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Representative image   New York: Pregnant prisoners in New York state will no longer be shackled while in transit, a move hailed by rights...

  By Igor Ilic ZAGREB: Croatia’s president on Wednesday designated pharmaceutical executive Tihomir Oreskovic to become prime minister, nominating a technocrat put forward by...

File photo Jerusalem: A Jerusalem attack on Wednesday ended with an Israeli stabbed to death, and another killed, seemingly by a police bullet,...

Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed United Nations, United States: The UN Security Council on Wednesday urged Yemen's warring parties to respect an already shaky...

  Ottawa: Canadian Immigration Minister John McCallum opened the door Wednesday to missing an interim target to take in over 10,000 Syrian refugees by...

  Riyadh: Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Second Deputy Premier and Minister of Defense met here today with Chief of...

  Paris: Former French president Jacques Chirac left hospital Wednesday after two weeks of medical checkups and will spend Christmas with his family, his...

Jordanian King Abdullah meets Jordanian-Japanese Parliamentary Friendship Committee Amman: Jordanian King Abdullah II met here on Wednesday with Ali Bani Ata President of...

The PDVSA logo is seen at a gas station in Caracas, December 21, 2015. Reuters/Marco Bello   CARACAS: Venezuelan state-owned oil company PDVSA on...

A Mexican guest worker disassembles a carousel at the Chase City County Fair in Chase City, Virginia, October 17, 2015. Reuters/Carlos Barria   By...

Lakeisha Nicole Holloway, 24, of Oregon, enters the courtroom for her initial appearance at the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas, Nevada December...

A man jumps over election posters of the presidential candidate Jovenel Moise during a march of supporters of LAPEH, Fanmi Lavalas and Petit...

Danilo Turk   LJUBLJANA: The Slovenian government on Wednesday nominated former president Danilo Turk as a candidate for United Nations secretary-general. The current Secretary-General,...

Ringo Starr's iconic 1963 Ludwig Oyster Black Pearl three-piece drum kit used to record some of The Beatles biggest hits is seen in...

Philip Mpango   DAR ES SALAAM: Tanzania’s president has appointed Philip Mpango as minister for Finance and Planning, the presidential spokesman said on Wednesday....

  San Francisco: With marketers creating online ads that are meant to blend in as real news stories, US regulators are trying to make...

  NAIROBI: A former senior Burundi military officer who quit the army this year said on Wednesday he had launched a new force to...

Niamey: The tourism ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) chose today Madinah as a capital city for the Islamic tourism in...