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Niger to audit electoral register ahead of February vote 12 Dec 2015 - 05:55 pm

Brigi Rafini NIAMEY,: Niger will audit its electoral register ahead of a presidential election in February 2016 following demands from opposition parties, Prime...

Swiss confirm arrest of two suspects of Syrian origin in jihadist probe 12 Dec 2015 - 05:53 pm

Geneva: Swiss authorities said Saturday that two people of Syrian origin had been arrested on suspicion of transporting "explosives and toxic gases" as...

Gambia now an 'Islamic state', says president 12 Dec 2015 - 05:51 pm

Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh Banjul, Gambia: The president of the Gambia has declared his country is now "an Islamic state," his office said...

Three astronauts land back on Earth from space station 12 Dec 2015 - 04:26 pm

A search and rescue team works at the site of the landing of the Soyuz TMA-17M capsule that carried three flight engineers back...

15 killed by car bomb in Syria's Homs: governor 12 Dec 2015 - 04:02 pm

Syrians gather at the scene of one of two car bomb attacks in Governm,ent controlled areas ofHoms, Syria, 12 December 2015. Damascus: A...

Two Egyptian policemen jailed for torturing lawyer to death 12 Dec 2015 - 03:00 pm

CAIRO: Two police officers were sentenced on Saturday to five years in jail by an Egyptian court for torturing a lawyer to death...

Climate deal unveiled in Paris, a "historic turning point" 12 Dec 2015 - 02:55 pm

(LtoR) French President Francois Hollande, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and UN climate chief Christiana Figueres applaud...

Liberia's last Ebola contacts finish quarantine 12 Dec 2015 - 02:16 pm

Cassius Kollie (R), 24, one of four people discharged from an Ebola treatment unit, receives a certificate for being cured of the disease...

MSF says death toll rises to 42 in Afghan hospital strike 12 Dec 2015 - 02:11 pm

The death toll from a devastating US air strike on an Afghan hospital in October has risen to 42, medical charity MSF said...

At least 17 injured in grenade attack at Ethiopia mosque 12 Dec 2015 - 01:53 pm

Addis Ababa: At least 17 people were injured when a grenade was thrown into the main mosque in the Ethiopia capital Addis Ababa...

Dozens of corpses lie in streets day after Burundi attacks: Witnesses 12 Dec 2015 - 01:17 pm

Military personnel sits aboard a vehicle driving through the Musaga neighbourhood of the city of Bujumbura on December 11, 2015. Nairobi: At least...

Quest for universal climate rescue pact nears finish line 12 Dec 2015 - 11:58 am

Participants hold a long red sheet in a demonstration within the COP21 to ask leaders to fightclimate change, during the COP21 World Climate...

Suicide bomber kills six on Iraq-Saudi border: Officials 12 Dec 2015 - 11:48 am

File photo of Saudi-Iraq border for representation Baghdad: A suicide bomber attacked an Iraqi position on the border with Saudi Arabia on Saturday,...

At least 848 Afghan civilian casualties in Kunduz: UN 12 Dec 2015 - 11:36 am

File photo of northern city of Kunduz after Afghan forces retook control from Taliban KABUL: At least 848 Afghan civilians were killed or...

Former Kazakh PM sentenced to 10 years in prison 12 Dec 2015 - 11:30 am

Former Kazakhstan prime minister Serik Akhmetov Astana, Kazakhstan: Kazakhstan has sentenced former prime minister Serik Akhmetov to 10 years in prison, a court...

Japan and India agree bullet train, nuclear deals 12 Dec 2015 - 11:20 am

Prime Minister Narendra Modi shakes hands with Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe after signing of agreements at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on...

Bomb kills soldier, wounds four in SW Pakistan: Police 12 Dec 2015 - 11:10 am

Pakistani security officials inspect the site of the bomb blast in Quetta, Balochistan province, Pakistan, 12 December 2015. EPA Quetta, Pakistan: At least...