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Vatileaks suspect will not plead for pope pardon 08 Jan 2016 - 04:03 pm

San Sosti, Italy: A former PR consultant to the Vatican on trial along with four others for leaking or publishing secret papers said...

Brazil inflation hits record high in 2015 08 Jan 2016 - 03:07 pm

Rio de Janeiro: Annual inflation in Brazil hit a 12-year high last year at 10.67 percent, the government said Friday, the latest sign...

Paris prosecutor casts new doubt on identity of shot man 08 Jan 2016 - 03:03 pm

Paris prosecutor Francois Molins attends a news conference at the courthouse in Paris, France, November 24, 2015, following shooting attacks in the French...

Germany says 18 asylum seekers involved in Cologne violence 08 Jan 2016 - 02:41 pm

German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, January 7, 2016. REUTERS Berlin: Asylum seekers were among those involved in the...

Two ex-PMs to vie for C.Africa presidency in 2nd round 08 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

A file photo of residents waiting to cast their vote at the polling station in Bangui on December 30, 2015, in the flashpoint...

Hutu militia kill 14 from rival ethnic group in east CongoL Army 07 Jan 2016 - 06:15 pm

A file photo of Congolese soldiers seen in the South Kivu province. KINSHASA: Rwandan Hutu rebels killed 14 civilians from a rival ethnic...

Nigeria's anti-graft agency arrests Buhari ally 07 Jan 2016 - 05:41 pm

Chief of Training and Operations Major General B.T. Ndiomu from the Nigerian Defence Force speaks at the handing over of 24 armoured vehicles...

Top French IS recruiter sentenced to 15 years in absentia 07 Jan 2016 - 05:36 pm

French jihadist Salim Benghalem speaks during a TV report from the Syrian city of Aleppo in December 2015. AFP Paris: A key French...

Blair urged Kadhafi to find 'safe place': transcripts 07 Jan 2016 - 05:21 pm

A file photo of Tony Blair with Colonel Muammar Gaddafi in 2007. AFP London: Former British prime minister Tony Blair urged Moamer Kadhafi...

EU far from satisfied with Turkish migrant cooperation 07 Jan 2016 - 04:47 pm

Turkey is sheltering more than two million Syrian refugees and has become a hub for migrants trying to reach Europe. AFP Amsterdam: The...

Paris police shoot dead knife-wielding man on Charlie Hebdo anniversary 07 Jan 2016 - 04:40 pm

French police check a pedestrian as they secure the area after a man was shot dead at a police station in the 18th...

British ex-soldier regrets trying to take young migrant girl to UK 07 Jan 2016 - 01:40 pm

Former British soldier Rob Lawrie poses during an interview with Reuters at his home in Guiseley, Britain January 6, 2016. Reuters LONDON: A...

Suspected Rwandan rebels kill 14 in east DR Congo 07 Jan 2016 - 01:32 pm

The attack on Miriki today is suspected from the rebels from neighbouring Rwanda.Reuters Goma, DR Congo: Fourteen people were killed in eastern Democratic...

Guantanamo detainees transferred to Ghana 07 Jan 2016 - 11:07 am

Washington: Two Yemeni detainees held at the controversial US military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have been transferred to Ghana. The Pentagon said...

France to mark anniversary of attacks on defiant Charlie Hebdo 07 Jan 2016 - 09:44 am

A man walks past a paper mural by an unknown artist of British actor Charlie Chaplin with the lettering 'We are Charlie' (Nous...

Snow makes migrants' journey through Europe even harder 07 Jan 2016 - 09:13 am

Migrants and refugees queue to board a train at a train station in the southern Serbian town of Presevo on January 6, 2016. ...

Cuban migrants to fly out of Costa Rica next week 07 Jan 2016 - 08:17 am

Cubans rest at a Methodist church sheltering 35 Cuban refugees in Liberia, Guanacaste, Costa Rica, on December 29, 2015 (AFP Photo/Carlos Gonzalez) San...

Guatemala arrests 17 ex-military over civil war abuses 07 Jan 2016 - 08:09 am

Former army commander Benedicto Lucas Garcia arrives for a court hearing in Guatemala City on January 6, 2016 (AFP Photo/Orlando Estrada) Guatemala City: ...