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Italy mourns literary giant Umberto Eco 21 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Italian author Umberto Eco pictured with Canadian author Anne Hebert and French writer Jean-François Josselin in 1982. AFP, Pierre Guillaud Rome: Italy was...

Faustin-Archange Touadera elected Central Africa president: electoral authority 21 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Bangui, Central African Republic: Faustin-Archange Touadera, a former prime minister and maths teacher standing as an independent, has been elected president of the...

Russia pledges more Syria raids, opposition sets truce terms 21 Feb 2016 - 12:00 am

Beirut: Russia pledged Saturday to continue backing Syrian government forces against "terrorism", as a key opposition group said it would support a proposed...

Obama begins process of picking Supreme Court justice 20 Feb 2016 - 06:51 pm

Washington: President Barack Obama this weekend will begin thumbing through resumes for a potential successor to conservative Supreme Court icon Antonin Scalia, aides...

German airlines to up medical testing after Germanwings crash: reports 20 Feb 2016 - 06:38 pm

Gendarmes and investigators work on March 26, 2015 in the scattered debris on the crash site of the Germanwings Airbus A320. AFP Berlin:...

'High risk' of crucial Rio metro extension not opening for Olympics: report 20 Feb 2016 - 05:32 pm

Rio de Janeiro: Rio's mayor warned that an extension of the city's metro system crucial to moving huge crowds around during the Olympics...

Mexican woman with Zika gives birth to healthy child 20 Feb 2016 - 05:28 pm

Representative image Mexico City: A woman with a confirmed case of the Zika virus in the southern state of Chiapas gave birth to...

Ugandan opposition chief Besigye rejects 'sham elections' results 20 Feb 2016 - 05:21 pm

Uganda's top opposition leader Kizza Besigye. AFP, Isaac Kasamani Kampala: Uganda's top opposition leader Kizza Besigye said poll results Saturday handing President Yoweri...

South Africa confirms first Zika Virus case 20 Feb 2016 - 04:44 pm

(FILES) This file photo taken on February 10, 2016 shows mosqitos of the kind "Aedes aegypti" at the IAEA Laboratories in Seibersdorf near...

Uganda's Museveni wins fifth term: election commission 20 Feb 2016 - 04:28 pm

(FILES) This file photo taken on February 16, 2016 shows Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni (C) and his wife Janet Museveni waving from to...

Britain to hold EU referendum on June 23: Cameron 20 Feb 2016 - 04:04 pm

British Prime Minister David Cameron delivers a statement on his EU deal outside of No. 10 Downing Street, in London, Britain, 20 February...

Russia reinforces Armenia air base near Turkish border 20 Feb 2016 - 02:56 pm

Moscow: Russia has sent several fighter planes including fourth-generation jets and a transport helicopter to reinforce its air base in Armenia near the...

Ugandan election commission lacks 'independence': EU observers 20 Feb 2016 - 01:44 pm

A woman walks past a Ugandan soldier and election posters after the military were called in to handle protests in Kampala on February...

Zimbabwe's Mugabe warns party members fighting over his succession 20 Feb 2016 - 12:23 pm

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe talks to his wife Grace before addressing the ZANU-PF party's top decision making body, the Politburo, in the capital...

Uganda's Museveni wins 61% of votes with 83% counted: results 20 Feb 2016 - 12:12 pm

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni (R) casts his ballot as he votes in parliamentary and presidential elections at a polling station in Nshwere, on...

Fiji declares curfew nationwide as powerful cyclone Winston approaches 20 Feb 2016 - 11:47 am

A handout picture provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shows Cyclone Winston over Fiji, 20 February 2016. EPA/NOAA/HANDOUT By Peter...

South Africa confirms first case of Zika virus 20 Feb 2016 - 11:26 am

JOHANNESBURG: South Africa confirmed its first case of the mosquito-borne Zika virus in a Columbian man, health authorities said. The virus, which is...

Flight cancelled as powerful cyclone bears down on Fiji 20 Feb 2016 - 09:38 am

The forecast track for tropical cyclone Winston. Fiji Meteorological Service Suva, Fiji: Fiji warned residents to brace for an onslaught Saturday as a...