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China lodges protest after Trump call with Taiwan president 03 Dec 2016 - 08:37 pm

BEIJING/WASHINGTON: China lodged a diplomatic protest on Saturday after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump spoke by phone with President Tsai Ing-wen of Taiwan, but...

How top US colleges hooked up with controversial Chinese companies 03 Dec 2016 - 08:24 pm

SHANGHAI/SHELTER ISLAND, New York: Thomas Benson once ran a small liberal arts college in Vermont. Stephen Gessner served as president of the school...

Castro’s last goal? A soccer field for neighborhood kids 03 Dec 2016 - 07:16 pm

HAVANA: Fidel Castro is remembered around the world as a charismatic revolutionary or a ruthless tyrant, but in his neighborhood he was also...

Nine dead, 15 missing after fire at California rave party 03 Dec 2016 - 07:09 pm

San Francisco: At least nine people were killed and about 15 are unaccounted for following a massive fire at a rave party in...

Porous Texas border fence foreshadows challenges for Trump’s wall 03 Dec 2016 - 06:50 pm

BROWNSVILLE, Texas: The rust-colored border security fence starts in a dusty field on the Loop family farm in South Texas - about 15...

Romania leftists likely to win parliamentary election: poll 03 Dec 2016 - 06:42 pm

BUCHAREST: Romania’s leftist Social Democrats (PSD) are likely to win a Dec. 11 parliamentary election, an opinion poll showed on Saturday, bolstering their...

Yemen forces prepare assault on rebels near key strait 03 Dec 2016 - 06:36 pm

Aden: Yemeni government forces have sent reinforcements to the Red Sea coast to drive Iran-backed rebels away from a key global shipping route,...

No solution for Aleppo without negotiations: EU, UN 03 Dec 2016 - 06:28 pm

Rome: Top EU and UN diplomats warned on Saturday that there could be no victory in the battle for the Syrian city of...

Mosul residents fear cold and hunger of winter siege 03 Dec 2016 - 06:17 pm

BAGHDAD: No food or fuel has reached Mosul in nearly a week and the onset of rain and cold weather threatens a tough...

40 years of total control: how Dos Santos shaped Angola 03 Dec 2016 - 06:11 pm

Johannesburg: For nearly 40 years Angolans endured a bloody civil war and extreme poverty as power rested solely in the hands of autocratic...

US warns crackdown in Myanmar could radicalize Rohingya 03 Dec 2016 - 05:59 pm

WASHINGTON: It's a scene straight out of Myanmar's dark past: a military offensive waged beyond world view that forces ethnic minority villagers from...

Ugly Austrian 'election of hate' draws to a close 03 Dec 2016 - 05:53 pm

Vienna: Austria's long and ugly presidential campaign drew to a close Saturday, with the far-right aiming to emulate Donald Trump and Brexit campaigners...

Nazi POW leaves estate to 'kind' Scottish village 03 Dec 2016 - 05:46 pm

London: A former Nazi prisoner of war has left his entire estate in his will to a small village in Scotland to show...

Gambia's political transition begins after election shock 03 Dec 2016 - 05:41 pm

Banjul, Gambia: The Gambia's President-elect Adama Barrow was to hold talks with his coalition Saturday to plot his transition to power, following a...

French appeal verdict due for Rwandan genocide convict 03 Dec 2016 - 05:36 pm

Bobigny, France: A French jury retired to consider its verdict Saturday over an appeal by a former Rwandan intelligence agent jailed for 25...

Somali forces kill 7 in clash with faction loyal to Islamic State 03 Dec 2016 - 05:28 pm

BOSASSO, Somalia: Soldiers allied to the Western-backed Somali government said they killed seven insurgents from a faction loyal to the Islamic State group...

Yellowstone plans to thin bison herd by 900 animals 03 Dec 2016 - 04:53 pm

SALMON, Idaho: Yellowstone National Park plans to reduce its famed bison herd by at least 900 head this winter, culling stray animals outside...

Afghan Taliban hang university student in public: officials 03 Dec 2016 - 04:50 pm

Ghazni, Afghanistan: Taliban militants publicly hanged a university student after accusing him of killing a senior intelligence officer, Afghan officials said Saturday. The...