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Assad 'part of the solution' in Syria: UN envoy 13 Feb 2015 - 09:07 pm

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad (R) meets United Nations Syria mediator Staffan de Mistura, in Damascus February 11, 2015 Vienna - Any resolution to...

UN investigators to probe Mali protest violence 13 Feb 2015 - 09:03 pm

United Nations, United States - Three independent experts will travel to Mali soon to begin an inquiry into the deaths of three protesters...

Alleged IS gunmen in Libya 'seize radio station' 13 Feb 2015 - 08:59 pm

Tripoli - Gunmen claiming to be members of the Islamic State jihadist group have seized control of a state-run radio station in Libya's...

Alabama policeman arrested on charges of assaulting Indian visitor 13 Feb 2015 - 08:55 pm

57-year-old Sureshbhai Patel was partially paralysed in the US when a police officer forced him on ground Washington - A police officer has...

US lawmakers rally for Keystone as bill heads to Obama 13 Feb 2015 - 08:45 pm

Operations At The TransCanada Hardisty Terminal 1 Facility Washington - US House Speaker John Boehner signed the bill Friday approving the Keystone XL...

Boko Haram takes fight into Chad 13 Feb 2015 - 08:42 pm

Chadian soldiers patrol in the Nigerian border town of Gamboru N'Djamena - Nigeria's Boko Haram rebels carried out their first attack Friday inside...

UN raps Mexico over enforced disappearances 13 Feb 2015 - 07:55 pm

Geneva - A UN committee on Friday accused Mexico of failing to list how many people have disappeared in the country, saying the...

Zambia court reverses arrest of chief prosecutor 13 Feb 2015 - 07:52 pm

Lusaka - Zambia's chief prosecutor Mutembo Nchito was on Friday set free after a judge quashed the warrant for his arrest on charges...

Argentine president's aide condemns 'judicial coup' 13 Feb 2015 - 07:48 pm

Alberto Nisman: Prosecutor who accused Argentinian President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner of Iranian bomb cover-up found dead Buenos Aires - Argentine President Cristina...

Turks boycott schools, protest to demand secular education 13 Feb 2015 - 07:41 pm

Ankara - Secular Turks opposed to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday boycotted schools and took to the streets to demand a secular...

Obama brings tech firms into his cybersecurity push 13 Feb 2015 - 07:38 pm

San Francisco - President Barack Obama is asking Silicon Valley to join his plan to boost cybersecurity, as he takes new measures to...

Sierra Leone locks down 700 homes after Ebola death: govt 13 Feb 2015 - 07:35 pm

Freetown - Sierra Leone said Friday it had placed hundreds of homes in the capital under quarantine, in a huge blow for its...

First 'anti-Islamisation' march planned in Britain 13 Feb 2015 - 07:33 pm

London - British supporters of Germany's PEGIDA movement, which protests against what it calls the "Islamisation" of Europe, are planning their first demonstration...

Turkey suspends policeman for forcing officer to pepper spray demo 13 Feb 2015 - 07:27 pm

Istanbul - The Turkish authorities on Friday suspended a police officer after video footage showed him physically forcing a reluctant fellow policeman to...

Ukraine fighting kills 27 as clock ticks to ceasefire 13 Feb 2015 - 07:16 pm

Donetsk, Ukraine - Fighting raged in Ukraine on Friday as the clock ticked down to a ceasefire that will be a first test...

Al-Jazeera journalists freed from Egypt prison 13 Feb 2015 - 06:34 pm

Cairo---Two Al-Jazeera journalists were freed from an Egyptian prison Friday pending retrial, their families said, after spending more than a year in jail...

Popular Vietnamese communist party official dies 13 Feb 2015 - 06:06 pm

Nguyen Ba Thanh Hanoi---A widely admired senior figure in Vietnam's ruling communist party, Nguyen Ba Thanh, who enjoyed rare personal popularity in a...

Wanted Azeri rights activist hiding in Swiss embassy: official 13 Feb 2015 - 05:58 pm

Baku---A prominent Azerbaijani rights activist, who is wanted by the tightly-controlled Caucasus country's authorities and risks imminent arrest, is hiding in the Swiss...