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US businessman detained in Iran denied access to lawyer 22 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

By Yeganeh Torbati and Bozorgmehr Sharafedin WASHINGTON/DUBAI: An Iranian-American businessman detained in Iran since October has been denied access to his lawyer by...

Italy's Renzi threatens confidence vote over gay civil unions 22 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Matteo Renzi Rome: Italian Premier Matteo Renzi on Sunday warned he could call a high-stakes confidence vote in his government in a bid...

Key facts about Niger 22 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Niamey: Niger, which held elections on Sunday, is an arid, uranium-rich nation south of the Sahara that has faced repeated famines. President Mahamadou...

Niger's Issoufou: wily tactician bent on anti-terror drive 22 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Niger's President Mahamadou Issoufou attends the opening ceremony of a flyover road built by Chinese company GSCI in Niamey, September 17, 2013. Reuters/Joe...

Army claims advances in Libyan cities of Benghazi and Ajdabiya 22 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Masked Libyan soldiers at a graduation ceremony at the Tripoli air base on November 12, 2014. AFP, Mahmud Turkia By Ayman al-Warfalli BENGHAZI,...

Close runoff seen in Peru election as Fujimori loses ground: poll 22 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Julio Guzman LIMA: Peruvian presidential election favorite Keiko Fujimori is losing ground to technocrat Julio Guzman, whose candidacy faces legal questions, and may...

IS blasts kill more than 140 as US, Russia press Syria truce 22 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Syrians gather at the site of a double car bomb attack in the Al-Zahraa neighbourhood of the central Syrian city of Homs on...

Infant refugee at centre of Australian hospital protest gets reprieve 22 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Asylum-seeker advocates gather outside Brisbane's Lady Cilento Children's Hospital in support of one-year-old baby Asha in Brisbane, February, 21, 2016. REUTERS, Jamie McKinnell/AAP ...

Vatican’s Australian finance chief rejects ‘baseless’ child abuse allegations 22 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Cardinal George Pell gestures as he talks during a news conference for the presentation of new president of Vatican Bank IOR, at the...

Australia resumes talks with six countries to resettle asylum seekers: report 22 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Protesters against the Nauru detention centre hang from a bridge above a freeway in Melbourne, Australia, February 11, 2016. Reuters/Tracey Nearmy/AAP SYDNEY: Australia...

Bolivians vote on limits to leftist Morales's record rule 22 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Bolivian President Evo Morales (R) greets people as he arrives at the community of Villa 14 in the Chapare region on February 21,...

Uber driver arrested over deadly US shooting rampage 22 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Chicago: A man arrested early Sunday on suspicion of shooting dead six people in the northern US state of Michigan was an Uber...

Trump supreme as White House race rolls on 22 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Washington: Only five Republicans were left in the race for the White House Sunday, and frontrunner Donald Trump hammered home the idea that...

Conditions not met for April 24 elections in Macedonia : EU, US 22 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

The leader of Macedonia's biggest opposition party SDSM, Zoran Zaev, centre, talks to the media in Skopje on January 16, 2016. AFP SKOPJE:...

Analysis: EU’s real brake isn’t Britain but Franco-German impasse 21 Feb 2016 - 06:54 pm

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (left) British Prime Minister David Cameron (centre) and French President Francois Hollande (right) take part in a meeting at...

At least 30 dead in bombings south of Damascus: state TV, monitor 21 Feb 2016 - 06:52 pm

Photo from twitter/@MilitaryMediaSy Damascus: At least 30 people were killed Sunday in a series of attacks, including a car bombing, near a Shiite...