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South Africa's radical left 'occupies' stock exchange 28 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

Julius Malema By Joe Brock JOHANNESBURG: Thousands of South Africa's Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) protested outside the Johannesburg stock exchange on Tuesday in...

Moscow grills diplomats over Syria civilian death reports 28 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

Moscow: Moscow on Tuesday angrily ordered foreign military attaches in the country to confirm or refute "outrageous" Western media reports that Russian air...

Climate envoys should try harder after Paris, poorer nations say 28 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

Climate change has caused drought around the world, affecting food sources. A dried-up paddy field on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India. AFP LONDON:...

CIA chief 'outraged' by personal email hack 28 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

Washington: CIA chief John Brennan said Tuesday he was "outraged" that hackers broke into his personal email account, and faulted the media for...

Kuwait to deport 23 expats for mass brawl 27 Oct 2015 - 06:58 pm

Kuwait City: Kuwaiti authorities will deport without trial 17 Egyptians and six Syrians after they were involved in a mass brawl over a...

US defense chief: More strikes, other shifts coming against IS 27 Oct 2015 - 06:57 pm

WASHINGTON: Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Tuesday the Obama administration is preparing to accelerate its military campaign against Islamic State militants, including launching...

Helicopter crashes in Libya with 23 on board: official 27 Oct 2015 - 06:55 pm

Tripoli: A helicopter with 23 people on board crashed Tuesday near the Libyan capital but the cause was unclear, a security official said....

'No' shapes Greek history, even when it's not the last word 27 Oct 2015 - 06:46 pm

By Renee Maltezou ATHENS: They defied a vast Persian army in 480 BC, rejected Italy's ultimatum during World War Two and told Europe...

Tension in Tanzania poll count as ministers lose seats 27 Oct 2015 - 06:20 pm

A Stone Town resident sits under campaign flyers on October 27, 2015 in Zanzibar, two-days following the archipelago's general election. AFP Dar es...

U.N. lifts security zone around Mali town as security improves 27 Oct 2015 - 06:16 pm

Children queue before school starts in Kidal, Mali, October 20, 2015. REUTERS/Souleymane Ag Anara. Reuters BAMAKO: U.N. peacekeepers are lifting a security zone...

MWL condemns terrorist attack in Saudi Arabia 27 Oct 2015 - 05:58 pm

Makkah: General Secretariat of the Muslim World League (MWL) strongly condemned the heinous crime which took place Monday when a terrorist attacked a...

IMF urges Slovenia to tighten bank supervision 27 Oct 2015 - 05:53 pm

LJUBLJANA: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has recommended that Slovenia should amend its banking laws to allow earlier intervention if lenders run into...

Tunisia PM says jobs needed to counter terror : AP Interview: 27 Oct 2015 - 05:51 pm

Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid speaks with The Associated Press during an interview ahead of a two-day conference in Madrid on combating the...

Kosovo signs stabilization and association agreement with EU 27 Oct 2015 - 05:48 pm

Luan Bucaj, owner of Las Palmas flower plantation, selects flowers in the village of Konjuh, Kosovo, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2015. AP PRISTINA, Kosovo:...

Family confirms first Russian military fatality in Syria, doubts "suicide" 27 Oct 2015 - 05:46 pm

Representative image By Maria Tsvetkova GRECHANAYA BALKA, Russia: The parents of the first Russian serviceman confirmed dead in four weeks of air strikes...

IS militants tie captives to Palmyra columns, blow them up 27 Oct 2015 - 05:46 pm

This undated photo released Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015, file photo, on a social media site used by Islamic State militants, which has been...

Boehner to push budget vote over conservative opposition 27 Oct 2015 - 05:42 pm

WASHINGTON: House Republican leaders on Tuesday pushed toward a vote on a two-year budget deal despite conservative opposition, relying on the backing of...