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US tightens visa waiver program in wake of Paris attacks 01 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

WASHINGTON: The White House announced a series of changes to the U.S. visa waiver program on Monday to add more screening for travelers...

BBC reports BAT tobacco giant paid bribes in east Africa 01 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

London: British American Tobacco paid bribes to officials in east Africa, including two members of a convention created under the World Health Organization...

Venezuela seeks to downplay security fears around vote 01 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Caracas: The Venezuelan government sought Monday to downplay security fears around the country's upcoming legislative elections, rejecting the possibility of violence or a...

OPEC set to include Indonesian output, hope of non-OPEC talks fade 01 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

The logo of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is pictured at its headquarters in Vienna, Austria, August 21, 2015 By...

With climate at ‘breaking point’, leaders urge breakthrough in Paris 01 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Leaders seek to banish memory of 2009 Copenhagen failure Emphasis on national pledges rather than binding treaty Obama sees world at “turning point”...

Seventeen killed in Guatemala prison fight: official 01 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Escuintla, Guatemala: Seventeen people have been killed in fighting inside a maximum security prison in Guatemala, officials said Monday as hundreds of police...

World leaders open Paris climate change talks 01 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Some 150 world leaders from US President Barack Obama to Prime Minister Enele Sopoaga of Tuvalu gathered in Paris on Monday to open...

Syria’s Assad says terrorists among Syrian refugees: Czech Television 01 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

PRAGUE: There are terrorists among the Syrian refugees making their way to Europe, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad told Czech Television in an interview,...

Pope: climate situation is 'borderline suicide', deal 'now or never' 01 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Aboard the papal plane: Pope Francis said Monday it was "now or never" for the world community to hammer out a deal on...

French chefs cook up a storm for climate 01 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Chef Yannick Alleno. File photo Le Bourget, France: France pulled out its culinary big guns Monday for one of the greatest kitchen challenges...

Opposition mounts to genetic modification of human embryos 01 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO: A group of U.S. scientists and activists on Monday called for a global ban on the use of new...

AFP's Tzortzinis named wire photographer of year 30 Nov 2015 - 06:54 pm

New York: AFP's Angelos Tzortzinis was named Time magazine's Wire Photographer of 2015 for his images documenting the refugee crisis in Greece as...

NATO set to invite Montenegro to join alliance 30 Nov 2015 - 06:48 pm

Brussels: The Balkan state of Montenegro will on Wednesday be formally invited to join the NATO military alliance, diplomatic sources said, a move...

Belgium calls for 'European CIA' after Paris attacks 30 Nov 2015 - 06:45 pm

Paris: Belgium called for the creation of a European intelligence agency Monday to counter the threat of jihadist violence in the wake of...

Boko Haram torch 50 homes, kill four people in Niger 30 Nov 2015 - 06:35 pm

Niamey: Boko Haram activists raided a border village in Niger, killing four people and torching some 50 homes, a local official said on...

Mixed verdict by Israeli court in burning alive of Palestinian teen 30 Nov 2015 - 06:34 pm

The home of Muhammad Abu Khdeir in Shuafat, Jerusalem, July 8, 2014 Jerusalem: A Jerusalem court found two Israelis guilty Monday of the...

BlackBerry exits Pakistan over data access row 30 Nov 2015 - 06:33 pm

Ottawa: BlackBerry said Monday it is exiting Pakistan rather than hand over its customers' private messages, after the government demanded access to encrypted...

S.African mother pleads guilty in Internet baby sale case 30 Nov 2015 - 06:27 pm

The woman who allegedly sold her child after advertising him on the Internet hides from photographers. File photo Johannesburg: A South African mother...