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  Koh Samui, Thailand: Two Myanmar migrant workers accused of murdering a pair of British backpackers on a Thai island face a verdict Thursday...

French soldiers and FAMA (Malian Army forces) are seen advancing on the Faguibine dry lake in the Timbuktu region, northern Mali, in June...

Djibouti's opposition leader Ahmed Youssouf, pictured in August 2015. AFP Washington: The United States on Wednesday called on the government of Djibouti to...

  Government plan targets non-vehicular emissions Activists say it’s too little, too late Smog deemed “hazardous” this week   By Aditya Kalra and Tommy Wilkes...

  Lowest birth rate among rich OECD countries Paternity leave aimed at boosting women’s careers Incentives aimed at changing male-driven work habits   By Ju-min...

File photo of Pakistani High Commission in Dhaka   Dhaka: Pakistan on Wednesday recalled one of its diplomats from Dhaka after she was named...

Iraqi security forces gather to advance towards the center of Ramadi city, December 22, 2015. Picture taken December 22, 2015.   By Maher Chmaytelli...

Martin Sabbatella By Hugh Bronstein   BUENOS AIRES: Argentina’s new government fired the country’s chief media regulator on Wednesday, saying the head of the...

  VIENNA: Two young Syrian brothers have been arrested in a refugee camp in southern Austria on suspicion of belonging to terrorist groups, prosecutors...

Arseniy Yatsenyuk   Kiev: Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk has warned that the cash-strapped and war-scarred nation faced an "economic catastrophe" if parliament failed...

    LAGOS, Nigeria: Nigerian soldiers fired on unarmed Islamic Shiite children with no provocation in raids that killed hundreds of the minority group in...

Irakly Garibashvili TBILISI: Georgia's Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili resigned on Wednesday after two years in power, with the ruling coalition struggling to boost...

File photo of Turkish police special forces take position in Istanbul in an earlier incident. AFP, Ozan Kose   Istanbul: Supporters of a Turkish...

Ibrahim Dabbashi   By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS: Libya has no intention of requesting Western air strikes against Islamic State militants in the country...

Bouthaina Shaaban   BEIRUT: A close adviser to Syrian President Bashar al Assad said on Wednesday Damascus was ready to join U.N.-sponsored peace talks...

Hocine Ait-Ahmed   Algiers: Hocine Ait-Ahmed, one of the fathers of Algeria's struggle for independence from France and then a longtime opposition figure, died...

Lech Walesa   Warsaw: Poland's former president Lech Walesa lashed out Wednesday at the policies of the ruling conservatives, saying they were undermining democracy...

Navy and Coast Guard personnel come alongside the guided-missile frigate USS Nicholas (FFG 47) to transfer cocaine that was dumped from a vessel...