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Time to turn words into climate action: IMF chief 13 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Christine Lagarde Washington: Words must be put into action to save the planet, IMF chief Christine Lagarde warned, after envoys from 195 nations...

India, China, Saudi Arabia 'happy' with climate pact 12 Dec 2015 - 06:56 pm

Gurdial Singh Nijar Le Bourget: India, China and Saudi Arabia are all "happy" with a planned 195-nation agreement to slash greenhouse gas emissions,...

Trump hits back at Saudi billionaire 12 Dec 2015 - 06:47 pm

Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Washington: Donald Trump hit back at a Saudi Arabian fellow billionaire after the prince branded him a disgrace and...

South Africa’s Zuma denies affair with airline boss 12 Dec 2015 - 06:37 pm

Jacob Zuma By Tiisetso Motsoeneng JOHANNESBURG: South African President on Saturday denied rumours he had an affair with the chairwoman of state-owned airline...

Swedish official remanded in custody for selling visas 12 Dec 2015 - 06:20 pm

Embassy of Switzerland in Nigeria Stockholm: A Swedish migration officer on assignment in West Africa was remanded in custody for serious bribery and...

New Dutch graphic novel reveals life with disabled mum 12 Dec 2015 - 06:09 pm

The Hague: A brutally honest new graphic novel autobiography by a young Dutch artist is set to make waves as it tells of...

Niger to audit electoral register ahead of February vote 12 Dec 2015 - 05:55 pm

Brigi Rafini NIAMEY,: Niger will audit its electoral register ahead of a presidential election in February 2016 following demands from opposition parties, Prime...

Swiss confirm arrest of two suspects of Syrian origin in jihadist probe 12 Dec 2015 - 05:53 pm

Geneva: Swiss authorities said Saturday that two people of Syrian origin had been arrested on suspicion of transporting "explosives and toxic gases" as...

Gambia now an 'Islamic state', says president 12 Dec 2015 - 05:51 pm

Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh Banjul, Gambia: The president of the Gambia has declared his country is now "an Islamic state," his office said...

Three astronauts land back on Earth from space station 12 Dec 2015 - 04:26 pm

A search and rescue team works at the site of the landing of the Soyuz TMA-17M capsule that carried three flight engineers back...

Climate deal unveiled in Paris, a "historic turning point" 12 Dec 2015 - 02:55 pm

(LtoR) French President Francois Hollande, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and UN climate chief Christiana Figueres applaud...

Liberia's last Ebola contacts finish quarantine 12 Dec 2015 - 02:16 pm

Cassius Kollie (R), 24, one of four people discharged from an Ebola treatment unit, receives a certificate for being cured of the disease...

At least 17 injured in grenade attack at Ethiopia mosque 12 Dec 2015 - 01:53 pm

Addis Ababa: At least 17 people were injured when a grenade was thrown into the main mosque in the Ethiopia capital Addis Ababa...

Dozens of corpses lie in streets day after Burundi attacks: Witnesses 12 Dec 2015 - 01:17 pm

Military personnel sits aboard a vehicle driving through the Musaga neighbourhood of the city of Bujumbura on December 11, 2015. Nairobi: At least...

Quest for universal climate rescue pact nears finish line 12 Dec 2015 - 11:58 am

Participants hold a long red sheet in a demonstration within the COP21 to ask leaders to fightclimate change, during the COP21 World Climate...

Former Kazakh PM sentenced to 10 years in prison 12 Dec 2015 - 11:30 am

Former Kazakhstan prime minister Serik Akhmetov Astana, Kazakhstan: Kazakhstan has sentenced former prime minister Serik Akhmetov to 10 years in prison, a court...