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S. Sudan government formation delayed as rebels reject new states 23 Jan 2016 - 10:01 am

File picture of South Sudan President Salva Kiir Nairobi: Warring rivals in South Sudan missed a key deadline Saturday to forge a unity...

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. ...

Vanuatu polls set to deliver shakeup: Reports 23 Jan 2016 - 09:06 am

A resident casts her vote in the snap election at a polling station set up at a hall in Port Vila on the...

US Military: 'Decisive action needed against ISIS group in Libya' 23 Jan 2016 - 09:04 am

File picture of Marine General Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Washington: The top US military officer said urgent and...

Three people test positive for Zika in New York: Authorities 23 Jan 2016 - 09:01 am

File picture for representation only New York: Three people in New York have tested positive for the Zika virus, which has been blamed...

East Coast blizzard may dump record snow on Washington 23 Jan 2016 - 08:32 am

People walk in the falling snow near the US Capitol in Washington January 22, 2016. By Ian Simpson WASHINGTON: A winter storm that...

Japan accepts 27 refugees last year, rejects 99%: Govt 23 Jan 2016 - 08:28 am

File picture for representation only. Tokyo: Japan accepted only 27 refugees last year and rejected almost all applications, officials said Saturday, as rights...

Four dead in worst Canada school shooting in decade, suspect caught 23 Jan 2016 - 08:19 am

The Dene high school campus of the La Loche Community School is seen in an undated photo. Reuters By Rod Nickel and Julie...

US adds more countries to Zika travel alert 23 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) extended its travel warning to another eight countries or territories that pose a risk...

Objects from Kennedy 'Winter White House' to be auctioned 23 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Miami: Dozens of original objects and furnishings from the Kennedys' "Winter White House" Florida estate go under the hammer Saturday, according to the...

US strips accreditation of 5 Russian honorary consuls 23 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Washington: Washington has stripped five Russian honorary consuls of their accreditation in response to the harassment of its own staff in Russia, the...

China drops online notice of oil rig location after Vietnam complaint 23 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Chinese dredging vessels are purportedly seen in the waters around Fiery Cross Reef in the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea...

France to extend state of emergency: party leader 23 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Paris: French President François Hollande is to ask parliament to extend the state of emergency imposed following the November Paris attacks for three...

US conservatives launch Trump broadside 23 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Washington: Conservatives shaken by the rise of Donald Trump appealed to Republicans Friday not to support his presidential candidacy, uniting in a full-blown...

China braces for worst cold in 30 years 23 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Monkeys take shelter under a rock in the snow in a zoo in Hangzhou in east China's Zhejiang province 21 January 2016. A...

China warns Filipinos against second trip to Spratlys 23 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

BEIJING: China’s Foreign Ministry urged the Philippines on Friday to exercise “restraint” over “relevant parties”, after Filipino protesters said they planned a second...

Wallstrom condemns China detention of two Swedes 23 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Stockholm: Sweden's Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom (pictured) on Friday condemned China's detention of two Swedish nationals as "unacceptable". "We have said, through diplomatic...