Nelson Mandela dies at age 95
Former South African President Nelson Mandela died peacefully at his Johannesburg home on Thursday after a prolonged lung infection. He was 95.South Africa and world mourn Nelson Mandela
South Africans are mourning the death of anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela, the country\'s first black president, who died Thursday at the age ...French reinforcements arrive in CAR capital
The French defense minister says troop reinforcements have begun arriving in the Central African Republic, after reports that around 100 people were ...Cuba closes privately owned movie theaters, video arcades
Cuba closed dozens of home-based movie theaters on Saturday and reaffirmed its plans to end the private sale of imported goods as ...Lebanese and Turkish hostages freed after rare Syrian co-operation
Two kidnapped Turkish pilots arrived in Istanbul after leaving Lebanon on Saturday and nine Lebanese hostages freed from Syria landed in Beirut, ...Ex Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi gets political ban
An Italian court has ruled that former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, convicted of tax fraud, should be barred from holding public office ...Maldives police stop presidential election
Police in the Maldives have forced the postponement of the re-run of the presidential poll, declaring the vote illegal and blocking ballot ...Al-Shabaab suicide bomber attacks restaurant in Somalia
The Shabab militant group in Somalia claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing on Saturday that killed at least 13 people at a ...New report says Syrian rebels committed war crimes
Syrian rebels led by al Qaida’s regional affiliates killed and kidnapped hundreds of civilians during an offensive in coastal Syria in early ...Battles rage around Syria chemical weapons sites
International inspectors in Syria have visited three of the 20 sites linked to the country\'s chemical weapons programme, as anti-government activist groups ...
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