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UN chief voices concern about Haiti’s delayed election 24 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

UNITED NATIONS: United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday voiced concern about Haiti’s decision to delay its presidential election and urged the country...

Swiss soldiers sent home from Davos for cocaine use 23 Jan 2016 - 06:57 pm

A Swiss army soldier patrols downtown Davos. Five soldiers have been sent home after testing positive for cocaine use. Photograph: Ruben Sprich/Reuters ZURICH:...

Outgoing Spain PM warns Socialists on hard-left Podemos 23 Jan 2016 - 06:55 pm

Madrid: Outgoing conservative Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on Saturday warned the Socialists they risked giving hard left group Podemos the whip hand...

Redford refuses to be drawn into Oscars controversy 23 Jan 2016 - 06:51 pm

Park City, United States: US actor Robert Redford refused to be drawn into the Oscars race controversy Thursday as the Sundance Film Festival...

Michael Bloomberg may launch independent U.S. presidential bid: Report 23 Jan 2016 - 06:24 pm

Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire former mayor of New York City, has told his aides to draw up plans for an independent campaign for...

Austria gives Greece fresh Schengen warning, Germany protests 23 Jan 2016 - 06:18 pm

Migrants and refugees queue to receive food as they wait to cross the border from Greece to Macedonia near Idomeni, on January 21,...

Merkel pressured on all fronts as ally takes swipe over migrants 23 Jan 2016 - 06:16 pm

Ally says long-serving leaders only believe in themselves Merkel facing domestic pressure to stem refugee influx She wants a European solution; sets mid-Feb...

Storm grips New York after dumping 2 feet of snow on Washington 23 Jan 2016 - 06:15 pm

A woman walks on F street on January 23, 2016 in Washington. By Barbara Goldberg and Idrees Ali NEW YORK/WASHINGTON: A winter storm...

Spain’s Socialists urge Rajoy to seek confidence vote or step aside 23 Jan 2016 - 05:07 pm

MADRID: Spain’s Socialist Party called on Saturday for the centre-right People’s Party (PP) to try and form a government first or step aside,...

Thousands protest against Poland’s new surveillance law 23 Jan 2016 - 04:41 pm

File photo of January 13 protest WARSAW: Thousands of Poles marched through Warsaw on Saturday to protests against their new conservative government’s plan...

Report says errors by airmen damaged nuclear missile in 2014 23 Jan 2016 - 04:37 pm

File - Gen. Robin Rand speaks after taking command of Air Force Global Strike Command during a ceremony at Barksdale Air Force Base,...

Eritrea president dismisses food crisis fears despite drought 23 Jan 2016 - 02:15 pm

Nairobi: Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki on Saturday dismissed fears the Horn of African nation faces a food crisis, despite sweeping drought across the...

Burundi President: 'No AU Troops' 23 Jan 2016 - 12:54 pm

Bujumbura: Burundi’s president remained firm in his rejection of an African Union-proposed peacekeeping force to help restore calm to his country. "The people...

Mammoth 'Snowzilla' blizzard blankets eastern US 23 Jan 2016 - 11:49 am

A couple at Lafayette Square outside the White House during a snowstorm in downtown Washington, DC on January 22, 2016. AFP/Mladen ANTONOV Washington:...

Australia seeks regional terrorism cooperation after Jakarta attack 23 Jan 2016 - 11:43 am

Indonesia Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Luhut Panjaitan talks with Australia Minister for Justice Michael Keenan during a news conference...

Jeff Bezos' space company successfully re-flies, lands rocket 23 Jan 2016 - 10:35 am

Amazon founder and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos (L)announces plans to build a rocket manufacturing plant and launch site at Cape Canaveral Air...

Zimbabwe's Mugabe back home after heart attack rumours 23 Jan 2016 - 10:16 am

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe speaks during the Inaugural Session of the India-Africa Forum Summit in New Delhi, India, October 29, 2015. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi ...

Auschwitz survivor triumphs in sell-out dance duet at age 90 23 Jan 2016 - 09:44 am

Hungarian holocaust survivor of Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp, Eva Fahidi, 90, prepares her make-up in her dressing room of the Vigszinhaz theater in Budapest. ...