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Drug lord El Chapo found guilty, faces life in prison

KHARTOUM, Sudanese security agents on Tuesday detained a group of university professors in Khartoum headed for a sit-in protest against President Omar al-Bashir's government, fellow academics...

THE HAGUE, Four Nigerian women on Tuesday launched a court case in the Netherlands against oil giant Shell for alleged complicity in the execution of their husbands by the military regime in the...

RAMALLAH, PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES, The United States has denied accusations it is pressuring banks to stop dealing with the Palestinian government, whose relations with Washington have been...

Nigerians will cast ballots on Saturday in presidential and legislative elections.

A man shot and killed his wife, baby daughter and his wife's grandparents before killing himself at a Texas ranch.

COLOMBO Sri Lanka has started advertising for hangmen, after the president vowed to resume executions for the first time in four decades as part of a hardline anti-drugs crackdown inspired by...

The deal still faces White House approval.

Islamic State has stashed away a fortune to launch a fresh wave of global attacks, warns a UN report.

BADUNG, A Tanzanian man was arrested in Bali after more than a kilogram of methamphetamine was found inside his stomach, Indonesian authorities said Tuesday. Immigration officials on the holiday...

CARACAS, Venezuela's opposition plans more marches Tuesday to press the military to let in US humanitarian aid, which President Nicolas Maduro says is the stepping stone to an invasion. <p...

Cairo, Egyptian authorities have arrested four students for mocking Christian rituals in an online video and ordered them to be kept in custody for four days, a judicial source said Monday. The...

HANOI, Communist-run but with capitalist leanings, and a friend to both the United States and North Korea, Vietnam will host the next summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un from February...

At least 17 people died on Tuesday as a fire tore through a budget hotel in Delhi before dawn.

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara has refused to comment on the acquittal on crimes against humanity of his predecessor Laurent Gbagbo at the International Criminal Court while...

Den Helder, It was late on a stormy Saturday night when marine biologist Mardik Leopold's phone rang at his home on the remote northern Dutch island of Texel. On the line was a coast-watch...

Democrats and Republicans have reached an agreement in principle over border security to fund the US government and avert another partial shutdown. Lawmakers said the deal had been struck in a...

HARARE, The government of Zimbabwe has confirmed that its Vice-President Constatino Chiwenga is receiving medical treatment abroad. This comes days after he dismissed reports of being airlifted...

WASHINGTON, US lawmakers have reached an agreement in principle to avoid a new government shutdown at the end of the week, senators announced Monday, including $1.375 billion for a wall on the...

Washington, Monday US congressional talks over a border security deal have stalled, raising the chances of another government shutdown. Negotiators were hoping for a deal today to give Congress...

ADDIS ABABA, The African Union's peace and security chief Smail Chergui called Monday for member states to tackle the root causes of extremism, as he deplored the spread of "terrorism" in the...

BEIJING, China on Monday accused the United States of trying to "stir up trouble" by sending two US destroyers near disputed South China Sea islands. The guided-missile destroyers USS Spruance...

Women reign at glitzy Grammys gala that also makes rap history

Mammoth crowds mark 40th anniversary of Iran revolution

Thai election panel disqualifies princess as PM candidate

KINSHASA, The runner-up in DR Congo's controversial presidential election has proposed staging the poll again within six months. In a letter to the African Union summit in Addis Ababa, Martin...

The health of Chiwenga, 62, is closely followed in Zimbabwe because he is widely seen as the power behind President Emmerson Mnangagwa

BANGKOK, Thai Princess Ubolratana was on Monday formally disqualified for running for prime minister, ending her brief and ill-fated political union with a party allied to the powerful...

Over 99 people die, scores hospitalised in Northern India after drinking toxic alcohol, officials say.

Rappers Cardi B and Childish Gambino delivered a history-making night for hip-hop.