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‘Black Friday’ protest of police shooting shuts main Chicago shopping street 28 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Protester Lamon Reccord, 16, confronted a police officer during a demonstration in response to the fatal shooting of Laquan McDonald in Chicago on...

Briton kept father's skeleton in armchair for months: inquest 28 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Timothy Brown lived alongside his dead father Kenneth in their home in Stafford (pictured) for up to four months and was only discovered...

NSA to shut down bulk phone surveillance program by Sunday 28 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

By Dustin Volz WASHINGTON: The U.S. National Security Agency will end its daily vacuuming of millions of Americans’ phone records by Sunday and...

'Romance fraud' warning from UK police after £1.6m scam 28 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

London: London's Metropolitan Police on Friday warned singletons to beware of online dating scams after two men were convicted of duping a woman...

Colombia loses WTO ruling over tariff on textiles and clothes 28 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

GENEVA: A World Trade Organization dispute panel ruled against Colombia’s tariff on textiles, clothes and shoes on Friday, dismissing its argument that the...

Russia to suspend visa-free travel with Turkey 28 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Moscow: Russia will suspend its visa-free regime with Turkey beginning January 1, 2016, the Interfax news agency reported. The move, announced by Foreign...

The players who can make or break a Paris climate deal 28 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Paris: Negotiators from 195 nations gather in Paris on Monday to try to broker a universal climate pact to rein in global warming...

Ben Carson arrives in Jordan to visit Syrian refugees 28 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

By Emily Flitter NEW YORK: Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson arrived in Jordan on Friday for a two-day tour of multiple camps housing...

Turkey’s Erdogan warns Russia not to “play with fire” 28 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

By Daren Butler and Maria Tsvetkova ISTANBUL/MOSCOW: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan warned Russia on Friday not to “play with fire”, citing reports Turkish...

French president urges British MPs to back Syria air strikes 28 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

Francois Hollande Valletta: Francois Hollande on Friday urged British MPs to back air strikes on Islamic State targets in Syria "in solidarity with...

Chicago police charge man in gang-related killing of 9-year-old 28 Nov 2015 - 12:00 am

By Mary Wisniewski CHICAGO: A man has been arrested and charged in the gang-related murder of a 9-year-old boy who was lured from...

Uganda’s Museveni to face challengers in first presidential debate 27 Nov 2015 - 06:57 pm

Yoweri Museveni President of Uganda By Elias Biryabarema KAMPALA: Uganda’s long-serving leader Yoweri Museveni will face off against seven challengers in the country’s...

German arms dealer probed over possible link to Paris attacks: prosecutor 27 Nov 2015 - 06:49 pm

Berlin: German prosecutors said Friday they were investigating whether an illegal arms dealer had sold four assault rifles to a person in the...

Live Shakespeare tops British cinema box office - for a day 27 Nov 2015 - 06:34 pm

LONDON: A live broadcast of Judi Dench and Kenneth Branagh starring in Shakespeare’s “The Winter’s Tale” was the biggest cinema box office draw...

Burkina Faso to choose first new leader in three decades 27 Nov 2015 - 05:51 pm

Campaign By Nadoun Coulibaly and Joe Penney OUAGADOUGOU: Burkina Faso votes in its first free election in three decades this weekend, choosing a...

Brazil dam disaster shows flaws in decrepit mining regulator 27 Nov 2015 - 05:41 pm

By Stephen Eisenhammer and Anthony Boadle BELO HORIZONTE/BRASILIA: With leaking windows, moldy walls and piles of paper where you might expect computers, the...

Iranian hard-liners said to intensify crackdown ahead of key votes 27 Nov 2015 - 05:39 pm

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei By Parisa Hafezi Ahead of two key elections in Iran in February, the Supreme Leader’s hard-line allies have cracked down...

NATO split on message to send Georgia on membership hopes 27 Nov 2015 - 05:15 pm

European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton listens to NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen (R) during a NATO foreign ministers meeting at...