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America's Ringling circus moves up elephants' retirement date 11 Jan 2016 - 06:41 pm

Miami: Ringling Brothers, America's best-known circus, announced Monday that it will relocate all of its elephants to a conservation center in Florida by...

Court delays murder trial of officer in Freddie Gray death 11 Jan 2016 - 06:35 pm

By Ian Simpson BALTIMORE: A Maryland appeals court on Monday delayed the murder trial of a Baltimore police officer in the death of...

Swedish police to investigate sexual assault cover-up allegations 11 Jan 2016 - 06:30 pm

By Sven Nordenstam STOCKHOLM: Swedish police on Monday ordered an investigation into allegations that officers covered up accusations of sexual assault by mostly...

Britain's draft Internet spying law threatens key rights: UN experts 11 Jan 2016 - 06:26 pm

Geneva: Britain's proposed new Internet spying laws could threaten key rights if passed unchanged, UN rights experts said Monday, calling for a "comprehensive...

EU’s Mogherini: no set date for dropping Iran sanctions, could be soon 11 Jan 2016 - 06:23 pm

U High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini (L) and Czech Foreign Minister Lubomir Zaoralek (R) shake hands after their...

Pistorius moves to appeal murder conviction in S. Africa's top court 11 Jan 2016 - 06:22 pm

Johannesburg: Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius on Monday applied to appeal to South Africa's Constitutional Court in a last-ditch attempt to overturn his murder...

US, Mexican efforts to battle gun trafficking falters: GAO 11 Jan 2016 - 06:18 pm

By Michael O’Boyle and Patricia Zengerle CULIACAN, Mexico/WASHINGTON: Efforts to combat illegal gunrunning from the United States to Mexico has stumbled in recent...

Tunisia’s Islamist party becomes biggest in parliament as ruling partner splits 11 Jan 2016 - 06:15 pm

File photo of a person holding up a Tunisian flag during celebrations marking the fourth anniversary of Tunisia's 2011 revolution, in Habib Bourguiba...

Syrian opposition wants end of bombing before talks 11 Jan 2016 - 06:13 pm

File photo PARIS: Syria’s opposition co-ordinator Riad Hijab accused Russia of killing dozens of children after a bombing raid on Monday and said...

Migrant flows 'still way too high', EU tells Turkey 11 Jan 2016 - 06:09 pm

A man and his son arrives in a room in a shipping container converted into a home, on January 11, 2016 in Calais,...

Extraditing 'Chapo' to US could take a year: Mexico 11 Jan 2016 - 05:47 pm

Mexico City: Extraditing Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman to the United States could take a year or more, Mexican authorities said Monday, while the...

Belgium smashes ring smuggling migrants to Britain: Police 11 Jan 2016 - 05:44 pm

Brussels: Belgian police aided by their British counterparts said Monday they have smashed a ring that smuggled possibly thousands of migrants into Britain,...

Guantanamo Bay detainee repatriated to Saudi Arabia: Pentagon 11 Jan 2016 - 05:43 pm

Washington: A Guantanamo Bay inmate has been repatriated to Saudi Arabia, the Pentagon announced Monday, bringing the remote military prison's remaining population down...

Air strike kills 12 schoolchildren in Syrian town: Monitor 11 Jan 2016 - 05:34 pm

A boy carries a baby in a site hit by what activists said were airstrikes carried out by the Russian air force in...

Israeli forces raid top Palestinian university 11 Jan 2016 - 05:32 pm

An Israeli soldier searches a man as he tries to reach the body of his brother, killed after after two Palestinians reportedly tried...

Iran 'equips, trains' Syria forces: interior minister 11 Jan 2016 - 05:19 pm

Caption Damascus: Iran is equipping and training Syrian government forces but not providing "direct aid", its interior minister said Monday on a trip...

Rouhani promises 'year of prosperity' for Iranians 11 Jan 2016 - 04:45 pm

File photo of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani registering for February's election of the Assembly of Experts, the clerical body that chooses the supreme...