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  United Nations, United States--UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Friday condemned "heinous" attacks that killed and injured dozens at Kurdish new year celebrations in...

  Dublin--Thousands took to the streets of Dublin on Saturday in the latest mass protest against new water charges which have sparked widespread public...

  Lagos--Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan's rise to the top of his country's ruthless political world has been described as accidental -- or simply a...

  Paris--French authorities will on Monday put in place emergency traffic-limiting measures in Paris, as the City of Light and much of northern France...

  Kiev--Ukraine on Saturday said it hoped to secure a discount on Russian gas imports following tripartite talks with the European Union, which are...

  Seoul--The foreign ministers of South Korea, China and Japan pledged to set up a trilateral leadership summit at "the earliest" opportunity as they...

  Beirut--Forty-five people, including five children, were killed in attacks on Syrian Kurds as they celebrated their new year, a monitor said Saturday, accusing...

  Karachi--Pakistan's central bank cut its key interest rate by 0.5 percent on Saturday in a bid to give the country's improving economy further...

  Dubai--By claiming its first attack in Yemen the Islamic State group is seeking to exploit the chaos gripping the country and siphon support...

    New Delhi--A court in New Delhi on Saturday cleared all sixteen policemen accused of murdering dozens of Muslims 27 years ago in a...

  Kiev--Two Ukrainian soldiers and one civilian were killed in the country's rebel-held east as clashes rattled an official truce aimed at ending nearly...

  Tehran--Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said Saturday differences remain but all issues can be resolved in talks with the West to secure a long-sought...

  Diyarbakir, Turkey--Jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan on Saturday called for Kurds to hold a congress to bring an end to the decades-long...

  Moscow--Russia said it was ending military drills Saturday that saw over 80,000 troops mobilised from the Pacific to the Black Sea in a...

  Lausanne--US Secretary of State John Kerry said Saturday that world powers were "united" in their nuclear talks with Iran, amid speculation of splits...

  Madrid--The UN's Libya envoy has warned an agreement between the strife-torn country's rival political factions is still a way off, in remarks published...

  Aden--Yemen's embattled president said suicide bombings that killed at least 142 people at Shiite Huthi mosques in the capital aimed to drag the...

  ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines - Joint police and Army troopers on Friday arrested two soldiers who were caught in the act of having a...