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EU 'breached law' over delay on hormone disrupting chemicals: court 16 Dec 2015 - 06:05 pm

Luxembourg: The European Commission has breached European Union law by failing to arrange for identifying harmful chemicals in everyday products, the EU's general...

Arab Spring: Tunisia advances amid widespread unrest 16 Dec 2015 - 05:55 pm

Protesters on Avenue Habib Bourguiba, downtown Tunis on 14 January 2011, a few hours before president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali fled the...

Most women in Kenya are abused on public transport: Survey 16 Dec 2015 - 05:43 pm

A group of men push a matatu to a nearby petrol station in Nyeri town, central Kenya on January 11, 2012 By Katy...

Charlie Hebdo giving $4 million in donations to victims 16 Dec 2015 - 05:37 pm

PARIS: Charlie Hebdo, the satirical newspaper whose staff was decimated by Islamic extremist gunmen, is giving nearly 4 million euros ($4.4 million) to...

Panda cub in Washington is thriving ahead of public debut 16 Dec 2015 - 05:30 pm

WASHINGTON: If the youngest giant panda cub at the National Zoo is stressed out about appearing in front of crowds for the first...

4,000 'slave' child workers removed from cocoa plantations 16 Dec 2015 - 05:30 pm

Abidjan: Some 4,000 child victims of "slavery and exploitation" were removed from cocoa plantations in Ivory Coast between 2012 and 2014, authorities fighting...

Catholic patriarch urges end to Israeli-Palestinian violence 16 Dec 2015 - 05:26 pm

Fouad Twal Jerusalem: The head of the Roman Catholic Church in the Holy Land called Wednesday in his Christmas message for Israel and...

Canada dismayed at harsh sentence of Canadian pastor in North Korea 16 Dec 2015 - 05:17 pm

Hyeon Soo Lim speaks during a news conference in Pyongyang in this photo taken in July. (Kyodo/Reuters) TORONTO: Canada is dismayed at the...

“Follow the rules!”: German TV show aims to help Arab refugees integrate 16 Dec 2015 - 05:05 pm

Germany has challenge absorbing 1 million new refugees New show tackles issues like free speech, sexuality Says no law, including sharia, above German...

Iraq parliament approves 105.8 trn dinar budget for 2016 16 Dec 2015 - 04:59 pm

BAGHDAD: Iraq's parliament approved a budget of 105.8 trillion Iraqi dinars on Wednesday based on projected oil exports of 3.6 million barrels per...

Arab League to meet to discuss Turkish forces in Iraq 16 Dec 2015 - 04:54 pm

Cairo: The Arab League said Wednesday it will hold an extraordinary meeting of its foreign ministers next week to discuss Turkeys deployment of...

France's Le Pen under fire for tweeting grisly IS images 16 Dec 2015 - 04:49 pm

Paris: French far-right leader Marine Le Pen faced sharp criticism Wednesday after tweeting a graphic image of an Islamic State beheading in response...

Kidnappings skyrocket in eastern DRCongo 16 Dec 2015 - 04:43 pm

Represntative image Kinshasa: Kidnappings skyrocketed this year in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where at least 175 people were taken hostage for ransom,...

Lebanon fails to elect president despite cautious optimism 16 Dec 2015 - 04:36 pm

Beirut: The Lebanese parliament failed for the 33rd time Wednesday to elect a president, despite cautious expectations that a consensus had formed around...

Turkey kills 8 Kurdish rebels in new curfew operations: army 16 Dec 2015 - 04:26 pm

asked demonstrators walk past by an armored police vehicle during a protest against the curfew in Sur district, in the southeastern city of...

Trump clashes with Scottish government after wind farm blow 16 Dec 2015 - 04:08 pm

A file photo taken on May 27, 2010, shows US tycoon Donald Trump (C) posing with Scottish pipers during a visit to the...

Japan court upholds common surnames for married couples 16 Dec 2015 - 04:04 pm

Lawyers (right) watch on as their supporters hold a banner which says "unconstitutionality judgement" outside of Japan's Supreme Court in Tokyo on December...

'Frenchmen' with suspected Paris attacks links held in Austria 16 Dec 2015 - 03:43 pm

Vienna: Austrian police have arrested two people with suspected links to the November Paris attacks, prosecutors said Wednesday, with an Austrian newspaper reporting...