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DR Congo court sentences journalist's killer to death 23 Feb 2016 - 05:33 pm

Kinshasa: A court in the Democratic Republic of Congo sentenced a man to death for murdering a journalist, but acquitted four other defendants...

Greece PM voices 'displeasure' to EU over Balkans border bottleneck 23 Feb 2016 - 05:17 pm

Alexis Tsipras Athens: Athens has expressed its "displeasure" to the EU over tougher border controls by Balkan countries that have left thousands of...

New London rail line to be named Elizabeth Line after queen 23 Feb 2016 - 05:00 pm

Britian's Queen Elizabeth II, centre, talks to Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin, left, and Mayor of London Boris Johnson, centre, during a royal visit...

EU 'concerned' about possible humanitarian crisis on Balkan migrant route 23 Feb 2016 - 05:00 pm

Children sit near the train tracks as migrants from Afghanistan wait for permission to cross the border from Macedonia to Serbia near the...

Putin ally is threat to Russian national security, says Kremlin critic 23 Feb 2016 - 04:54 pm

Ilya Yashin, a prominent figure in the People’s Freedom Party or PARNAS, said the Kremlin-backed leader of largely Muslim Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, had...

UN warns over rising tension after Uganda vote 23 Feb 2016 - 04:47 pm

Ugandan police officers stand guard outside the house of Uganda's main opposition leader Kizza Besigye home on February 22, 2016 in Kasangati, suburb...

Czechs protest Polish greenhouse over light pollution 23 Feb 2016 - 04:27 pm

In this picture taken, Feb. 18, 2016, growing tomatoes are seen in a huge greenhouse that opened last year on the Polish side...

Mother tells South African court how baby was kidnapped 23 Feb 2016 - 04:21 pm

This file photo taken on February 27, 2015 shows Celeste Nurse (2nd L), the mother of a South African girl who was abducted...

Russian opposition slam Chechen strongman as 'national security threat' 23 Feb 2016 - 02:32 pm

File photo of Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov (C). AFP /Menahem Kahana Moscow: A ruthless and corrupt leader with his own private army who...

Ex-Maldives leader asks for more prison leave 23 Feb 2016 - 01:56 pm

File photo of former Maldivian president Mohamed Nasheed. AFP Colombo: Former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed has requested two more months' leave from prison...

EU court blasts Italy over CIA abduction of Egyptian imam 23 Feb 2016 - 01:51 pm

Italian prosecutor Armando Spataro speaks on November 4, 2009 at a Milan's court at the end of the trial of 26 US secret...

Hundreds protest outside Australian embassy in Dili: Organiser 23 Feb 2016 - 12:57 pm

East Timorese activists attend a rally outside the Australian embassy in Dili on February 23, 2016. AFP/VALENTINO DARIEL SOUSA Dili, East Timor: Protesters...

One dead, 10 hurt in Dutch train derailment: mayor 23 Feb 2016 - 12:52 pm

Emergency services intervene on the scene of a derailed passengers train near Dalfsen, eastern Netherlands, on February 23, 2016. AFP/ANP/Vincent Jannink The Hague:...

Germany, France pressure Ukraine over graft, election law 23 Feb 2016 - 12:26 pm

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko (C), French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault (L) and German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier shake hands prior to their talks...

Spain arrests four with suspected links to Islamic militants 23 Feb 2016 - 12:10 pm

MADRID: Spanish and Moroccan police arrested four people accused of recruiting potential militants to fight in Syria and Iraq or to carry out...

Once more, Vienna ranked world's nicest city and Baghdad worst 23 Feb 2016 - 12:02 pm

Christmas light illuminate the Vienna city. Reuters VIENNA: Vienna, Austria's grand capital on the Danube river, offers the highest quality of life of...

Several injured in Dutch train accident: police and media 23 Feb 2016 - 12:00 pm

AMSTERDAM: A Dutch passenger train derailed on Tuesday after hitting a maintenance crane during rush hour, killing one person and injuring several others,...

Dozen wounded in Burundi grenade blasts as UN chief visits: Police 23 Feb 2016 - 11:38 am

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon (2L) walks with Burundi's Vice President Gaston Sindimwo (C) and the French Ambassador to Burundi, Gerrit van Rossum...