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New airstrikes hit Damascus suburb day after 45 were killed 14 Dec 2015 - 06:41 pm

BEIRUT: Syrian government helicopter gunships on Monday struck a suburb of the capital, Damascus, a day after airstrikes in the area killed at...

Merkel draws party cheers for centrist line on refugees 14 Dec 2015 - 06:31 pm

Karlsruhe, Germany: German Chancellor Angela Merkel pledged Monday to reduce a massive refugee influx but insisted on keeping the door open to the...

Kosovo opposition releases tear gas in parliament 14 Dec 2015 - 06:25 pm

PRISTINA, Kosovo: Opposition lawmakers released tear gas Monday in Kosovo's parliament as they once again tried to pressure the government into renouncing deals...

Can the Paris agreement protect poor farmers from climate change? 14 Dec 2015 - 06:20 pm

By Megan Rowling BARCELONA: Purity Gachanga is one small-scale farmer who is beating climate change. On her several acres of land in Embu...

Rwanda genocide masterminds' sentences cut 14 Dec 2015 - 06:15 pm

Pauline Nyiramasuhuko Arusha, Tanzania: A Rwandan minister who was sentenced to life in jail for her role in the 1994 genocide had her...

France's FN founder fears 'President Mustafa' after poll drubbing 14 Dec 2015 - 06:03 pm

Jean-Marie Le Pen Paris: The controversial founder of France's National Front (FN), Jean-Marie Le Pen, said Monday he feared the country electing a...

At least 40 dead in Argentina police bus accident 14 Dec 2015 - 05:53 pm

Buenos Aires: At least 41 police officers died Monday and several more were injured when their bus drove off a bridge in northern...

Kigali denies Burundi charge of refugees being recruited by Rwanda rebels 14 Dec 2015 - 05:46 pm

Seraphine Mukantabana NAIROBI: Burundi accused neighbouring Rwanda on Monday of supporting a rebel group that was recruiting Burundian refugees on Rwandan soil, allegations...

Israel lawmakers snub Netanyahu plan to tap major gas field 14 Dec 2015 - 05:41 pm

Benjamin Netanyahu Jerusalem: An Israeli parliamentary committee refused to give its blessing Monday to a natural gas deal aimed at tapping a huge...

Swedish court sentences two to life over brutal murders in Syria 14 Dec 2015 - 05:32 pm

Hilding Qvarnstrom Stockholm: A Swedish court on Monday sentenced two men to life in prison for "terror crimes" over their role in two...

Sri Lanka blinks in union showdown to avert shutdown 14 Dec 2015 - 05:25 pm

Ranil Wickremesinghe Colombo: Sri Lanka's government Monday raised the basic salaries of more than a million public-sector workers and announced plans for a...

Burundi refugees recruited as rebels in Rwanda: Report 14 Dec 2015 - 03:48 pm

A Burundian soldier of the UN peacekeeping force MINUSCA contingent uses a metal detector at the entrance of a polling station in the...

Saudi commander, UAE officer die in Yemen fighting 14 Dec 2015 - 03:32 pm

Houthi militants ride on the back of a patrol truck as they secure the site of a gathering held by tribesmen loyal to...

Merkel vows to reduce refugee influx but rejects cap 14 Dec 2015 - 03:20 pm

German Chancellor and leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Angela Merkel delivers her speech during the CDU party congress in Karlsruhe, Germany. ...

Up to four dead in DR Congo rebel attack 14 Dec 2015 - 03:00 pm

Congolese soldiers are seen in the South Kivu province in this October 2010 file photo. Goma: A weekend attack blamed on Ugandan rebels...

Turkish troops withdrawn from camp near Iraq's Mosul 14 Dec 2015 - 02:31 pm

Riot police stand in front of protesters during a demonstration against Turkish military deployment in Iraq, in Najaf, Iraq, December 12, 2015. ARBIL,...

Thai activists urge release of man detained over Facebook post 14 Dec 2015 - 01:55 pm

BANGKOK: Thai activists on Monday demanded the release of a man arrested for sharing an infographic on Facebook detailing alleged graft in an...

Western arms makers see sales fall, Russia rises: SIPRI 14 Dec 2015 - 01:47 pm

Norwegian Defence Chief Admiral Haakon Bruun-Hassen and a Lockheed Martin F-35A fighter are pictured in this file photo at a Texas ceremony marking...