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Helsinki - Finland's opposition Centre Party came out on top in Sunday's general election, far ahead of the parties in Prime Minister Alexander...

DOHA: The 9th Al Jazeera Forum has launched the first research competition in which young writers under the age of thirty five years...

Doha: The Ministry of Information and Communications Technology is now accepting applications at the national level for World Summit Award e-Content 2015 Contest...

Cairo - Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, the Church of England leader, offered his condolences to Egyptian officials Sunday over the beheadings of...

DOHA: HE Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al-Thani met on Sunday with US Assistant Secretary of...

Washington - The FBI on Sunday admitted "errors" spanning several years in evidence provided in court by its forensic lab to help secure...

Aden - Clashes between rebels and pro-government forces and Saudi-led air strikes killed at least 85 people in Yemen, medics and military sources...

Helsinki - Finland's opposition Centre Party has the lead in Sunday's general elections, partial results showed, far ahead of the parties in Prime...

Warsaw - The US ambassador to Warsaw apologised Sunday after being summoned by the foreign ministry over comments by the head of the...

Mogadishu - Somalia's Shebab militants killed three soldiers from the African Union force fighting them in Somalia on Sunday, the AU said, condemning...

Beirut - A mother and her five children were among at least 19 civilians killed on Sunday in Syrian regime bombardment of the...

Ankara - Turkey's main opposition leader pledged on Sunday to introduce a "first-class democracy" and eradicate poverty as he announced an election manifesto...

Paris - The elderly founder of France's far-right National Front, Jean-Marie Le Pen, has been discharged from hospital after a short stint for...

  Ramallah, Palestinian Territories - A Palestinian court on Sunday dismissed a high-profile corruption case against exiled Gaza strongman Mohammed Dahlan, in a move...

Oslo - Norway said Sunday it was angry that Russia's deputy prime minister visited its Arctic Svalbard archipelago this weekend even though he...

Tehran - Iran is not willing to accept its nationals being forcibly deported from Australia but will welcome back citizens of their own...

Dubai - With its campaign against Yemeni rebels at full throttle, Saudi Arabia has spared Al-Qaeda which has capitalised on the chaos, but...

Skhirat, Morocco - The UN envoy for Libya said on Sunday that rival factions in the strife-torn North African country have reached a...