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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...

Liberia's last Ebola contacts finish quarantine 12 Dec 2015 - 02:16 pm

Cassius Kollie (R), 24, one of four people discharged from an Ebola treatment unit, receives a certificate for being cured of the disease...

At least 17 injured in grenade attack at Ethiopia mosque 12 Dec 2015 - 01:53 pm

Addis Ababa: At least 17 people were injured when a grenade was thrown into the main mosque in the Ethiopia capital Addis Ababa...

Dozens of corpses lie in streets day after Burundi attacks: Witnesses 12 Dec 2015 - 01:17 pm

Military personnel sits aboard a vehicle driving through the Musaga neighbourhood of the city of Bujumbura on December 11, 2015. Nairobi: At least...

Quest for universal climate rescue pact nears finish line 12 Dec 2015 - 11:58 am

Participants hold a long red sheet in a demonstration within the COP21 to ask leaders to fightclimate change, during the COP21 World Climate...

Former Kazakh PM sentenced to 10 years in prison 12 Dec 2015 - 11:30 am

Former Kazakhstan prime minister Serik Akhmetov Astana, Kazakhstan: Kazakhstan has sentenced former prime minister Serik Akhmetov to 10 years in prison, a court...

Rival protesters clash as Australia marks race riots 12 Dec 2015 - 10:39 am

A man shouts out as he is detained by police officers during an event against the 10th anniversary of the Cronulla riots rally,...

Pentagon OKs next step in competition for Air Force spy planes 12 Dec 2015 - 09:34 am

File photo of US Defense Acquisition Chief Frank Kendall as he speaks at a news conference at the 2014 Farnborough International Airshow in...

Key US Senate panel chairman opens inquiry into California massacre 12 Dec 2015 - 09:02 am

FBI agents pack up diving gear after searching in the water at Seccombe Lake Park, after last week's shooting in San Bernardino, California...

Canada sets example on Syrian refugees, aid agencies say 12 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau poses with airport staff as they await Syrian refugees to arrive at the Toronto Pearson International Airport in...

14 killed in Boko Haram raid in Nigeria: resident, vigilante 12 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Kano, Nigeria: Fourteen people were killed, some of them decapitated, in a Boko Haram raid on a village in northeast Nigeria, a resident...

Caesar came, saw and conquered on Dutch soil in 55 BC 12 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

The Tusculum portrait, perhaps the only surviving statue created during Caesar's lifetime. Photo: Wikipedia The Hague: Archaeologists say they have proven for the...

Diplomatic pressure forces Syria opposition to table 12 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

File photo of Syrian opposition Riyadh: With international pressure growing for a political solution to Syria's war, opposition groups appear to have resigned...

Arabs, Muslim detainees can sue Bush-era officials over post-September 11 treatment 12 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

George Bush By Joseph Ax NEW YORK: Arab and Muslim former detainees who say they faced harsh jail conditions due to their faith...

US confidence in protection from attack lowest in over a decade 12 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

By Frank McGurty NEW YORK: Confidence in the U.S. government to protect its citizens from militant attacks has fallen to its lowest in...

What would happen in a region ruled by France’s far-right? 12 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Marion Marechal-Le Pen Election run-offs on Sunday after FN topped first round FN wants to use regions as platforms for national power Regions...

Trump and Le Pen: Two takes on a rising populism 12 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Washington: On either side of the Atlantic, the 2008 recession, refugee crises and heightened terror threats have fueled an isolationist populism embodied by...