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Joyous Venezuela opposition shatters Socialists’ hegemony 07 Dec 2015 - 04:40 pm

Jesus Torrealba By Andrew Cawthorne and Girish Gupta CARACAS: Ecstatic opposition leaders vowed on Monday to use their new majority in Venezuela’s legislature...

Passenger jet lands in Budapest due to bomb threat -police 07 Dec 2015 - 03:27 pm

BUDAPEST: A passenger jet headed from Berlin to Hurghada in Egypt landed in Budapest on Monday due to a bomb threat, police said....

"You ain't no Muslim, bruv": Britons defiant over 'terrorist' knife attack 07 Dec 2015 - 01:54 pm

By Guy Faulconbridge LONDON: The stabbing of a man in the London metro in what police described as a terrorist attack provoked a...

'Clock ticking to catastrophe', Ban urges strong climate deal 07 Dec 2015 - 01:38 pm

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon delivers his speech during the Action Day at the World Climate Change Conference 2015 (COP21) at Le...

Germany records 964,000 new asylum seekers since Jan 07 Dec 2015 - 01:18 pm

In this video grab released by the Italian Coast Guards on December 6, 2015 migrants and refugees sit in a boat during a...

North Korea test site activity could be bluff, nuclear ban monitor says 07 Dec 2015 - 12:54 pm

Lassina Zerbo, head of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organisation (CTBTO) SEOUL: Heightened activity at a North Korean nuclear test site could be a...

Latvian PM Laimdota Straujuma resigns 07 Dec 2015 - 12:49 pm

File photo of Latvian PM Laimdota Straujuma Riga: Latvian Prime Minister Laimdota Straujuma announced her resignation on Monday, saying there was a need...

Austrian police baffled by tens of thousands of euros scattered in Danube 07 Dec 2015 - 12:33 pm

Picture for representation only VIENNA: Mystified police in Austria are trying to find out how more than 100,000 euros ($108,230) in 100 and...

Uganda presidential candidate wants Idi Amin's remains back 07 Dec 2015 - 12:24 pm

Ugandan presidential candidate Abed Bwanika Kampala: A minor candidate in next year's Ugandan presidential election said he will repatriate the remains of dictator...

British PM Cameron chairs emergency meeting as thousands affected by floods 07 Dec 2015 - 12:11 pm

Rescue workers evacuate local residents by boat from a flooded residential street in Carlisle, Britain December 6, 2015. Reuters LONDON: British Prime Minister...

France's far-right comes out strong in post-attacks vote 07 Dec 2015 - 12:02 pm

Far right National Front party regional leader for southeastern France, Marion Marechal-Le Pen blows a kiss to supporters , at a meeting with...

Shift in oil-rich Venezuela as opposition wins vote 07 Dec 2015 - 10:53 am

Jesus Torrealba (R), secretary of the Venezuelan coalition of opposition parties (MUD), speaks near Lilian Tintori (2nd L), wife of jailed Venezuelan opposition...

Rwanda president to decide on third term after referendum 07 Dec 2015 - 10:47 am

File photo of Rwanda president Paul Kagame KIGALI: Rwanda's president has said he will decide whether to seek a third term in office...

NATO says won't send ground troops to fight IS - report 07 Dec 2015 - 10:35 am

ZURICH: NATO has ruled out sending ground troops to fight against Islamic State militants in Syria, NATO General Secretary Jens Stoltenberg told a...

New Zealand and Australia lead Japan whaling protest 07 Dec 2015 - 10:32 am

Australia and New Zealand consider their next move against killing whales in the Southern Ocean Sydney: New Zealand led an international protest Monday...

UK police charge man over "terrorist incident" at London metro station 07 Dec 2015 - 10:24 am

LONDON: British detectives have charged a man with attempted murder after a knife attack at an east London metro station on Saturday night...

Ammunition, IS propaganda found after France mosque closure 07 Dec 2015 - 09:51 am

Mohammed Ramdane, president of the Lagny-sur-Marne Mosque Association, answers questions December 2, 2015 Kalashnikov ammunition and Islamic State propaganda videos were seized in...