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Mexico expands search for 43 students: official 14 Jan 2016 - 07:58 am

A student walks past portraits of some of the 43 missing students from Ayotzinapa, in front of the Congress of the state of...

Two French teens, Ukrainian man killed in Alpine avalanche 14 Jan 2016 - 07:55 am

Rescue teams gather for search and rescue operations on a piste at the avalanche site after skiers, including a group on a school...

Ebola epidemic is over but expect flare-ups: UN 14 Jan 2016 - 07:53 am

Health workers assist a patient suspected of having the Ebola virus in Patrice, Guinea, on November 21, 2014 (AFP Photo/Kenzo Tribouillard) United Nations,...

Canada welcomes 10,000th Syrian refugee 14 Jan 2016 - 07:46 am

Ottawa: Canada has welcomed its 10,000th Syrian refugee, the government announced Wednesday, although almost two weeks behind schedule and far fewer than it...

At least three dead in Jakarta bombs, shooting 14 Jan 2016 - 07:43 am

Hong Kong: A series of bombs killed at least three people in the Indonesian capital Jakarta on Thursday, with shots fired outside a...

Obama’s State of the Union gets most young love in the West 14 Jan 2016 - 12:02 am

By Melissa Fares and Amy Tennery Millennnials in the West of the United States showed the strongest support for President Barack Obama’s final...

France rejects criticism of post-attack 'ethnic profiling' 14 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Representative image Paris: The French government on Wednesday rejected criticism from Europe's top human rights watchdog that it was "ethnically profiling" suspects as...

Zimbabwe declines comment on Mugabe health rumours 14 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe with China's Xi. File photo HARARE: Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe’s spokesman declined to comment on Wednesday on rumours that...

Iran expects IAEA nuclear report on Friday: Report 14 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

File photo DUBAI: Iran expects the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to issue a “final” report on Friday confirming it has met all...

Oxford head resists “rewriting history” over Rhodes statue 14 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Colonialist Rhodes controversial in Britain, South Africa Oxford student campaigners want his statue pulled down Former Australian PM Abbott, a Rhodes scholar, objects...

Delayed French wheat cargo due to start loading on Thursday: sources 14 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

PARIS: One of three ships waiting off the coast of France to load wheat for top importer Egypt since last month will start...

Better late: Canada welcomes 10,000th Syrian refugee 14 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Ottawa: Canada has welcomed its 10,000th Syrian refugee, the government announced Wednesday, although almost two weeks behind schedule and far fewer than it...

Complaints filed against police over Cologne mob violence: prosecutor 14 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Berlin: German prosecutors said Wednesday they had received several criminal complaints against the suspended police chief of Cologne and officers for failing to...

Ethiopia drops controversial land use plan after deadly protests 14 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Representative image Addis Ababa: Ethiopia's government Wednesday said it would abandon plans to expand the capital Addis Ababa into surrounding areas of Oromia...

Polish PM calls for unity against foreign 'slander' 14 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Beata Szydlo Warsaw: Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo on Wednesday called on the country's centrist opposition to join her conservative government in presenting...

New aid planned for besieged Syria towns Thursday: UN 14 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

File photo Beirut: Aid groups hope to deliver more food and medicine on Thursday to three besieged Syrian towns, including Madaya, where residents...

Anti-immigrant “Soldiers of Odin” raise concern in Finland 14 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

A group that call themselves the 'Soldiers of Odin' demonstrate in Joensuu, Eastern Finland, January 8, 2016. Reuters/Minna Raitavuo/Lehtikuva Recession-bound Finland struggling with...