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Wikipedia awarded top Spanish prize for international cooperation 24 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

Jimmy Wales OVIEDO, Spain: Spain's King Felipe VI on Friday awarded online encyclopedia Wikipedia the country's Princess of Asturias award for international cooperation,...

Zuckerbergs to start school mixing learning and health 24 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

SANFRANCISCO: Facebook billionaire Mark Zuckerberg and his doctor wife on Friday revealed plans to start a private school in a hardscrabble Silicon Valley...

U.S. states, business groups challenge Obama's carbon rules in court 24 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

By Valerie Volcovici and Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON: Twenty-five states and several business groups on Friday launched legal challenges seeking to block the Obama...

Germany speeds up new measures to deal with refugee influx 24 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

Migrants are escorted by German police to a registration centre, after crossing the Austrian-German border in Wegscheid near Passau, Germany, October 20, 2015....

Peru probes possible abuse by founder of Catholic society 24 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

By Mitra Taj LIMA: Peru's attorney general has launched an investigation to determine whether the founder and former head of an elite Catholic...

Pentagon chief expects more anti-IS raids after captives freed 24 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

WASHINGTON: US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said Friday that he expected more raids targeting the Islamic State group similar to the mission in...

Veto under fire as UN turns 70 24 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

UN: More than 100 countries on Friday challenged Security Council powers to restrict their use of the veto as the United Nations turned...

As Hurricane Patricia looms, climate pact edges closer 24 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

BONN: Battle-weary diplomats left Bonn Friday after endorsing the rough outlines of a UN climate rescue pact, as Mexico invoked a super-hurricane nearing...

Mosque blasts kill 55 in NE Nigeria 24 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria: Two bomb blasts ripped through mosques in northeast Nigeria on Friday, killing at least 55 people and injuring more than 100,...

Two more women accuse Bill Cosby of misconduct 24 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

By Katie Reilly NEW YORK: Two more women accused comedian Bill Cosby of sexual misconduct on Friday, and their attorney Gloria Allred said...

Mexico braces for Hurricane Patricia, strongest ever 24 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

PUERTO VALLARTA: Super-storm Patricia closed menacingly on Mexico's Pacific coast on Friday as the strongest hurricane on record, sending residents, tourists and authorities...

Cameroon army drives Boko Haram militants back across northern border 24 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

Soldiers of the Chadian army guard on January 21, 2015, at the border between Nigeria and Cameroon, some 40 km from Maltam, as...

Man who sent details on U.S. jets to Iran sentenced to 8 years 23 Oct 2015 - 06:56 pm

By Richard Weizel HARTFORD: A dual U.S.-Iranian citizen who pleaded guilty to exporting sensitive information about U.S. military jets to his native Iran...

South Africa's Zuma caves in on fees amid violent student protests 23 Oct 2015 - 06:42 pm

Smoke and flames rise from the site where a portable toilet was set ablaze on the south lawn of the Union Building in...

Sweden could cut Africa projects, diverting funds home for refugee crisis 23 Oct 2015 - 06:32 pm

By Violette Goarant STOCKHOLM: Sweden, known globally for its traditional generous foreign aid programmes, could reduce its funding of development projects in Africa...

Turkey finds 244 protesters guilty in Gezi park trial 23 Oct 2015 - 06:29 pm

ISTANBUL: A Turkish court on Friday sentenced 244 people to up to 14 months behind bars for taking part in mass protests in...

Migration needs a home in global climate deal: UN experts 23 Oct 2015 - 05:55 pm

By Megan Rowling BONN, Germany: One person is displaced by disasters every second, migration experts emphasised at U.N. climate talks in Bonn, as...

Kurds say joint raid with U.S. in Iraq aimed to free their fighters 23 Oct 2015 - 05:15 pm

By Isabel Coles and Stephen Kalin ERBIL/BAGHDAD: U.S. special forces who raided a prison compound in northern Iraq were acting on intelligence that...