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Benin votes in second-round of presidential election 20 Mar 2016 - 11:00 am

Businessman Patrice Talon will team up with his beaten opponent Sebastien Ajavon to take on Prime Minister Lionel Zinsou in second round of ...

Kenya army says killed 21 Shebab in Somalia firefight 20 Mar 2016 - 10:58 am

AFP/ File photo Nairobi: The Kenyan military claimed on Sunday to have killed 21 Islamic insurgents in a firefight in neighbouring Somalia. Military...

EU, Turkey strike 'historic' deal to send back migrants 20 Mar 2016 - 10:47 am

Turkey's primeminister Ahmet Davutoglu (L) talks with EU Council President Donald Tusk during the EU summit in Brussels on March 18, 2016. AFP...

Cuba casts aside rancor to welcome Obama on historic visit 20 Mar 2016 - 10:05 am

Tourists pass by images of US President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro in a banner that reads "Welcome to Cuba" at...

Australian government abandons campaign to log World Heritage forest 20 Mar 2016 - 09:59 am

File photo of a man riding a windsurfer on a lake located on the outskirts of Hobart, in Tasmania December 21, 2012. REUTERS/DAVID...

Brazil's Agnelli, who turned Vale into top miner, dies in crash 20 Mar 2016 - 09:49 am

Roger Agnelli, head of Brazilian investment group B&A Mineracao, speaks during a media conference in Belo Horizonte, in this February 22, 2013 file...

Fourth person dies of Ebola in latest flare up in Guinea 20 Mar 2016 - 09:35 am

CONAKRY: A fourth person has died of Ebola in Guinea in the latest flare up of an epidemic that has killed more than...

Ukraine pilot verdict set to drive fresh wedge between Russia and Ukraine 20 Mar 2016 - 09:11 am

Former Ukrainian army pilot Nadezhda Savchenko. AFP/ File photo Moscow: Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko awaits the verdict in her controversial trial over the...

Anti-Trump protesters rally in New York, block Arizona road 20 Mar 2016 - 08:45 am

People take part in a protest against Republican presidential candidate DonaldTrump, on March 19, 2016 in New York City. Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images/AFP ...

Congo orders telecoms shutdown during presidential vote 20 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

A man looks at his phone next to the Marche Total, the largest market in Brazzaville, where residents rush to stock ahead of...

US deplores 'vicious terrorist attack' on Istanbul 20 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

"The United States stands in solidarity with our NATO ally Turkey in combating the common threat of terrorism," State Department spokesman John Kirby...

US supports Moroccan autonomy plan for Western Sahara 20 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Moroccan protesters hold the national flag and pictures of the King of Morocco Mohammed VI during a rally against the United National Secretary...

Brazil’s Rousseff knew about bribery scheme, senator says: magazine 20 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

In an interview with Brazil’s best-selling weekly news magazine, Senator Delcidio do Amaral said Dilma Rousseff’s (pictured) successful presidential campaigns in 2010 and...

Breivik hearing ends with plea to ease mass killer’s prison conditions 20 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Mass killer Anders Behring Breivik is seen surrounded by prison guards on the fourth and last day in court in Skien prison Norway...

Gold dome lifted onto future Russian Orthodox cathedral in Paris 20 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

French architect Jean-Michel Wimotte (2-R) with guests during a ceremony for the installation of a golden dome on the Russian Orthodox Church being...

Paris attacks suspect Abdeslam 'wanted to blow himself up' at Paris stadium 20 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Salah Abdeslam, who was caught after being shot in the leg in a dramatic police raid on Friday, was also charged in Brussels...

Impeachment crisis rattles divided Brazil 20 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

A demonstrator holds a banner reading "Lula in chains! The Left out" during a rally at Paulista Avenue, in Sao Paulo, Brazil on...

Nigeria cancels re-run vote in parts of volatile oil state 20 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari. REUTERS, Akintunde Akinleye Port Harcourt, Nigeria: Nigeria's electoral body INEC on Saturday cancelled a re-run of disputed elections in...