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Six Oregon protesters arrested, one dead in clash with police: FBI 27 Jan 2016 - 09:48 am

Los Angeles: Police arrested six armed activists who occupied a remote wildlife refuge in Oregon, in a clash that also left one person...

Trump to skip next Republican debate: report 27 Jan 2016 - 09:22 am

Des Moines, United States: White House hopeful Donald Trump will not participate in Thursday's Republican debate, bowing out of a nationally televised showdown...

19 Zika virus cases in Puerto Rico: official 27 Jan 2016 - 09:19 am

San Juan: The mosquito-borne Zika virus has now been found in 19 people in Puerto Rico, although none were pregnant women, the group...

Explosions near Venezuelan legislature trigger panic 27 Jan 2016 - 09:13 am

Caracas: Four explosions near the Venezuelan legislature triggered panic Tuesday but caused no injuries or damage. The homemade explosive devices were apparently loaded...

Al-Qaeda claim kidnap of Swiss woman in Mali: report 27 Jan 2016 - 09:12 am

Beatrice Stockly Nouakchott: Private Mauritanian news agency Al-Akhbar said Tuesday that it has received a video purportedly from the Al-Qaeda-linked Emirate of the...

Six US cops fired after shooting 137 bullets into car 27 Jan 2016 - 09:09 am

Chicago: Six US police officers who fired 137 bullets into a car carrying two unarmed African Americans lost their jobs Tuesday, three years...

Three injured in Sierra Leone Ebola clashes 27 Jan 2016 - 08:59 am

People walk under an Ebola information board featuring Sierra Leone's president Ernest Bai Koroma on January 22, 2016 in a street of Freetown...

Zika virus spreads to Costa Rica 27 Jan 2016 - 08:50 am

San José: The Zika virus sweeping Latin America and blamed for a surge in brain-damaged babies has spread to Costa Rica, the health...

Danish parliament adopts controversial reforms on asylum seekers 27 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Denmark's Minister of Immigration and Integration Inger Stojberg listen to the debate in the Danish Parliament regarding a proposal on changing of the...

Could Bloomberg upend the White House race? 27 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Former mayor of New York Michael Bloomberg and Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo at the COP21 United Nations conference on climate change in...

Remove 'Berlin Wall' blocking Syria aid: humanitarian chief 27 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Geneva: Warring Syrian parties expected in Geneva for peace talks this week must agree to "tear down the Berlin Wall" blocking aid workers...

Cabbies block roads as France faces multiple strikes 27 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

axi cars are parked near the Prefecture in Bordeaux, southwestern France, on January 26, 2016, to protest against competition from taxi app company...

One dead in mudslide at French nuclear waste site 27 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Bure, France: One person was killed on Tuesday in a mudslide at a laboratory of France's national nuclear waste management agency in the...

'Active shooter' reported at San Diego military hospital: official 27 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Los Angeles: An "active shooter" was reported at a San Diego military hospital Tuesday, the facility said on its official Facebook page. "An...

Trump's wife remains private despite prospect of presidency 26 Jan 2016 - 06:05 pm

Donald Trump and his wife, Melania. WASHINGTON: First lady Melania Trump. If that prospect evokes no clear image, that's no accident. Donald Trump's...

Bemused man set off Rome security alert with toy gun 26 Jan 2016 - 05:59 pm

For representational purpose only. ROME: A man who unwittingly caused a major alert at Rome's central station by wandering through the terminus holding...

Uganda marks Museveni's 30-year rule ahead of polls 26 Jan 2016 - 04:29 pm

A supporter of Uganda political party National Resistance Movement (NRM) speaks on a cellphone next to a poster of President and NRM presidential...

Swedish rights activist held in China returns home 26 Jan 2016 - 04:23 pm

This undated photo at an undisclosed location provided to AFP by the 'Chinese Urgent Action Working Group' shows Swedish human rights activist Peter...