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FBI director says unlocking method won’t work on newer iPhones 08 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

“We have a tool that works on a narrow slice of phones,” FBI Director James Comey said at a conference on encryption and...

Turkey passes long-awaited data protection law 08 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

An illustration picture shows a projection of text on the face of a woman in Berlin, June 12, 2013. Reuters/Pawel Kopczynski Istanbul: A...

Nicaragua turns to Russia to help start national airline: report 08 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

Managua: Nicaragua is to start a new national airline and expand its international airport under a deal with Russia involving Russian aircraft and...

Iceland's new PM sworn in 08 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

Iceland's former Fisheries and Agriculture Minister and current designated-Prime Minister, Sigurdur Ingi Johannsson, speaks to reporters at the Althingi, Iceland's parliament, in Reykjavik,...

Zimbabwe's Mugabe seeks to calm angry war veterans 08 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe attends a meeting with the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Associatioin on April 7, 2016 in Harare. / AFP...

Paris climate talks cut back on hot air: report 08 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

Activists form a message near the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, Dec. 6, 2015, at the World Climate Change Conference 2015. Benoit Tessier...

As Peru’s Fujimori splits voters, race is on for runner-up 08 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

Keiko Fujimori (C), the Peruvian presidential candidate for the Popular Force Party, greets supporters during a rally in Iquitos, Peru, 06 April 2016....

Libya unity government bolsters control despite setback 08 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

In a sign of its widening influence, the UN-sponsored administration of prime minister-designate Fayez al-Sarraj took over the website of the unrecognised Tripoli...

Support for Germany’s ruling parties sinks: poll 08 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is banking on the success of the deal between the European Union and Turkey which gives Ankara political and...

Egypt seeks to calm Italy fury over slain student 08 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

A team of five Egyptian prosecutors and police has come to Rome with a 2,000-page file on the probe into the murder of...

Ireland's main opposition party rejects coalition deal 08 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams is held aloft with with Sinn Fein candidate Imelda Munster after being re-elected during the Irish general election...

UK's Cameron admits he benefitted from father's offshore fund 08 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

British Prime Minister David Cameron said he sold the stake in the Bahamas-based trust in 2010, four months before he became prime minister,...

Angolan oil minister denies wrongdoing after “Panama Papers” leak 08 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

Angolan oil minister José Maria Botelho de Vasconcelos. REUTERS Heinz-Peter Bader LUANDA: Angolan oil minister José Maria Botelho de Vasconcelos said on Thursday...

Mexico gunmen arrested thanks to spelling mistake 08 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

Representative image. AFP Mexico City: Four gunmen riding in a fake police car have been arrested in Mexico after the real authorities noticed...

After summoning French envoy, Algeria warns over ‘red line’ 08 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika on June 15 2015 in Algiers. AFP, Alain Jocard ALGIERS: Algeria accused France on Thursday of crossing a “red...

Nigeria plans cash payments for poor, put graduates on payroll 08 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

President Muhammadu Buhari won election in March 2015 on a promise to fight poverty and corruption, which has held most of Nigeria’s 180...

Kerry urges Iran to help end wars in Yemen, Syria 08 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry participates in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Ministerial meetings iin Manama on April 7, 2016. AFP, JONATHAN ERNST ...