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Paris: A French court on Thursday found former justice minister Michel Mercier guilty of embezzlement in a fake jobs scheme he ran for...

London: The boss of British retail giant Marks & Spencer hits out at London's plans for easing trade between Northern Ireland, the rest...

London: The UK government will eliminate tariffs on more than 3,000 products it imports from Nigeria in a bid to boost trade with...

Denmark plans compulsory military conscription for women, as the Nordic country seeks to significantly boost the size of its armed forces. The move...

Khartoum: Sudan's de facto leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan said Thursday that Khartoum and Addis Ababa are "aligned and in agreement" on a controversial...

Saqqara: Egyptunveiled Thursday a gold-laced mummy and four tombs, including of an ancient king's "secret keeper", discovered in the Saqqara necropolis south of...

Baghdad: Iraq has sentenced 14 people to death by hanging for their role in the Islamic State group massacre of hundreds of army...

Moscow: Russian prosecutors on Thursday banned Meduza, a popular and independent Russian-language news website, saying it posed a security "threat" to the country....

Johannesburg: A German foreign ministry quip about leopards and an African tour by Russia's top diplomat has sparked a cool response on the...

Kabul: More than 160 people have died from the cold inafghanistanthis month in the worst winter in more than a decade, authorities said...

Nicosia: A general strike Thursday paralysed Cyprus for three hours, affecting schools, hospitals, government services and the private sector, as labour unions demand...

Möckern, Germany: Leopard tanks pledged by Germany to help Ukraine repel Russia's invasion will arrive in "late March, early April", Defence Minister Boris...

Paris: Natural disasters cost French insurers 10 billion euros ($10.9 billion) last year, a two-decade high as such events become more frequent and...

Paris:France said on Thursday that it was recalling its ambassador fromBurkinaFaso "for consultations," a day after agreeing to demands to pull its troops...

Manila: The Philippines' economic growth beat expectations last year, expanding to its fastest pace in 46 years on the back of strong consumer...

Odesa: The French foreign minister on Thursday arrived in Odesa, the strategic port city on Ukraine's Black Sea coast, as part of France's...

Dubai: The resignation ofKuwait's government was accepted on Thursday in an Emiri decree, state news agency KUNA reported.

Bank Indonesia has delivered enough interest-rate increases, according to Governor Perry Warjiyo, who signaled that this round of tightening is coming to an...