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Tunisian policemen wave the national flag and shout slogans during a demonstration outside Tunis' Carthage Palace on January 25, 2016. AFP / FETHI...

  Geneva: Peace talks between the warring parties in Syria, which were scheduled to open Monday, will instead begin in Geneva on Friday and...

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders speaks at a town hall at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls, Iowa January 24,...

  LONDON: The publisher of Britain’s Guardian newspaper plans to cut running costs by 20 percent in a bid to break even within three...

File photo   Benghazi: Libya's internationally recognised parliament on Monday voted to reject a UN-backed unity government, lawmakers said, in a major blow to...

  Geneva: Childhood obesity has reached alarming rates globally and become an "exploding nightmare" in the developing world, including Africa where the number of...

    Johannesburg: South African prosecutors said Monday they would oppose Oscar Pistorius's attempt to have his murder conviction overturned in the Constitutional Court, describing...

  Colombo: The Maldives' foreign minister on Monday lambasted jailed former president Mohamed Nasheed, accusing him of using prison leave for publicity after he...

  London: Asylum seekers will no longer have to wear wristbands to claim food at a centre in Britain, its management announced Monday, after...

      By Lamine Chikhi ALGIERS: Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has dissolved the long-standing military spy directorate known as the DRS, creating a new agency...

  By Sanu George Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala's assembly elections are only months away but it is becoming increasingly clear that leading parties are tipped to...

Residents carry banners and opposition flags as they march during a protest in Aleppo, asking for the release of prisoners held in government...

French Prime minister Manuel Valls (2ndR) speaks with former French Justice minister Robert Badinter (2ndL) during the presentation of a report on the...

Pakistani students shout slogans to condemn the Bacha Khan University attack, during a protest in Charsadda, Pakistan, 25 January 2016. Peshawar: A Pakistan...

  DOUALA: Four suicide bombers killed about 25 people in a village in Cameroon's Far North region on Monday, a local official said, the...

Demostrators shout slogans during a pro-migrant protest march in Orestiada on January 24, 2016 against the fence of Evros intended to stop the...

DUBAI: A Bahraini court sentenced 57 men to 15-year jail terms on Monday for rioting in a prison outside the capital Manama last...

File photo/ AFP Amsterdam: The Islamic State group has honed the ability to launch global attacks and is set to focus more on...