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Jailed Venezuela opponent says Maduro's exit should be priority 21 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Caracas: Ousting President Nicolas Maduro should be a priority of Venezuela's new legislature that meets in January, jailed opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez said...

Yemen peace deal elusive but rivals vow to meet again 21 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Bern, Switzerland: Yemen's warring parties on Sunday wrapped up peace talks in Switzerland with no major breakthrough but vowed to meet again next...

Clinton backs Obama’s Islamic State strategy in Democratic debate 21 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

By John Whitesides and Luciana Lopez MANCHESTER, N.H: U.S. Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton backed elements of President Barack Obama’s strategy to fight...

Brussels police raid home, make arrest in Paris attacks probe 21 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Salah Abdeslam Brussels: Belgian police searched a home in the centre of Brussels on Sunday and made one arrest in connection with a...

Twelve Chilean airports paralyzed by worker's strike 21 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Representative image Santiago: Twelve Chilean airports were paralyzed Sunday as workers remained on strike over pension demands, forcing airlines to cancel flights and...

Scandal-hit French tycoon Tapie announces return to politics 21 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Bernard Tapie Paris: French tycoon Bernard Tapie, embroiled in a scandal that has seen IMF chief Christine Lagarde ordered to stand trial, on...

Palestinian shot trying to stab Israeli troops: army 20 Dec 2015 - 06:48 pm

Israeli security forces stand guard in the West Bank city of Hebron, on December 20, 2015 (AFP Photo/Hazem Bader) Hebron, Palestinian Territories: The...

Rocket hits military bus in Syrian capital, wounds 9 20 Dec 2015 - 06:45 pm

File photo. An injured Syrian army soldier, who was wounded after a roadside bomb hit his military truck, is helped by a comrade,...

West pushes for Libyan unity as bulwark against IS 20 Dec 2015 - 06:00 pm

Paris: The West has heaped pressure on rival Libyan politicians to form a unity government as the need for a stable ally to...

Kenya: No bomb found yet in device on Air France flight 20 Dec 2015 - 05:31 pm

NAIROBI, Kenya: No explosives have been found yet on the suspicious device that caused an Air France flight from Mauritius to Paris to...

Delhi gang-rapist freed from youth detention: police 20 Dec 2015 - 04:28 pm

New Delhi: The youngest convict in an infamous fatal gang-rape on a bus in New Delhi three years ago has been released from...

Iraq gets first beauty queen since 1972 20 Dec 2015 - 04:14 pm

Iraqi Shaymaa Qasim poses during the Miss Iraq beauty contest on December 19, 2015 in the capital Baghdad Some people out there think...

New clashes shake Yemen as peace talks draw to end 20 Dec 2015 - 04:11 pm

Armed tribesmen loyal to Yemen's Saudi-backed government hold a Houthi position in the northeast province of al-Jouf, Yemen. Aden: Fighting raged on Sunday...

Protesters trash downtown Geneva: Police 20 Dec 2015 - 04:00 pm

A woman walks past graffiti on a wall reading "Luxury for all" (C) and "Death to cops" (R) on December 20, 2015 in...

EU border agency warns of risks from fake passports: Report 20 Dec 2015 - 03:25 pm

Iraqi refugees Ahmad, his wife Alia and baby Adam get ready in their bedroom, shared with other refugees, at a temporary refugee center...

Nepal police kill protester in constitutional crisis clash 20 Dec 2015 - 03:13 pm

People protesting Nepal. (file photo) Kathmandu: Nepali police shot and killed a protester Sunday after fresh clashes erupted in the country's southern plains,...

Spain votes in landmark polls that could end two-party grip on politics 20 Dec 2015 - 02:09 pm

Centre-right party Ciudadanos leader and candidate for general election, Albert Rivera casts his ballot. AFP MADRID: Spanish voters went to the polls Sunday...