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Four killed in Somali shooting, car bombing: police 20 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

People walk past the wreckage of a car at the site of a bomb blast near Makka al-Mukarama Road in Mogadishu on December...

Famed conductor Kurt Masur dead: New York Philharmonic 20 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Kurt Masur New York: Kurt Masur, the conductor who seized on music's power to ease Germany's reunification and comfort New York after September...

Ex-warlord, militia chief return to DR Congo to serve out sentences: ICC 20 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

The Hague: Former warlord Thomas Lubanga and militia chief Germain Katanga were transferred Saturday to a prison in the Democratic Republic of Congo...

Eritrean who survived boat crossing to Italy dies in hospital 'escape' bid 20 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Representative image Rome: An Eritrean man who survived a perilous journey across the Mediterranean by boat to Italy has died after falling from...

Ikea defends its refugee shelters amid Swiss concerns 20 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

A safety test revealed the Ikea shelters do not live up to Swiss fire protection requirements. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images Stockholm: The Ikea Foundation...

Chilean ex-president Aylwin hospitalized after fall 20 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Patricio Aylwin Santiago: Former Chilean president Patricio Aylwin was hospitalized in Santiago after suffering a cranial injury in a fall at home, according...

Italian cardinal makes fat donation after luxury apartment scandal 20 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Tarcisio Bertone Rome: An Italian cardinal accused of using charity money to refurbish his luxury apartment has donated 150,000 euros ($163,000) to the...

Niger arrests nine military officers for coup plot 20 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Mahamadou Issoufou NIAMEY: Niger’s government has arrested nine military officers for planning a coup, the interior minister said on Saturday, doubling the number...

Hollande approval rating drops 3 points to 30 pct: French poll 20 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

PARIS: French President Francois Hollande’s approval rating dropped by 3 points to 30 percent in December, chipping away some of his eight-point gain...

Russian secret services foiled 30 planned attacks in 2015: Putin 20 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin Saturday hailed the country's secret services for foiling around 30 planned attacks and uncovering more than 320 foreign...

‘Star Wars’ movie’s global sales reach massive $250 mln 20 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES: “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” hauled in an estimated $250 million at global movie box offices through Friday...

British Holocaust campaigner Greville Janner dies 20 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

LONDON: British peer Greville Janner, a prominent campaigner for Holocaust victims who was later accused of child sex abuse, has died aged 87,...

Switzerland opens criminal investigation of leading Islamic organisation member 19 Dec 2015 - 06:59 pm

By John Miller ZURICH, Dec 19 (Reuters) - The Swiss attorney general has opened a criminal investigation of a leading member in a...

Armenia, Azeri leaders meet in Switzerland over Karabakh dispute 19 Dec 2015 - 06:23 pm

President Serzh Sarksyan of Armenia and President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan meet for talks on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict at the invitation of Swiss...

California shooter's visa request was missing key information: politician 19 Dec 2015 - 05:54 pm

Tashfeen Malik Washington: A member of the US Congress Saturday accused immigration officials of allowing California attacker Tashfeen Malik into the country despite...

Poles protest government moves to neutralize top court 19 Dec 2015 - 05:48 pm

WARSAW, Poland: Thousands of people took part in demonstrations across Poland on Saturday to protest moves by the new right-wing government to neutralize...

A look at Sunday's close general election race in Spain 19 Dec 2015 - 04:05 pm

MADRID: Spain's political landscape has changed dramatically since 2011, when voters ousted the Socialist Party and gave a landslide victory to the right-of-center...