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As Hurricane Patricia looms, climate pact edges closer 24 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

BONN: Battle-weary diplomats left Bonn Friday after endorsing the rough outlines of a UN climate rescue pact, as Mexico invoked a super-hurricane nearing...

Mosque blasts kill 55 in NE Nigeria 24 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria: Two bomb blasts ripped through mosques in northeast Nigeria on Friday, killing at least 55 people and injuring more than 100,...

Two more women accuse Bill Cosby of misconduct 24 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

By Katie Reilly NEW YORK: Two more women accused comedian Bill Cosby of sexual misconduct on Friday, and their attorney Gloria Allred said...

Mexico braces for Hurricane Patricia, strongest ever 24 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

PUERTO VALLARTA: Super-storm Patricia closed menacingly on Mexico's Pacific coast on Friday as the strongest hurricane on record, sending residents, tourists and authorities...

Cameroon army drives Boko Haram militants back across northern border 24 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

Soldiers of the Chadian army guard on January 21, 2015, at the border between Nigeria and Cameroon, some 40 km from Maltam, as...

Man who sent details on U.S. jets to Iran sentenced to 8 years 23 Oct 2015 - 06:56 pm

By Richard Weizel HARTFORD: A dual U.S.-Iranian citizen who pleaded guilty to exporting sensitive information about U.S. military jets to his native Iran...

South Africa's Zuma caves in on fees amid violent student protests 23 Oct 2015 - 06:42 pm

Smoke and flames rise from the site where a portable toilet was set ablaze on the south lawn of the Union Building in...

Sweden could cut Africa projects, diverting funds home for refugee crisis 23 Oct 2015 - 06:32 pm

By Violette Goarant STOCKHOLM: Sweden, known globally for its traditional generous foreign aid programmes, could reduce its funding of development projects in Africa...

Turkey finds 244 protesters guilty in Gezi park trial 23 Oct 2015 - 06:29 pm

ISTANBUL: A Turkish court on Friday sentenced 244 people to up to 14 months behind bars for taking part in mass protests in...

Migration needs a home in global climate deal: UN experts 23 Oct 2015 - 05:55 pm

By Megan Rowling BONN, Germany: One person is displaced by disasters every second, migration experts emphasised at U.N. climate talks in Bonn, as...

Kurds say joint raid with U.S. in Iraq aimed to free their fighters 23 Oct 2015 - 05:15 pm

By Isabel Coles and Stephen Kalin ERBIL/BAGHDAD: U.S. special forces who raided a prison compound in northern Iraq were acting on intelligence that...

Russian military mission in Syria brings history full circle 23 Oct 2015 - 05:02 pm

By Maria Tsvetkova, Christian Lowe and Olga Dzyubenko MOSCOW/BISHKEK: Valery Anisimov and his fellow Russian servicemen were smuggled out of the Black Sea...

At least 43 dead in French pensioners coach crash blaze 23 Oct 2015 - 04:58 pm

PUISSEGUIN, France: At least 43 people were killed when a coach carrying elderly day-trippers collided with a lorry and burst into flames in...

Millions of Britons' data at risk in ISP cyberattack 23 Oct 2015 - 04:56 pm

LONDON: The personal data of millions of Britons could be at risk after telephone and broadband provider TalkTalk was hit by a "significant...

Ukrainians transform famed Lenin statue into Darth Vader 23 Oct 2015 - 04:51 pm

ODESSA: Just in time for the release of the latest "Star Wars" blockbuster, Ukrainians have transformed a statue of Lenin into one of...

Russia, Jordan agree to 'coordinate' military ops in Syria: Lavrov 23 Oct 2015 - 04:49 pm

Vienna: Russia and Jordan have agreed to "coordinate" military operations in Syria, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday after meeting his...

Worried Slovenia might build fence to cope with migrant crisis 23 Oct 2015 - 04:40 pm

Migrants walk in Slovenia after passing through the Croatian village of Kljuc Brdovecki, October 22, 2015. By Marja Novak and Maja Zuvela LJUBLJANA/RIGONCE,...