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Rwandan senate debates constitutional change for Kagame 3rd term 05 Nov 2015 - 05:13 pm

Kigali: Rwanda's upper house of parliament debated Thursday a constitutional amendment enabling President Paul Kagame to run for a third consecutive term in...

Sharm el-Sheikh: jewel of Egypt's tourism industry 05 Nov 2015 - 05:09 pm

Cairo: The Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, where British tourists were stranded Thursday after flight cancellations over fears a bomb downed a...

Tanzania's Magufuli sworn in as president 05 Nov 2015 - 05:06 pm

anzania's newly elected president John Magufuli (2ndR) shakes hands with Rwanda's president Paul Kagame (L) eyed by Zimbabwe's president Robert Mugabe (R) and...

Bomb blast in northeast Lebanon kills 9 -security sources 05 Nov 2015 - 05:02 pm

BEIRUT: A roadside car bomb killed at least nine people and wounded four others in northeast Lebanon on Thursday, in an area close...

International Coalition Airstrike Kills 18 IS affiliates 05 Nov 2015 - 04:47 pm

Baghdad: An airstrike carried out by the international coalition killed 18 Daesh militants and wounded 11 west of Kirkuk, Northern Iraq, a security...

75 palestinians killed, 2372 injured since outbreak of Jerusalem intifada 05 Nov 2015 - 04:46 pm

Ramallah: The Palestinian Ministry of Health said that 75 Palestinians including 17 children and two women, have been killed by Israeli army fire...

Syria rebels seize key regime town on Hama-Aleppo road: Monitor 05 Nov 2015 - 01:54 pm

Beirut, Lebanon: Syrian rebels, including jihadists, seized the last government-held town on the main highway between second city Aleppo and the city of...

Amid Typhoon Haiyan recovery, some feel they are left behind 05 Nov 2015 - 01:46 pm

Richel Quiminales, 35, who lost her home during Super Typhoon Haiyan, stands outside her home in a slum in Tacloban, Philippines. Reuters Tacloban,...

Large voter turnout in final phase of Bihar polls 05 Nov 2015 - 01:43 pm

Female voters queue to cast their ballots at a voting centre in the final stage of state assembly elections in the Bihar village...

Afghan Taliban breakaway faction challenges new chief Mansour 05 Nov 2015 - 01:29 pm

Leader of the faction Mullah Rasool addressing a meeting of heavily armed fighters Bakwah: A breakaway faction of the Taliban has appointed its...

Bangkok nightclub owner jailed for deadly New Year blaze 05 Nov 2015 - 01:22 pm

Owner of a swanky nightclub in Bangkok Visuk Setsawat Bangkok: The owner of a Bangkok nightclub was jailed for three years Thursday over...

Indonesia reopens Bali airport after two-day closure 05 Nov 2015 - 01:16 pm

Passengers wait to obtain information on delayed and cancelled flights at the international departure area of Bali's Ngurah Rai Airport in Denpasar on...

Radical Bosnian imam jailed for encouraging IS jihadists 05 Nov 2015 - 01:05 pm

A radical Muslim leader Husein Bosnic to be jailed for seven years for inciting terrorism Sarajevo: A Bosnian court on Thursday jailed a...

Myanmar's Suu Kyi says will be above president in new government 05 Nov 2015 - 12:56 pm

Myanmar's National League for Democracy Party's leader Aung San Suu Kyi speaks to the media during a press conference for the upcoming general...

Release of ex-Guatemalan president rejected 05 Nov 2015 - 12:52 pm

File photo of former president Otto Perez Molina Guatemala City: A Guatemalan court has rejected the release of former president Otto Perez Molina,...

Nepal at risk of 'humanitarian crisis': US embassy 05 Nov 2015 - 12:35 pm

People burn tyres as they block the highway connecting Nepal and India, during a strike called by Madhesi protesters against the new constitution...

UK unveils powers to spy on Web use, raising privacy fears 05 Nov 2015 - 12:02 pm

As Britain plans to tighten governmental surveillance of web, Internet users and telecoms firms fear a setback for privacy rights London: Britain unveiled...