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Lagarde tells Nigerian lawmakers IMF does not back FX curbs 07 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Christine Lagarde By Alexis Akwagyiram ABUJA: International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde told Nigerian lawmakers on Wednesday the IMF does not support foreign...

Ukrainian businessman sues over annexed Crimea airport 07 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Kolomoisky funded anti-Russian fighters in eastern Ukraine Loss of airport has cost him $15m, according to media Court must decide if it has...

Equine blessings as Romania celebrates Epiphany 07 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

An orthodox priest splashes horses with holy water during the traditional Epiphany celebration in the village of Pietrosani southwest of Sibiu, Romania. AFP ...

Republicans hit Obama over N. Korea nuclear test 07 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Washington: US Republicans clamored to paint North Korea's surprise nuclear test as yet another failure of Barack Obama's foreign policy Wednesday, rounding on...

N.Korea's mini 'H-bomb': a bigger bang? 07 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Paris: Hydrogen bombs, which North Korea said Wednesday it tested for the first time, have a destructive power to dwarf even the nuclear...

First day at nursery for Britain's Prince George 07 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Britain's Prince George of Cambridge on his first day at the Westacre Montessori nursery school near Sandringham in Norfolk, eastern England. AFP London:...

Iran warns Saudi to stop 'adding fuel to fire' 07 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Mohammad Javad Zarif Tehran: Iran warned Saudi Arabia Wednesday to stop working against it as their diplomatic crisis intensified despite efforts to defuse...

US, experts cast doubt on North Korea’s H-bomb claim 07 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

This file picture released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on March 26, 2013 and taken on March 25, 2013 shows...

Iraq offers to mediate between Saudi and Iran, fearing for IS campaign 07 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi Abadi sent Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari (pictured) to Tehran to help defuse the crisis. Iran-backed militias pushing to...

China's Ai Weiwei to display bamboo, kites in first French exhibition 07 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Ai Weiwei Paris: Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei will for the first time display his creations in France at the upscale Parisian department...

Friend of San Bernardino shooter pleads not guilty 07 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Los Angeles: Enrique Marquez, the man accused of purchasing the two assault rifles used in the San Bernardino shooting that left 14 people...

Tunisia PM in sweeping cabinet reshuffle: government 07 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Habib Essid Tunis: Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid announced Wednesday a major cabinet reshuffle, as his government grapples with a growing jihadist threat...

Palestinians call for Greek action on Israel plane 'apartheid' 07 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Saeb Erekat (pictured) secretary-general of the Palestine Liberation Organisation, referring to both men as Palestinians, called the decision to eject them "unjust and...

Netflix now live in almost all countries, skips China 07 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Reed Hastings, co-founder and CEO of Netflix, speaks during a keynote address at the 2016 CES trade show in Las Vegas, Nevada, January...

Luxury goods to visas: North Korea under UN sanctions 07 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

United Nations, United States: Four sets of UN sanctions have been imposed on North Korea since it first tested an atomic device in...

Pugnacious septuagenarian is new face of buoyant Venezuela opposition 07 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Henry Ramos Allup, deputy of Venezuelan coalition of opposition parties (MUD), waves to supporters before the start of the session at the National...

France's Pierre Boulez, avant-garde composer who 'opened minds' 06 Jan 2016 - 06:59 pm

Paris: World-renowned French conductor-composer Pierre Boulez, one of the most influential voices in modern classical music, who has died aged 90, did not...