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U2's Bono writes Paris attacks song ahead of French gigs 06 Dec 2015 - 05:45 pm

Paris: U2 frontman Bono has written a song about the Paris attacks ahead of a defiant return to the French capital on Sunday...

Venezuela’s Socialists at risk in tense legislative vote 06 Dec 2015 - 05:36 pm

Nicolas Maduro By Brian Ellsworth and Andrew Cawthorne CARACAS: Venezuelans voted for a new legislature on Sunday in an election that may punish...

U.S. monitoring turmoil around Taliban leadership 06 Dec 2015 - 05:30 pm

Mullah Akhtar Mansour KABUL: The United States is watching the upheavals in the Taliban leadership closely, following disputed reports over the fate of...

Exclusive: Burkina charges former coup leader over murder of Sankara 06 Dec 2015 - 05:17 pm

Coup leader, General Gilbert Diendere arrives at the airport to greet Senegal's President Macky Sall and Benin's President Thomas Boni Yayi in Ouagadougou,...

Britain calls crisis meeting as floods hit northern England, one killed 06 Dec 2015 - 05:10 pm

A local resident stumbles as he wades through flood water on a residential street in Carlisle, Britain December 6, 2015. Reuters/Phil Noble LONDON:...

Tourist hurt in Athens clashes on anniversary of teen's killing by police 06 Dec 2015 - 01:12 pm

Athens: Clashes erupted between police and youths in central Athens early Sunday, leaving a tourist lightly injured, as Greek demonstrators prepared to mark...

Armenians vote in referendum on divisive constitutional reforms 06 Dec 2015 - 11:27 am

Russian President Vladimir Putin with his Armenian counterpart Serzh Sarkisian in Moscow recently. AFP Yerevan: Armenians on Sunday began voting in a referendum...

Actor Morgan Freeman in plane scare: Reports 06 Dec 2015 - 11:24 am

Actor Morgan Freeman Washington: Morgan Freeman was in for a scare Saturday when his plane experienced problems and had to make an unexpected...

France's far-right set to make history in first poll since attacks 06 Dec 2015 - 10:58 am

National Front leader Marine Le Pen is expected to top the poll in Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie region. Reuters Paris: France's far-right National Front (FN) is...

Fuelling its growth with coal, India champions the poor in Paris 06 Dec 2015 - 09:27 am

Indian PM Narendra Modi at the COP21 summit in Paris recently PARIS/NEW DELHI: India's hardline position in global climate talks has made it...

Is climate change killing American starfish? 06 Dec 2015 - 08:43 am

Forks, United States: On the remote rocky shores of the western United States, low tide brings visitors to wave-splashed tide pools to marvel...

Oil-rich, cash-poor Venezuela in tense election 06 Dec 2015 - 08:42 am

Caracas: Venezuelans vote Sunday in tense elections that could see the opposition seize legislative power from the socialist government and which leaders fear...

At climate talks, African nations pledge to restore forests 06 Dec 2015 - 08:23 am

- FILE - In this Sunday, March 21, 2010 file photo, shafts of sunlight filtering through the forest canopy strike smoke from fires...

FBI searches California shooter Farook's former neighbor's home 06 Dec 2015 - 08:02 am

By Rory Carroll and Yasmeen Abutaleb RIVERSIDE, Calif.: Federal agents in Riverside conducted a search early on Saturday at what neighbors say was...

Jailed Venezuela opposition leader allowed to vote: Colombian ex-president 06 Dec 2015 - 08:00 am

Caracas: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has agreed to let jailed opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez vote in Sunday's key legislative elections, a visiting Colombian...

French support Sunday working, if someone else does it: poll 06 Dec 2015 - 07:55 am

Paris: More than two thirds of French people are in favour of shops opening on Sundays, as long as they don't have to...

Obama to make primetime address after California attack 06 Dec 2015 - 07:54 am

Washington: US President Barack Obama will make a rare primetime address to the nation Sunday laying out how he will keep Americans safe...

London Tube stabbings 'terrorist incident': police 06 Dec 2015 - 07:47 am

Police officers investigate a crime scene at Leytonstone underground station in east London, Britain December 6, 2015. Police were called to reports of...