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  Oslo: A Norwegian drug firm on Tuesday announced an advance in its quest for an HIV cure with a drug combination which seeks...

Fayyez al-Sarraj   Paris: French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius offered his support Tuesday to Fayyez al-Sarraj, the man lined up to be prime minister...

Dmitry Peskov   MOSCOW: Russia may consider counter measures after the United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on 34 individuals and entities as part...

Representative image   By Irene Klotz   A U.S. science satellite slated to launch to Mars in March has been grounded due to a leak...

  Washington: Eight million people watched Hillary Clinton and her Democratic rivals debate at the weekend, fewer than half the number of Americans who...

Darka Olifer   Kiev: Ukraine said on Tuesday it had reached a "New Year" truce agreement with pro-Russian insurgents that could finally end periodic...

  BERLIN: A senior Bavarian politician said on Tuesday that refugees with forged Syrian passports have disappeared in Germany and there are grounds for...

The Hague: Dutch police on Tuesday arrested four men after finding a tonne of cocaine with a street value of up to 30...

San Bernardino shooters Tashfeen Malik, left, and Syed Farook pictured passing through O'Hare Airport in Chicago in July 2014. Photo: US Customs and...

Ricardo Martinelli   Panama City: Panama's Supreme Court has ordered the detention of former president Ricardo Martinelli, prompting the absent millionaire supermarket tycoon on...

    By Scott Malone BOSTON: A man who lent the Boston Marathon bombers the gun they used to kill a police officer three days...

A Kurdish demonstrator throws a tear gas canister back at riot police during a protest against the curfew in Sur district in the...

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden addresses deputies of the Ukrainian Parliament in Kyiv on Dec. 8. WASHINGTON: The United States on Tuesday imposed...

Killer whale Unna receives treatment from veterinarians and trainers in September     By Jim Forsyth SAN ANTONIO: An 18-year-old killer whale has died at...

  Algiers: Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika received Tuesday a written message from Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmed Al Jaber Al Sabah pertaining...

Pu Zhiqiang   Lawyer charged for inciting ethnic hatred, provoking trouble Suspended sentence means Pu will be placed under probation Pu to be released...

U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl leaves the courthouse after an arraignment hearing for his court-martial in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, December 22, 2015....

Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic   Zagreb: Croatia's main opposition conservatives and a small party that emerged as a kingmaker in last month's election have secured the...