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Brazil judge says public outcry needed to end corruption 31 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Brazilian federal judge, Sergio Moro, presiding over the ongoing Petrobras corruption case and the so-called Operation Lava Jato (Operation Car Wash), takes part...

Canada having more free-trade dialogue with China: minister 31 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Chrystia Freeland. Reuters By Fergal Smith TORONTO: Dialogue with China about a free-trade agreement has increased since Canada’s new Liberal government took office...

Colombia extends peace talks to second big rebel force 31 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, left, and FARC leader Timoleon Jimenez shake hands as Cuban President Raul Castro, centre holds their hands during...

Suspected suicide bomber identified as a 12-year-old Boko Haram victim but not from Chibok 31 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Children walk down the street of Chibok in Borno State northeast Nigeria on March 25, 2016. On April 14, 2014, Boko Haram militants...

India, EU vow to boost anti-terror ties as Modi honours Brussels victims 31 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

(From L) Ambassador of Republic of India to the European Union Manjeev Singh Puri, President of European Bank investment Werner Hoyer, Indian Prime...

Merkel’s conservatives and Greens to start coalition talks in western state 31 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Reuters BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats agreed on Wednesday to hold coalition talks with the Greens in...

De Menezes family lose rights court battle to prosecute London police 30 Mar 2016 - 06:22 pm

This file photo taken on July 24, 2005 shows Matozinho Otoni da Silva, the father of 27-year-old Brazilian electrician Jean Charles de Menezes,...

Brazil president horse-trades ahead of impeachment vote 30 Mar 2016 - 06:17 pm

A months-long crisis reducing Latin America's biggest country to political paralysis ahead of the Rio Olympics peaked Tuesday when the centrist PMDB broke...

Arrival of UN-backed Libya govt head in Tripoli 'unique opportunity': EU 30 Mar 2016 - 06:15 pm

EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini. AFP, Florian Choblet Brussels: The EU on Wednesday said the arrival in the Libyan capital of the...

US to station armored brigade in eastern Europe from 2017: Pentagon 30 Mar 2016 - 06:12 pm

AFP Photo Washington: The United States plans to step up its troop presence in eastern Europe in response to "an aggressive Russia," with...

Israel army chief warns soldiers after wounded Palestinian shot 30 Mar 2016 - 06:05 pm

Gadi Eisenkot. AFP Jerusalem: Israeli army chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot sent a letter Wednesday warning troops to use appropriate force, after a...

US economist, academic Lester Thurow dead at 77: university 30 Mar 2016 - 05:50 pm

Lester Thurow. YouTube grab CAMBRIDGE: Prominent US economist and former dean of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s business school Lester Thurow, who wrote...

Italy opens fight to return marine in India shooting case 30 Mar 2016 - 05:47 pm

A file photo of Italian sailors Salvatore Girone, Right, and Massimiliano Latorre. Photo: Reuters The Hague: Italy on Wednesday launched a legal battle...

2 lions escape from parks in Kenya and South Africa 30 Mar 2016 - 05:44 pm

A ranger from the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) approaches a male stray lion that he shot and killed after the animal attacked and...

Momentum slows on Obama’s nuclear security agenda 30 Mar 2016 - 05:43 pm

US President Barack Obama walks toward the White House residence after exiting Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in...

Hundreds of UK churches set to go green, switch to renewable energy: charities 30 Mar 2016 - 05:41 pm

REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE: People gather at the Saint Januarius chapel in the Dome of Naples. AFP, Mario LAPORTA LONDON: More than 400 churches in...

US will not recognize exclusion zone in South China Sea: defense official 30 Mar 2016 - 05:37 pm

Chinese dredging vessels are purportedly seen in the waters around Mischief Reef in the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea ,...

UK’s Hammond: Russia a threat to everyone on world stage 30 Mar 2016 - 05:30 pm

Philip Hammond. Reuters By Margarita Antidze TBILISI: British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said on Wednesday that Russia represented a threat to all countries...