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Brazil prosecutors ask court to order house speaker to step aside 17 Dec 2015 - 12:33 am

BRASILIA: Brazilian federal prosecutors on Wednesday said they asked the country’s Supreme Court to order house speaker Eduardo Cunha, whom they previously charged...

Facebook partners with Uber for ride-hailing service via Messenger 17 Dec 2015 - 12:27 am

Facebook Inc said on Wednesday it is testing a service that will allow users of its Messenger app to hail Uber rides directly...

Paris suspect may have slipped past Belgian police: media 17 Dec 2015 - 12:21 am

Officials deny police thwarted by ban on overnight raids Report says evidence Salah Abdeslam was present Fugitive in Nov. 13 Paris attacks still...

Algeria says to seek OPEC consensus on price stability: state media 17 Dec 2015 - 12:07 am

Salah Khebri ALGIERS: Algeria’s Energy Minister Salah Khebri said on Wednesday the North African oil-producing state would continue to work to reach an...

China criticizes expected US arms sale to Taiwan 17 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

BEIJING: China on Wednesday strongly criticized an expected U.S. arms sale to Taiwan, saying it should be canceled to avoid harming relations between...

Four Turkish troops wounded in IS attack on Iraqi camp: reports 17 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Istanbul: Four Turkish soldiers were wounded on Wednesday, one of them seriously, when Islamic State (IS) jihadists fired rockets and shells on a...

Five migrants, three of them children, drown on way to Greece 17 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Syrian and Afghan refugees fall into the sea after their dinghy deflated some 100m away before reaching the Greek island of Lesbos, September...

US executions fall to lowest levels in years: report 17 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Representative image Washington, United States: Executions in the United States have reached a 16-year low, reflecting a broad change in public attitudes that...

US to pull some warplanes out of Turkey 17 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Washington: A dozen US warplanes that were stationed in Turkey in support of the fight against Islamic State jihadists are being withdrawn from...

UN court rules Nicaragua violated Costa Rica sovereignty 17 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

The Hague: A UN court on Wednesday ruled Nicaragua had violated Costa Rica's sovereignty in a long-standing row over disputed territory on the...

No evidence California attackers were part of terrorist cell-FBI head 17 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

James Comey By Joseph Ax NEW YORK: There is no evidence a married couple who killed 14 people in California this month were...

Yemen's warring parties begin mass prisoner swap 17 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Aden: Yemeni pro-government forces and Iran-backed rebels began Wednesday an exchange of hundreds of detainees, an official said, as UN-brokered peace talks continued...

Trudeau 'very concerned' at N Korea life sentence for Canadian pastor 17 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Justin Trudeau Ottawa: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Wednesday he is "very concerned" about North Korea's sentencing of Canadian pastor Hyeon Soo...

Obama administration sets $1.83 billion arms sale to Taiwan 17 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

AAV-P7A1 amphibious assault vehicles of the Taiwan Marine Corps are seen as part of a parade during Taiwan's National Day celebrations in front...

Iran says it will not accept any restrictions on missile programme 17 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Iranian Defence Minister Hossein Dehghan delivers a speech during the 4th Moscow Conference on International Security (MCIS) in Moscow April 16, 2015. Reuters/Sergei...

IS fires rockets at Iraq base where Turkish troops stationed-sources 17 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Representative image ERBIL: Islamic State militants fired rockets on Wednesday at a base in northern Iraq where Turkish troops are stationed, Kurdish military...

Tanzania sacks top anti-corruption official 17 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Edward Hoseah Dar es Salaam: Tanzanian President John Magufuli on Wednesday sacked the head of the country's anti-corruption bureau Edward Hoseah for "poor...