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Gunmen kill police officer in Yemen's Aden 12 Jan 2016 - 06:59 pm

Yemeni pro-regime fighters patrol a street in the southern port city of Aden, on November 1, 2015 (AFP Photo/Saleh al-Obeidi) Aden: Unidentified gunmen...

Afghanistan official says thinks Taliban interested in talks 12 Jan 2016 - 06:53 pm

Representative image KABUL: Afghanistan’s chief negotiator in peace talks that began in Pakistan this week said on Tuesday that he was hopeful Taliban...

Israeli soldiers kill two Palestinians, one an alleged stabber 12 Jan 2016 - 06:49 pm

JERUSALEM: Israeli soldiers shot dead at least two Palestinians, including an alleged knife-wielding assailant, in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, as four...

Venezuela sinks deeper into messy political crisis 12 Jan 2016 - 06:36 pm

The opposition coalition, the Democratic Unity Roundtable (MUD), accuses the court of bias in favor of President Nicolas Maduro Caracas: Venezuela's opposition-controlled legislature...

India urged to ban FGM as women break silence on secret ritual 12 Jan 2016 - 06:26 pm

The campaign is led by Masooma Ranalvi, a 49-year-old publisher who has launched an online petition in which she describes how she was...

Afghan drug raid seizes more than tonne of heroin: govt 12 Jan 2016 - 06:21 pm

Representative image Kabul: A special Afghan task force has seized more than a tonne of heroin in a raid on an illegal narcotics...

More women in new Ivory Coast government, some key changes 12 Jan 2016 - 06:17 pm

Daniel Kablan Duncan Abidjan: Ivory Coast Prime Minister Daniel Kablan Duncan appointed more women Tuesday to his new government, tasked with accelerating economic...

Istanbul suicide bomber was Islamic State jihadist: Turkey PM 12 Jan 2016 - 06:11 pm

Ankara: The Istanbul suicide bombing that left 10 people dead, mostly Germans, was carried out by a jihadist from the Islamic State extremist...

Philadelphia newspapers donated to new nonprofit group 12 Jan 2016 - 06:06 pm

New York: Philadelphia's two daily newspapers are being donated to a newly created non-profit organization in a bid to keep the struggling news...

Switzerland and Nigeria discuss return of $300 million stolen by Abacha 12 Jan 2016 - 06:01 pm

Sani Abacha By Camillus Eboh ABUJA: Authorities in Switzerland are in talks to arrange the return to Nigeria of $300 million confiscated from...

Questions linger over death of music icon Bowie 12 Jan 2016 - 05:56 pm

London: Music legend David Bowie was famously private during his lifetime but also in his death, with a string of questions about the...

Danish right-wing party says it no longer guarantees government majority 12 Jan 2016 - 05:52 pm

Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen COPENHAGEN: A small Danish right-wing party announced on Tuesday that it would no longer automatically guarantee the survival...

Ivory Coast’s Ouattara names new government, makes key changes 12 Jan 2016 - 05:46 pm

Alassane Ouattara Shake-up comes after landslide poll win last year. PM says government has “combat mission.” Top jobs in finance, diplomacy, justice and...

Premature to speak of asylum for Assad: Putin 12 Jan 2016 - 05:41 pm

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday it was premature to say whether Moscow would grant asylum to embattled Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad,...

At least nine Germans among dead in Istanbul suicide attack: Turkish official 12 Jan 2016 - 05:37 pm

Istanbul: At least nine Germans were among the 10 people killed in a suicide bombing Tuesday in the heart of Istanbul's tourist district,...

Gabon presidential hopeful seeks to end Bongo rule, wants more accountability 12 Jan 2016 - 05:31 pm

Jean Ping By Gerauds Wilfried Obangome LIBREVILLE: Former African Union chairman Jean Ping, a leading critic of Gabon’s President Ali Bongo, says he...

Syria opposition condemns Istanbul suicide bombing 12 Jan 2016 - 05:26 pm

Beirut: Syria's opposition coalition on Tuesday denounced the attack by a Syrian suicide bomber that killed 10 people in Istanbul's tourist heartland. The...

Iranian fighter jet crashes, 2 pilots dead 12 Jan 2016 - 05:23 pm

Tehran: An Iranian F-4 Phantom fighter jet crashed during training exercises near the border with Pakistan on Tuesday, killing both pilots, state television...