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Judge mulls charges for migrant disaster ship skipper. 24 Apr 2015 - 07:47 pm

Catania, Italy - The Tunisian captain of a migrant boat in which at least 700 people drowned was to learn Friday what charges...

Five people killed in DR Congo by suspected Ugandan rebels. 24 Apr 2015 - 07:43 pm

Goma, DR Congo - Five people were hacked to death overnight in the Beni region of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, an area...

Turkish minister attends Armenian massacres mass for first time. 24 Apr 2015 - 07:42 pm

Istanbul - A Turkish government minister for the first time attended a mass Friday to mark the 1915 massacres of Armenians in Istanbul...

Labour leader Miliband vows to end UK 'isolationism'. 24 Apr 2015 - 07:35 pm

London - British opposition leader Ed Miliband accused David Cameron's government of "small-minded isolationism" in an election campaign speech Friday, but sparked a...

Iran ships 'turn back' from Yemen as fighting rages. 24 Apr 2015 - 07:28 pm

Sanaa - An Iranian naval convoy suspected of carrying weapons for Shia rebels in Yemen has turned back, US officials said, as Saudi-led...

Poland denies entry to pro-Putin bikers planning WWII victory ride. 24 Apr 2015 - 07:22 pm

Warsaw - Poland on Friday said it had denied entry to a Russian biker gang backed by the Kremlin, which is planning to...

Qaeda, allies advance on Syrian regime bastion: monitor. 24 Apr 2015 - 07:17 pm

Beirut - Al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate and other Islamist fighters made gains on Friday in a joint offensive on the last major regime bastion...

IS jihadists down regime aircraft in south Syria: monitor. 24 Apr 2015 - 07:08 pm

Beirut - The Islamic State shot down a regime aircraft near a key military airport in southern Syria Friday, with pro-IS Twitter accounts...

Bin laden allies suspected of Vatican plot arrested in Italy. 24 Apr 2015 - 07:04 pm

Rome - Italian police said Friday they had dismantled an Islamist network they have linked to Osama bin Laden, one of Pakistan's deadliest...

China rejects Philippines armed robbery claim. 24 Apr 2015 - 06:58 pm

Beijing - Beijing on Friday dismissed an accusation by Manila that the Chinese coastguard robbed Filipino fishermen at gunpoint during a confrontation in...

Sudan's Bashir says foreign criticism will not affect polls. 24 Apr 2015 - 06:46 pm

Khartoum - Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir Friday labelled foreign critics of last week's general elections, which he is widely expected to win, as...

Hollande calls on Putin to 'move forward' with Ukraine peace accords. 24 Apr 2015 - 06:40 pm

Yerevan - French President Francois Hollande on Friday called on Russia's Vladimir Putin to "move forward" with implementing the Ukraine peace accords struck...

Turkey hosts Gallipoli ceremonies 100 years on. 24 Apr 2015 - 06:39 pm

GALLIPOLI PENINSULA, Turkey - Turkey hosted leaders from World War I's former allied powers Friday to honour the tens of thousands killed at...

South Sudan opposition leader says under 'house arrest'. 24 Apr 2015 - 06:32 pm

Juba - A South Sudanese opposition leader who has spoken out against both sides in the civil war said Friday he appeared to...

Putin calls on Hollande to mend fences amid Ukraine conflict. 24 Apr 2015 - 06:24 pm

Yerevan - President Vladimir Putin on Friday called on French leader Francois Hollande to restore ties after a year of tensions over Ukraine...

German foreign minister rejects Armenia 'genocide' label. 24 Apr 2015 - 06:22 pm

Berlin - German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said he would not call the mass murder of Armenians that began 100 years ago Friday...

Kazakh elections Sunday set to extend Nazarbayev's rule. 24 Apr 2015 - 06:15 pm

Astana, Kazakhstan - Citizens in energy-rich Kazakhstan will head to the polls Sunday for early elections almost certain to extend the quarter-century rule...

Iran protests over Yemen aid flights 'blocked by Saudi'. 24 Apr 2015 - 06:11 pm

Tehran - Iran summoned the Saudi envoy Friday to protest after his country's warplanes allegedly turned back humanitarian aid flights headed for war-torn...