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Turkmenistan leader certain to win third term in vote
Turkmen leader Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov is certain to secure a third term in office in Sunday\'s presidential election, maintaining his grip on power ...Swiss vote on citizenship measure after anti-Muslim campaign
Swiss voters were deciding Sunday whether to make it easier for "third-generation foreigners" to get Swiss citizenship and whether to lock in ...North Korea test-fires missile, apparently challenging Trump
North Korea appeared to fire a ballistic missile early Sunday in what would be its first such test of the year and ...70,000 being evacuated in Greece as WWII bomb defused
Greek authorities on Saturday began evacuating some 70,000 people in the city of Thessaloniki ahead of an operation to defuse a bomb ...Angola probes football stampede that killed 17
Angola on Saturday announced an investigation into a stadium stampede that killed at least 17 and injured scores in what was described ...Powerful quake kills at least 6 in southern Philippines
A powerful nighttime earthquake in the southern Philippines killed at least six people and injured more than 120, with officials combing through ...Cristiano Ronaldo wins FIFA best player award for 4th time
Cristiano Ronaldo has won FIFA\'s best player award for the fourth time, after Portugal and Real Madrid won both major European titles ...Syria refugees test Palestinian solidarity in Lebanon
When Palestinian Fuad Abu Khaled fled Syria\'s war in 2013, he sought refuge among his own, looking for solidarity among Palestinian refugees ...UN urges probe of DR Congo officers involved in gold trafficking
A UN group of experts is urging the Democratic Republic of Congo to investigate army officers involved in gold trafficking and a ...Cuba, United States sign oil spill deal before Trump inauguration
Cuba and the United States agreed on Monday to jointly prevent, contain and clean up oil and other toxic spills in the ...




