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Turkish leftists clash with police at funeral of female radicals 24 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

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

Libya’s UN envoy says no plan to ask for Western airstrikes soon 24 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

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

Syrian government ready to join UN talks to end conflict -Assad aide 24 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

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...

Longtime Algerian opposition figure Ait-Ahmed dies: party 24 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

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...

Walesa warns over democracy in Poland, urges new election 24 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

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

Salvadoran navy recovers 650 kilos of cocaine dumped at sea 24 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

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

Pregnant New York prisoners to be unshackled in transit 24 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

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

Croatian president nominates pharmaceutical exec as next PM 24 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

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

In Jerusalem attack, 2 Israelis, 2 Palestinians dead 24 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

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

UN urges Yemen talks, renewed ceasefire 24 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

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

Canada backs off year end Syrian refugee intake target 24 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

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

Saudi Deputy Crown Prince meets Mauritanian military official 24 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

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

French ex-president Chirac leaves hospital for Christmas 24 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

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

Jordanian-Japanese parliamentary friendship discussed 24 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

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

Venezuela PDVSA says it is object of smear campaign after U.S. arrests 24 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

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...

SPECIAL REPORT: Former circus owner becomes powerful figure in foreign worker pipeline 24 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

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

Driver who plowed into Las Vegas crowd makes first court appearance 24 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

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