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Trump health report a picture of excellence: doctor 15 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Donald Trump Washington: White House contender Donald Trump released a statement Monday by his physician who described the Republican frontrunner as being in...

Protests in Ethiopia leave at least five dead, possibly many more 15 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Students mourning at Haromaya University. Photo shared widely on social media. Many of the protesters are students Farmer worry about land grabs Government...

Bill Cosby files counter-suit against seven women in defamation case 15 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

BOSTON: Actor and comedian Bill Cosby on Monday filed a countersuit against seven women who had accused him of defaming them by saying...

EU to offer Turkey no guarantee on taking in refugees -source 15 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

European Commission to unveil refugee resettlement plan Tuesday New scheme targets Syrians in Turkey, part of EU-Turkish accord Lack of minimum number reflects...

Burundi starts trial of May coup plotters, days after fighting 15 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Group of 28 officers facing trial for May coup bid Experts fear patchwork army could splinter Government says troops united, no ethnic rifts...

South Africa’s Gordhan opens with a joke, but tone is serious 14 Dec 2015 - 06:49 pm

Gordhan slips into damage control mode Spending ceilings “sacrosanct” Battered rand stages relief rally By Ed Cropley JOHANNESBURG: Introducing South Africa’s third finance...

Greece: EU backs housing scheme for stranded migrants 14 Dec 2015 - 06:44 pm

ATHENS, Greece: The European Union has pledged to spend 80 million euros ($88 million) on a housing scheme for migrants and asylum speakers...

New airstrikes hit Damascus suburb day after 45 were killed 14 Dec 2015 - 06:41 pm

BEIRUT: Syrian government helicopter gunships on Monday struck a suburb of the capital, Damascus, a day after airstrikes in the area killed at...

Merkel draws party cheers for centrist line on refugees 14 Dec 2015 - 06:31 pm

Karlsruhe, Germany: German Chancellor Angela Merkel pledged Monday to reduce a massive refugee influx but insisted on keeping the door open to the...

Kosovo opposition releases tear gas in parliament 14 Dec 2015 - 06:25 pm

PRISTINA, Kosovo: Opposition lawmakers released tear gas Monday in Kosovo's parliament as they once again tried to pressure the government into renouncing deals...

Can the Paris agreement protect poor farmers from climate change? 14 Dec 2015 - 06:20 pm

By Megan Rowling BARCELONA: Purity Gachanga is one small-scale farmer who is beating climate change. On her several acres of land in Embu...

Rwanda genocide masterminds' sentences cut 14 Dec 2015 - 06:15 pm

Pauline Nyiramasuhuko Arusha, Tanzania: A Rwandan minister who was sentenced to life in jail for her role in the 1994 genocide had her...

France's FN founder fears 'President Mustafa' after poll drubbing 14 Dec 2015 - 06:03 pm

Jean-Marie Le Pen Paris: The controversial founder of France's National Front (FN), Jean-Marie Le Pen, said Monday he feared the country electing a...

At least 40 dead in Argentina police bus accident 14 Dec 2015 - 05:53 pm

Buenos Aires: At least 41 police officers died Monday and several more were injured when their bus drove off a bridge in northern...

Kigali denies Burundi charge of refugees being recruited by Rwanda rebels 14 Dec 2015 - 05:46 pm

Seraphine Mukantabana NAIROBI: Burundi accused neighbouring Rwanda on Monday of supporting a rebel group that was recruiting Burundian refugees on Rwandan soil, allegations...

Israel lawmakers snub Netanyahu plan to tap major gas field 14 Dec 2015 - 05:41 pm

Benjamin Netanyahu Jerusalem: An Israeli parliamentary committee refused to give its blessing Monday to a natural gas deal aimed at tapping a huge...

Swedish court sentences two to life over brutal murders in Syria 14 Dec 2015 - 05:32 pm

Hilding Qvarnstrom Stockholm: A Swedish court on Monday sentenced two men to life in prison for "terror crimes" over their role in two...

Sri Lanka blinks in union showdown to avert shutdown 14 Dec 2015 - 05:25 pm

Ranil Wickremesinghe Colombo: Sri Lanka's government Monday raised the basic salaries of more than a million public-sector workers and announced plans for a...