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Faustin-Archange Touadera elected Central Africa president: electoral authority 21 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Bangui, Central African Republic: Faustin-Archange Touadera, a former prime minister and maths teacher standing as an independent, has been elected president of the...

Russia pledges more Syria raids, opposition sets truce terms 21 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Beirut: Russia pledged Saturday to continue backing Syrian government forces against "terrorism", as a key opposition group said it would support a proposed...

Egypt writer jailed for writing "gross indecency" scenes in state-owned review 21 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Ahmed Naji. Photograph credit: Berlin ID Cairo: An Egyptian court handed a novelist a two-year jail sentence for "gross indecency" on Saturday over...

Syrian opposition says temporary truce possible, but deal seems far off 21 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Residents look for survivors at a site hit by what activists said were three consecutive air strikes carried out by the Russian air...

US judge OKs dropping charges against Iranian after prisoner swap 20 Feb 2016 - 06:54 pm

Representative image. File photo of US State Secretary John Kerry and Iran Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif By Yeganeh Torbati and Joel Schectman...

Obama begins process of picking Supreme Court justice 20 Feb 2016 - 06:51 pm

Washington: President Barack Obama this weekend will begin thumbing through resumes for a potential successor to conservative Supreme Court icon Antonin Scalia, aides...

North Korea artillery shot heard from South Korea island prompts alarm 20 Feb 2016 - 06:41 pm

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (C) attends a photo session with the scientists, technicians, workers of earth observation satellite Kwangmongsong-4 in this...

German airlines to up medical testing after Germanwings crash: reports 20 Feb 2016 - 06:38 pm

Gendarmes and investigators work on March 26, 2015 in the scattered debris on the crash site of the Germanwings Airbus A320. AFP Berlin:...

'High risk' of crucial Rio metro extension not opening for Olympics: report 20 Feb 2016 - 05:32 pm

Rio de Janeiro: Rio's mayor warned that an extension of the city's metro system crucial to moving huge crowds around during the Olympics...

Mexican woman with Zika gives birth to healthy child 20 Feb 2016 - 05:28 pm

Representative image Mexico City: A woman with a confirmed case of the Zika virus in the southern state of Chiapas gave birth to...

Syria opposition sets conditions for temporary truce 20 Feb 2016 - 05:22 pm

Former Syrian Prime Minister Riad Hijab. AP Photo/Francois Mori Beirut: A key Syria opposition umbrella group on Saturday said it would agree a...

Ugandan opposition chief Besigye rejects 'sham elections' results 20 Feb 2016 - 05:21 pm

Uganda's top opposition leader Kizza Besigye. AFP, Isaac Kasamani Kampala: Uganda's top opposition leader Kizza Besigye said poll results Saturday handing President Yoweri...

10 Israelis detained at pro-Palestinian protest in Hebron 20 Feb 2016 - 05:16 pm

Israeli security forces clean the pavement at the site where a Palestinian was shot dead after stabbing a border policeman on April 25...

Syria ceasefire talks delayed: Russia 20 Feb 2016 - 04:55 pm

Russia's Foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told Russian news agencies that the meeting in Geneva had been put back to an unspecified later...