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US life expectancy drops for first time since AIDS crisis peak 08 Dec 2016 - 08:41 am

Miami: Life expectancy in the United States dropped last year for the first time since the peak of the HIV/AIDS crisis more than...

Dead from Pakistan air disaster to be identified by DNA 08 Dec 2016 - 08:31 am

Saddha Batolni, Pakistan: DNA testing will be used to identify the 48 charred victims of a plane crash in the mountainous north of...

In Cairo, Ethiopia’s Oromos lose hope with UN refugee agency 07 Dec 2016 - 08:48 pm

CAIRO: In Egypt, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has been the target of bitter criticism and even violent protest this...

“Your EU needs YOU”: Brussels launches youth volunteer corps 07 Dec 2016 - 08:27 pm

BRUSSELS: European? Aged 18-30? Unemployed? Want to work abroad for pocket money? The EU’s new Solidarity Corps may be for you. Would-be recruits...

Italy’s “demolition man” the architect of his own downfall 07 Dec 2016 - 08:08 pm

ROME: When former Italian president Giorgio Napolitano tapped Matteo Renzi as prime minister in February 2014, he urged his younger colleague to change...

In Afghan province, government woos allies against Islamic State 07 Dec 2016 - 08:02 pm

WAMA, Afghanistan: Afghan authorities are appealing to local elders in the remote eastern province of Nuristan to help prevent militants loyal to Islamic...

Aleppo displaced hide out in last rebel districts as army closes in 07 Dec 2016 - 07:58 pm

BEIRUT: Years of siege conditions mean the citizens living in rebel-held parts of Aleppo are accustomed to danger, fear and tragedy. But as...

500 migrants drowned at sea. No one investigated 07 Dec 2016 - 07:43 pm

ALEXANDRIA, Egypt: At around 2 a.m. on Saturday, April 9, a large blue fishing boat carrying hundreds of African migrants and their children...

A family challenges the official story of a killing in Duterte’s drug war 07 Dec 2016 - 07:34 pm

MANILA: It’s a Friday morning in late October, and Florjohn Cruz’s body lies on a metal table at a funeral parlor in the...

Electrical fault temporarily halts rail links with Paris 07 Dec 2016 - 07:28 pm

PARIS: An equipment failure temporarily halted all rail traffic on Wednesday at the Gare du Nord station in Paris, including the international Eurostar...

Rebels seek ceasefire with Syrian army closer to retaking Aleppo 07 Dec 2016 - 07:13 pm

BEIRUT: Syrian rebels in besieged eastern Aleppo called on Wednesday for an immediate five-day ceasefire and the evacuation of civilians and wounded, but...

Italian Prime Minister Renzi to resign 07 Dec 2016 - 07:06 pm

Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said he would tender his resignation at 7 p.m. (1800 GMT) on Wednesday after a bruising referendum loss...

Pakistan court indicts four, including brother, over social media star’s death 07 Dec 2016 - 06:41 pm

LAHORE, Pakistan: A Pakistani court has charged four men with the murder of a woman social media star, including her brother, but all...

Ukrainian aircraft maker tweets Air Force One offer to Trump 07 Dec 2016 - 06:31 pm

KIEV: The Ukrainian producer of the world’s largest aircraft has offered to build a plane for Donald Trump after the U.S. president-elect said...

Irish court releases assets worth $100 mln to Russia’s Khodorkovsky 07 Dec 2016 - 06:24 pm

DUBLIN: An Irish court on Wednesday released assets worth $100 million to Mikhail Khodorkovsky, part of the former Russian oligarch’s global legal effort...

Macedonian nationalist ex-PM set to win election in test for EU 07 Dec 2016 - 06:16 pm

SKOPJE/BELGRADE: Macedonia’s veteran nationalist leader Nikola Gruevski looks set for a comeback in Sunday’s parliamentary election, posing a challenge to the European Union...

Brazil presidency seeks to end crisis between Senate, Supreme Court 07 Dec 2016 - 06:11 pm

BRASILIA: Brazil’s presidency was working to defuse a constitution crisis between the Supreme Court and the Senate on Wednesday, amid reports the tribunal...

Assange releases testimony from London questioning, says he is innocent 07 Dec 2016 - 06:05 pm

STOCKHOLM: Wikileaks founder Julian Assange released on Wednesday his testimony from last month’s London questioning in a Swedish rape investigation, saying he was...