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World seals landmark climate accord, marking turn from fossil fuels 13 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

French Foreign Affairs Minister Laurent Fabius (C), President-designate of COP21 and Christiana Figueres (L), Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate...

Sinatra's hometown caps centennial celebrations 13 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Frank Sinatra Hoboken: Frank Sinatra's hometown on Saturday dedicated a plaque in his honor, capping celebrations of the singing legend's centennial year despite...

High-level inter-Korean talks fail to reach agreement 13 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Seoul: Two days of rare, high-level talks between North and South Korea aimed at easing cross-border tensions broke up Saturday with no agreement...

Time to turn words into climate action: IMF chief 13 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Christine Lagarde Washington: Words must be put into action to save the planet, IMF chief Christine Lagarde warned, after envoys from 195 nations...

India, China, Saudi Arabia 'happy' with climate pact 12 Dec 2015 - 06:56 pm

Gurdial Singh Nijar Le Bourget: India, China and Saudi Arabia are all "happy" with a planned 195-nation agreement to slash greenhouse gas emissions,...

Trump hits back at Saudi billionaire 12 Dec 2015 - 06:47 pm

Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Washington: Donald Trump hit back at a Saudi Arabian fellow billionaire after the prince branded him a disgrace and...

South Africa’s Zuma denies affair with airline boss 12 Dec 2015 - 06:37 pm

Jacob Zuma By Tiisetso Motsoeneng JOHANNESBURG: South African President on Saturday denied rumours he had an affair with the chairwoman of state-owned airline...

Swedish official remanded in custody for selling visas 12 Dec 2015 - 06:20 pm

Embassy of Switzerland in Nigeria Stockholm: A Swedish migration officer on assignment in West Africa was remanded in custody for serious bribery and...

New Dutch graphic novel reveals life with disabled mum 12 Dec 2015 - 06:09 pm

The Hague: A brutally honest new graphic novel autobiography by a young Dutch artist is set to make waves as it tells of...

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...