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Bogota - Colombia's former spy chief Maria del Pilar Hurtado was taken into custody Saturday after her forced return from Panama to face...

Berlin - Richard von Weizsaecker, who died Saturday aged 94, was the first president of a reunited Germany and played a leading role...

Gamboru market in May 2014 after an attack by suspected Boko Haram raid   N'Djamena--Chadian aircraft on Saturday bombed the Nigerian town of Gamboru...

  GAZA-- A source close to Hamas' armed wing signalled on Saturday the group would no longer accept Cairo as a broker between it...

  Dublin--Thousands took to the streets of Ireland Saturday to protest against the introduction of water charges as part of its bailout following the...

Maria del Pilar Hurtado   Bogota--Colombia's former spy chief Maria del Pilar Hurtado was taken into custody Saturday after her forced return from Panama...

  Cairo--An Egyptian court set May 16 for a verdict in the espionage trial of ousted president Mohamed Morsi, who could be sentenced to...

Christiane Taubira, Justice Minister   PARIS-- France and Morocco will resume their judicial and legal cooperation, the French justice ministry said on Saturday, ending...

  Vienna--Police arrested 54 people after violence broke out as thousands protested against a ball organised by far-right groups and politicians in the Austrian...

Moustapha Saboune (C), former Seleka militia member from the Central African Republic   Addis Ababa--Central African nations have rejected a ceasefire deal struck by...

  BEIRUT-- Tens of thousands of longtime Palestinian refugees in a camp on the outskirts of the Syrian capital have been cut off from...

  WASHINGTON--The United States and its allies carried out 27 air strikes against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria since early Friday, the...

Tony Abbott   PERTH-- Australia's opposition Labour party pulled off an electoral upset on Saturday and looks set to oust the ruling Liberal-National party...

Pablo Iglesias   MADRID-- Tens of thousands marched in Madrid on Saturday in the biggest show of support yet for Spanish anti-austerity party Podemos,...

Alexis Tsipras   Athens--New Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras sought to calm tensions with international creditors on Saturday, saying his hard-left government was not...

Former Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma (R) arrives in Minsk for peace talks   Minsk--Negotiators from Ukraine, Russia and Europe on Saturday began peace talks...

  Los Angeles--NASA on Saturday launched a new Earth-observing satellite that aims to give scientists high-resolution maps showing how much moisture lies in soil...

Bangladeshi firefighters tackle blaze   Dhaka--At least eight people were killed and more than a dozen injured on Saturday when a fire broke out...