oct 2016 - 05:56 pm

Kabul: Two Americans including a civilian were killed Wednesday when a gunman opened fire near a NATO base in Kabul Wednesday, the military...

11 more bodies found as ferry raised from Myanmar river 19 Oct 2016 - 05:48 pm

YANGON, Myanmar: Rescuers on Wednesday recovered 11 more bodies from a muddy Myanmar river, taking the death toll from a ferry sinking in...

Gun that nearly did for poet Rimbaud up for sale 19 Oct 2016 - 05:47 pm

Paris: The most famous gun in French literature, the revolver with which the poet Paul Verlaine tried to kill his lover Arthur Rimbaud,...

Rome “decorum cops” remove mural showing pope as graffiti artist 19 Oct 2016 - 05:42 pm

ROME: A larger-than-life mural showing Pope Francis as a sneaky graffiti artist painting peace signs on a wall near the Vatican was taken...

Millions in Philippines on alert for super typhoon 19 Oct 2016 - 05:18 pm

Manila: Millions of people in the Philippines were on high alert Wednesday for one of the strongest typhoons to ever hit the disaster-battered...

Mosul, Aleppo to 'set the course of anti-Islamic State fight' 19 Oct 2016 - 04:19 pm

ANKARA: Iraq's Mosul and Syria's Aleppo are the two cities which will set the future course of the fight against Islamic State, according...

Lebanon’s Hariri backs Aoun for president, some allies opposed 19 Oct 2016 - 03:07 pm

BEIRUT: Former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri intends to endorse Michel Aoun for the vacant presidency, senior political sources said, and the Hezbollah...

Ecuador says it cut Assange internet over US election leaks 19 Oct 2016 - 02:47 pm

Quito: Ecuador said Tuesday it had cut the internet access of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is holed up at its London embassy,...

Aid groups in Philippines ready food, shelter to respond to super typhoon 19 Oct 2016 - 01:57 pm

JAKARTA: Aid agencies were on standby on Wednesday to respond to the strongest typhoon to threaten the Philippines in three years, which was...

Pause in Aleppo bombing holds into second day 19 Oct 2016 - 01:47 pm

Beirut: A pause in Russian and Syrian strikes on Aleppo held into a second day Wednesday, ahead of a brief ceasefire aimed at...

Debate gives Trump his last big chance to make a mark before Nov. 8 19 Oct 2016 - 01:14 pm

WASHINGTON: U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump faces a formidable challenge on Wednesday when he and Democrat Hillary Clinton face off in their...