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Burundi ruling party 'outraged' by sanction threats 29 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

President of Burundi's National Assembly, Pascal Nyabenda, also president of the ruling party CNDD-FDD, delivers a speech in Bujumbura on July 30, 2015...

Republicans choose Paul Ryan for US House speaker 29 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

Washington: US House Republicans on Wednesday elected Paul Ryan, a youthful, popular and wonkish conservative, as their candidate for speaker of the House...

Germany to send 'tens of thousands' of migrants back to Balkans 29 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

Berlin: Germany will send thousands of rejected asylum applicants back to the Balkans in the coming months, the interior minister said Wednesday, as...

Thousands demonstrate in Czech Republic against migrants 29 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

Prague: Thousands of people protested against migrants in towns around the Czech Republic on Wednesday, a week after the UN slammed the country's...

Botswana grants Eritrean footballers asylum 29 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

Gaborone, Botswana:Botswana has granted asylum to 10 Eritrean footballers who sought refuge in the country after playing in a qualifying match for the...

Colombian president offers truce with FARC from Jan. 1 29 Oct 2015 - 12:00 am

Bogota:Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos offered Wednesday to enter into a bilateral ceasefire with FARC guerrillas from January 1, which would mark a...

Online freedom hit as governments ramp up surveillance 28 Oct 2015 - 06:58 pm

Washington: Global online freedom declined for a fifth consecutive year as governments around the world stepped up surveillance and censorship efforts, a study...

U.S. seeks 30 years to life for man convicted in British bomb plot 28 Oct 2015 - 06:49 pm

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK: A Pakistani man convicted in March in a U.S. court of conspiring with al Qaeda to bomb a...

Congolese ban on overseas adoptions fuels smuggling of children 28 Oct 2015 - 05:57 pm

Representative image By Tom Esslemont and Kenny Katombe LONDON/LUBUMBASHI, Democratic Republic of Congo: A crackdown on international adoptions by the Democratic Republic of...

Guantanamo court considers replacing 9/11 suspect's lawyer 28 Oct 2015 - 05:28 pm

By Ian Simpson FORT MEADE, Md.: A Guantanamo Bay judge on Wednesday weighed replacing a lawyer for a Yemeni suspect in the Sept....

War crimes, forced cannibalism in S.Sudan conflict: AU 28 Oct 2015 - 04:42 pm

Addis Ababa: Both government and rebels in South Sudan carried out war crimes against civilians and should face justice, an African Union human...

Italy court refuses extradition to Tunisia of museum attack suspect 28 Oct 2015 - 04:29 pm

Moroccan citizen Touil Abdelmajid makes a victory sign as he arrives with migrants on the Italian navy ship Orione at Porto Empedocle harbour...

Austria building fence along parts of border with Slovenia 28 Oct 2015 - 04:25 pm

A group of migrants walk along a road after crossing the border between Austria and Germany in Wegscheid near Passau, Germany, Wednesday, Oct....

High numbers of Afghan asylum seekers 'unacceptable': German minister 28 Oct 2015 - 04:22 pm

Berlin: Germany's Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said Wednesday the rising number of Afghan asylum seekers was "unacceptable", as he urged young citizens...

Zanzibar poll annullment throws Tanzania results into doubt 28 Oct 2015 - 04:07 pm

A woman shows her inked finger after casting her ballot. REUTERS Dar es Salaam: Tanzania's elections were thrown into doubt Wednesday after the...

Nigerian troops rescue 338 people held by Boko Haram: Army 28 Oct 2015 - 01:49 pm

Lagos: Nigerian troops have rescued 338 people, mainly women and children, held by Boko Haram Islamists around the group's Sambisa forest stronghold in...

Ruling party holds lead in Tanzania election 28 Oct 2015 - 01:16 pm

Tanzanian police stand guard as people celebrate after the opposition coalition's CUF candidate Maulid Mtulia was declared winner. AFP Dar es Salaam: Tanzania's...