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  Managua: A US official detailed a $1 billion aid plan for Central America Wednesday focused mainly on Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala --...

   United Nations, United States: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday announced the appointment of Italian diplomat Filippo Grandi as the new UN refugee...

By Yasmeen Abutaleb and Sudarshan Varadhan SAN FRANCISCO/BANGALORE: Facebook Inc said in a report on Wednesday that government demands for its user data...

  BERLIN: German public radio station rbb-Inforadio reported Wednesday that the country's foreign intelligence agency spied on the FBI and U.S. arms companies, adding...

   PARIS: Church bells tolled and officials laid wreaths across Europe on Armistice Day on Wednesday to pay tribute to the millions of soldiers...

   Kiev: A Sukhoi Su-25 plane of the Ukrainian Air Force crashed during a scheduled training flight, killing the pilot, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry...

  Kiev: Clashes between pro-Russian rebels and government forces have left one Ukrainian soldier dead, Kiev said Wednesday, despite a wobbly ceasefire that has...

  Gibina, Slovenia: Slovenia's army began on Wednesday rolling out razor wire along the border with Croatia, an AFP reporter said, in a move...

   Abuja: Nigeria on Wednesday finally got a new government after more than five months of waiting, as 36 ministers and junior ministers swore...

   Madrid: Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said Wednesday his government had launched a Constitutional Court challenge to a resolution passed by Catalonia's parliament...

Romanian paramedics carry a club blaze victim that are in critical condition inside the belly of a Boeing C17 Globemaster III, to speciality...

French President Francois Hollande (R) shakes hands with Benin's President Boni Yayi upon his arrival for a pre-COP 21 climate meeting in Paris...

   New York: US Prosecutors have charged three men accused of masterminding the largest cyber-attack on financial companies in US history. Personal information for...

   Lagos: Unhelpful staff, demands for bribes, lack of seating, broken air-conditioning and a tent for an arrivals hall. Nigeria's Port Harcourt International Airport...

Abuja: Nigeria will finally get a new government on Wednesday after more than five months of waiting, when President Muhammadu Buhari assigns formal...

  Washington: A strong 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of central Chile late Tuesday but there was no immediate tsunami alert, US seismologists...

  Milwaukee: Republican White House hopefuls launched into their latest presidential debate Tuesday, with outsider Donald Trump expected to spar with his rivals but...

       United Nations, United States: A UN peacekeeper was killed in the Central African Republic Tuesday following a clash with Muslim Seleka rebels that...