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Burkina honours 1,000 wounded in uprising and failed coup 12 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Blaise Compaore Ouagadougou: Around 1,000 people who were injured during a popular uprising last year that ousted then Burkina Faso's president Blaise Compaore...

Obama to discuss Islamic State fight at Pentagon 12 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Washington: Facing intense scrutiny about his counterterror policy, President Barack Obama will huddle with top security brass and deliver an address at the...

Trump Tower website has outage after Anonymous’ anti-Trump rant 12 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

By Angela Moon and Eleanor Whalley NEW YORK: The website for Trump Towers, Donald Trump’s glitzy signature skyscraper in Manhattan, went offline for...

Alphabet mulls expanding Fiber internet service to LA, Chicago 12 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Alphabet Inc said it would consider bringing its Fiber internet service to Los Angeles and Chicago, the two biggest cities the tech giant...

Alarm as gunmen stage coordinated attacks on Burundi 12 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

A military vehicle carrying men tied up, drives through the Musaga neighbourhood of Bujumbura on December 11, 2015 Nairobi: Gunmen launched coordinated pre-dawn...

Hannibal Kadhafi, son of late Libyan dictator Kadhafi 'kidnapped in Lebanon' 12 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Beirut: Hannibal Kadhafi, the high-living businessman son of the late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, was kidnapped in Lebanon on Friday, a security source...

Turkey's Erdogan says Iraqi appeal to Security Council 'not honest' 12 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

DOHA: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that a complaint lodged by Iraq's government to the U.N. Security Council about the presence...

World powers lead frenetic overtime push for climate accord 12 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Le Bourget, France: World powers led an overtime push to seal a deal on Saturday aimed at averting catastrophic climate change, as sleep-deprived...

At least 7 killed in north Cameroon suicide attack 11 Dec 2015 - 06:48 pm

Cameroon soldiers have joined a multinational force with Niger, Chad, Benin and Nigeria to battle the Boko Haram militant group in west Africa....

Mauritania creates new courts to try slavery cases 11 Dec 2015 - 06:34 pm

Salimata Lam is the national coordinator for SOS Esclaves, a Mauritanian association dedicated to fighting modern-day slavery. Photo courtesy: Ould Youssef, Al Jazeera...

Kerry meets Putin next week on Syria peace plan 11 Dec 2015 - 06:28 pm

File photo Paris: US Secretary of State John Kerry will head to Moscow on Tuesday for talks with President Vladimir Putin on the...

Taliban claims car bomb attack near Spanish embassy in Kabul 11 Dec 2015 - 06:15 pm

By Hamid Shalizi KABUL: The Taliban claimed responsibility for a car bomb attack on a guest house near the Spanish embassy in Kabul...

Three Palestinians killed in West Bank, Gaza 11 Dec 2015 - 05:59 pm

Evacuating the wounded on the Gaza border Halhul, Palestine: Three Palestinians were killed Friday in the occupied West Bank and in the Gaza...

Huge car bomb, gunshots rock central Kabul 11 Dec 2015 - 05:41 pm

Kabul: A massive car bomb struck central Kabul during rush hour on Friday evening, followed by ongoing bursts of gunfire, officials said, but...

Paris attacker was French army reject 11 Dec 2015 - 05:39 pm

The housing area where Foued Mohamed-Aggad lived before he went to Syria in late 2013, is seen in Wissembourg, Eastern France. WISSEMBOURG: Foued...

Dubai Police wants YouTube prankster over car stunt 11 Dec 2015 - 05:38 pm

A social media prank by a Russian comedian has prompted Dubai Police to investigate because of the dangerous stunts it features, reports The...

French PM says far-right win would open road to civil war 11 Dec 2015 - 05:21 pm

French Prime minister Manuel Valls (left) and Socialist Party's top candidate for the Ile-de-France region Claude Bartolone (right) walk down a street in...