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More women in new Ivory Coast government, some key changes 12 Jan 2016 - 06:17 pm

Daniel Kablan Duncan Abidjan: Ivory Coast Prime Minister Daniel Kablan Duncan appointed more women Tuesday to his new government, tasked with accelerating economic...

Istanbul suicide bomber was Islamic State jihadist: Turkey PM 12 Jan 2016 - 06:11 pm

Ankara: The Istanbul suicide bombing that left 10 people dead, mostly Germans, was carried out by a jihadist from the Islamic State extremist...

Philadelphia newspapers donated to new nonprofit group 12 Jan 2016 - 06:06 pm

New York: Philadelphia's two daily newspapers are being donated to a newly created non-profit organization in a bid to keep the struggling news...

Switzerland and Nigeria discuss return of $300 million stolen by Abacha 12 Jan 2016 - 06:01 pm

Sani Abacha By Camillus Eboh ABUJA: Authorities in Switzerland are in talks to arrange the return to Nigeria of $300 million confiscated from...

Questions linger over death of music icon Bowie 12 Jan 2016 - 05:56 pm

London: Music legend David Bowie was famously private during his lifetime but also in his death, with a string of questions about the...

Danish right-wing party says it no longer guarantees government majority 12 Jan 2016 - 05:52 pm

Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen COPENHAGEN: A small Danish right-wing party announced on Tuesday that it would no longer automatically guarantee the survival...

Ivory Coast’s Ouattara names new government, makes key changes 12 Jan 2016 - 05:46 pm

Alassane Ouattara Shake-up comes after landslide poll win last year. PM says government has “combat mission.” Top jobs in finance, diplomacy, justice and...

Premature to speak of asylum for Assad: Putin 12 Jan 2016 - 05:41 pm

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday it was premature to say whether Moscow would grant asylum to embattled Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad,...

At least nine Germans among dead in Istanbul suicide attack: Turkish official 12 Jan 2016 - 05:37 pm

Istanbul: At least nine Germans were among the 10 people killed in a suicide bombing Tuesday in the heart of Istanbul's tourist district,...

Gabon presidential hopeful seeks to end Bongo rule, wants more accountability 12 Jan 2016 - 05:31 pm

Jean Ping By Gerauds Wilfried Obangome LIBREVILLE: Former African Union chairman Jean Ping, a leading critic of Gabon’s President Ali Bongo, says he...

Syria opposition condemns Istanbul suicide bombing 12 Jan 2016 - 05:26 pm

Beirut: Syria's opposition coalition on Tuesday denounced the attack by a Syrian suicide bomber that killed 10 people in Istanbul's tourist heartland. The...

Iranian fighter jet crashes, 2 pilots dead 12 Jan 2016 - 05:23 pm

Tehran: An Iranian F-4 Phantom fighter jet crashed during training exercises near the border with Pakistan on Tuesday, killing both pilots, state television...

Obama jokes about a Trump State of the Union address 12 Jan 2016 - 05:17 pm

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama said he could envision Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump giving a State of the Union address - but in...

Turkey PM tells Merkel most of dead in Istanbul attack are Germans 12 Jan 2016 - 05:01 pm

Ankara: Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Tuesday offered his condolences to German Chancellor Angela Merkel over the suicide bombing in Istanbul, saying...

Bomb attacks in Turkey since 1982 12 Jan 2016 - 05:01 pm

Istanbul: Following is a list of the worst bomb attacks in Turkey since 1982: August 7, 1982: A bomb at Ankara airport followed...

Sunni mosques in east Iraq attacked after IS-claimed blasts 12 Jan 2016 - 04:43 pm

Iraqi security forces gather at the site of a car bomb in New Baghdad, January 11, 2016. REUTERS Stringer By Ahmed Rasheed BAGHDAD:...

45 whales die after southern India stranding 12 Jan 2016 - 04:28 pm

Pilot whales are seen swept ashore on a beach near Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu, India, 12 Janaury 2016. Chennai, India: Forty-five whales have died...

Syrian suicide bomber kills 10 in Istanbul's tourist heart 12 Jan 2016 - 04:26 pm

Istanbul: Ten people, mostly foreigners, were killed on Tuesday when a Syrian suicide bomber blew himself up in Istanbul's busiest tourist district, in...