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UN Security Council to meet Monday over Burundi 'hate speech': France 06 Nov 2015 - 05:07 pm

Paris: The UN Security Council will meet on Monday to discuss Burundi as "hate speech" threatens to exacerbate a deteriorating political situation, the...

India-born former soldier sworn in as Canada's new defense minister 06 Nov 2015 - 09:30 am

Canada's new National Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan after being sworn-in at a ceremony in Rideau Hall, Ottawa, November 4, 2015. Reuters By Leah...

Nigeria calls for eyes and ears against Boko Haram 05 Nov 2015 - 05:56 pm

Kano, Nigeria: Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari is calling for civilian "foot soldiers" in the fight against Boko Haram, appealing to traditional hierarchies and...

Two more child migrants drown off Greece as UN warns of arrival spike 05 Nov 2015 - 05:35 pm

Athens:The cold Aegean Sea claimed the lives of two more migrant children early Thursday, sparking protests in Greece as the UN warned another...

UN divers search South Sudan plane crash site 05 Nov 2015 - 05:34 pm

Juba: United Nations divers in South Sudan on Thursday searched the Nile for victims and the black box flight recorder from a plane...

Ukraine rebels complete small arms withdrawal 05 Nov 2015 - 05:28 pm

Donetsk, Ukraine: Ukraine's pro-Russian insurgents said Thursday they had completed the withdrawal of their smaller weapons from a buffer zone in the ex-Soviet...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

Burundi crisis poses 'devastating' risk for region: AU 05 Nov 2015 - 11:02 am

Addis Ababa: The African Union has warned of its "deep concern" for troubled Burundi and the wider region if rivals do not resolve...

Greek refugee island running out of space to bury the dead 05 Nov 2015 - 10:04 am

Refugees and migrants wait at the port of Lesbos island due to a strike of Greece's seamen's federation (PNO) on November 4, 2015....

6.3 earthquake magnitude Hits Russia's kamchatka 05 Nov 2015 - 09:20 am

Moscow: A Strong earthquake measuring 6.3 on Richter scale hit Russia's Far Eastern Kamchatka Peninsula on Thursday, a spokesman for the Kamchatka branch...

Romanian PM quits over club blaze, but protesters unsatisfied 05 Nov 2015 - 09:00 am

Bucharest: Romania's embattled Prime Minister Victor Ponta resigned Wednesday, after a deadly nightclub blaze prompted mass demonstrations, but his move failed to stop...

South Sudan wracked by weapons buildup, rapes, killings: UN 05 Nov 2015 - 08:40 am

A woman, her cousin, her son and her son's friend carry their belongings as they walk through the UN base outside Bentiu, on...

San Diego gunman in custody; flight diversions at airport end 05 Nov 2015 - 05:12 am

SWAT team officers set up their position at the scene of an active shooting with a suspect with a high powered rifle in...

UN chief urges end to deadlock over disputed Western Sahara 05 Nov 2015 - 05:02 am

UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations chief on Wednesday urged Morocco and Western Sahara's Polisario Front independence movement to end an impasse fuelling a...