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At UN talks, African countries aim to restore 100 mn hectares of forest 07 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Ban Ki-moon (centre left) meets with West African leaders on the margins of the UN Conference on Climate Change (COP21) in Paris. UN...

French authorities says ammunition, IS propaganda found after France mosque closure 07 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Paris: Kalashnikov ammunition and Islamic State propaganda videos were seized in raids following the closure of a mosque in the Paris suburbs, French...

French far-right tops vote in first round of regional elections: exit poll 07 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Marine Le Pen Far-right FN leads in 6 regions out of 13 Run-off to be held on Dec.13 Nov. 13 attacks in Paris,...

An astronaut is running the London Marathon from space 06 Dec 2015 - 06:59 pm

Tim Peake will run the full marathon on the ISS treadmill. By Rachel Feltman You know all those excuses you have for not...

Al Arabi highlights need to amend Arab league charter 06 Dec 2015 - 06:44 pm

Cairo: The Arab League is currently engaged in consultations on setting a date for holding a meeting to approve the new (amended) charter...

Kadhafi son in Libya court over murder, repression 06 Dec 2015 - 06:27 pm

Saadi Gaddafi, son of Muammar Gaddafi, sits behind bars during a hearing at a courtroom in Tripoli, Libya December 6, 2015. REUTERS/Ismail Zitouny ...

Turkey angered by rocket-brandishing on Russian naval ship passing Istanbul 06 Dec 2015 - 06:24 pm

Russian naval landing ship Azov sails in the Bosphorus as it makes its way to the Mediterranean Sea, in Istanbul, Turkey, in this...

Argentina arrests five Syrians with fake Greek passports: police 06 Dec 2015 - 05:59 pm

Buenos Aires: Five Syrians with falsified Greek passports have been arrested in Buenos Aires, a police source said on Sunday. The source said...

San Bernardino attack: A look at the shooting, investigation 06 Dec 2015 - 05:57 pm

The FBI said it's investigating the massacre in San Bernardino, California, that killed 14 and injured 21 as a terrorist attack. If that's...

U2's Bono writes Paris attacks song ahead of French gigs 06 Dec 2015 - 05:45 pm

Paris: U2 frontman Bono has written a song about the Paris attacks ahead of a defiant return to the French capital on Sunday...

Jerusalem grand mufti warns of settlers storming in Al-Aqsa mosque 06 Dec 2015 - 05:38 pm

Occupied Jerusalem, December 06 (QNA) - The Grand Mufti of Palestine and Jerusalem, Sheikh Mohammad Hussein warned on Sunday against the implications of...

Venezuela’s Socialists at risk in tense legislative vote 06 Dec 2015 - 05:36 pm

Nicolas Maduro By Brian Ellsworth and Andrew Cawthorne CARACAS: Venezuelans voted for a new legislature on Sunday in an election that may punish...

U.S. monitoring turmoil around Taliban leadership 06 Dec 2015 - 05:30 pm

Mullah Akhtar Mansour KABUL: The United States is watching the upheavals in the Taliban leadership closely, following disputed reports over the fate of...

Syria's Assad says British airstrikes against IS will fail 06 Dec 2015 - 05:30 pm

DAMASCUS, Syria:British airstrikes in Syria against the Islamic State group are illegal and doomed to fail, Syrian President Bashar Assad said in remarks...

Exclusive: Burkina charges former coup leader over murder of Sankara 06 Dec 2015 - 05:17 pm

Coup leader, General Gilbert Diendere arrives at the airport to greet Senegal's President Macky Sall and Benin's President Thomas Boni Yayi in Ouagadougou,...

Britain calls crisis meeting as floods hit northern England, one killed 06 Dec 2015 - 05:10 pm

A local resident stumbles as he wades through flood water on a residential street in Carlisle, Britain December 6, 2015. Reuters/Phil Noble LONDON:...

Syrian rebel group says opposition to meet Tuesday in Saudi Arabia 06 Dec 2015 - 03:48 pm

Smoke billows from buildings following a reported air strike in Damascus' rebel-held suburb of Zamalka on December 6, 2015. BEIRUT: A conference to...