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Brazil's ex-president Lula sworn in as Rousseff's chief of staff 17 Mar 2016 - 05:03 pm

Brasília: Brazil's former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was sworn in Thursday as chief of staff to his embattled successor Dilma Rousseff...

Cyprus president sees possible 'compromise' in EU-Turkey deal 17 Mar 2016 - 05:00 pm

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker (R) welcomes Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades before to their bilateral meeting at the EU Headquarters in Brussels on...

Qaeda chief's brother released from Egypt jail 17 Mar 2016 - 04:39 pm

Mohamed al-Zawahiri Cairo: The brother of Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri, under investigation for allegedly calling for the creation of a "terrorist group", was...

China and Gambia resume diplomatic ties: ministry 17 Mar 2016 - 03:37 pm

Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs building. Beijing: Taiwan faces increasing diplomatic isolation after China announced Thursday it will resume ties with the island's...

Protesters mark one year since mob killing of Afghan woman 17 Mar 2016 - 03:30 pm

CapAfghan actors perform in a play depicting the 2015 lynching of Afghan woman Farkhunda, in Kabul on March 17, 2016. AFP / SHAH...

Syria peace talks muddied as Kurds declare federal region 17 Mar 2016 - 03:27 pm

UN Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria Staffan de Mistura (centre L) speaks with former Syrian deputy Prime Minister Qadri Jamil (2nd...

Indonesia cuts interest rate for third straight month 17 Mar 2016 - 03:14 pm

Jakarta: Indonesia's central bank Thursday cut its key interest rate for the third straight month, encouraged by lower inflation and a stronger currency...

Syria regime, opposition reject Kurdish 'federal region' 17 Mar 2016 - 02:40 pm

Amer al-Halloush, a member of of the Syrian Democratic Council, an alliance formed in December as the political branch of the Kurdish-Arab fighting...

Sudan warns could shut S.Sudan border over 'insurgent support' 17 Mar 2016 - 02:34 pm

Khartoum: Sudan warned Thursday it could shut its border with South Sudan just weeks after reopening crossings, accusing Juba of backing insurgents battling...

Oman to launch mobile tourist vehicles on sunday 17 Mar 2016 - 02:30 pm

Salalah: The Sultanate of Oman's Ministry of Tourism will launch mobile tourist vehicles project at Port Salalah on March 20. The project will...

German 'adventure-seeking' triple agent get eight years jail 17 Mar 2016 - 02:28 pm

Former German intelligence agent Markus Reichel, who worked for the Federal Intelligence Service (BND), admitted to handing over documents to the CIA and...

Top Russian rights activist pelted with eggs in Chechnya 17 Mar 2016 - 02:21 pm

File: Igor Kalyapin, chairperson of Russia's interregional public organisation Committee Against Torture, holds a press conference in Moscow on July 28, 2015. Photo:...

Kurds declare federal region in Syria's north: officials 17 Mar 2016 - 02:19 pm

Bureau members of a preparatory conference to announce a federal system discuss a "Democratic Federal System for Rojava - Northern Syria" in the...

Committee on crashed Russian plane in Sinai refers case to Egypt attorney general 17 Mar 2016 - 02:19 pm

File picture of the Russian airplane crash. CAIRO: The committee investigating the crash of a Russian airplane in the Sinai peninsula last year ...

S. Leone Ebola flare-up over, virus halted in West Africa: WHO 17 Mar 2016 - 02:17 pm

(FILES) This file photo taken on August 16, 2014 shows A girls suspected of being infected with the Ebola virus having her temperature...

Security forces re-enact role at scene of main Paris attack 17 Mar 2016 - 02:11 pm

French police block the access to the Bataclan concert hall before the visit of members of a French parliamentary committee investigating government measures...

Small protests proliferate in simmering Venezuela 17 Mar 2016 - 01:56 pm

An opposition supporter holds a placard that reads "Maduro, resign" during a rally against Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro's government in Caracas, in this...