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Storm causes flooding, road closures in Britain

Storm Desmond has caused widespread flooding, road closures and power cuts to tens of thousands of homes in the ...

Final draft of Paris climate agreement reached

A final draft of a new global climate agreement was reached by negotiators in Paris on Saturday, ready for ministers ...

China vows copyright protection for online news media

China will crackdown on illegal reproduction of online news, the countrys media watchdog said, days after an ...

Pentagon to open all combat jobs to women for first time

US defense chief Ash Carter said on Thursday the US military would open all combat jobs to women. "Im announcing ...

UnionPay International Initiates "40 Selected Tourist Destinations Worldwide" Preferential Program

-UnionPay International announces on November 25 that it now initiates "40 Selected Tourist Destinations Worldwide" ...

Ban slams killing of UN peacekeeper in Mali

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday strongly condemned the killing of a UN peacekeeper in Mali, saying this ...

UN chief urges peaceful solution to korean peninsula issue

A UN spokesperson reiterated on Monday that Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon believes there can only be a peaceful ...

19 gunmen killed in security raid in Egypt`s Sinai

At least 19 gunmen have been killed in a security raid by the Egyptian army in Sheikh Zuweid city of Egypts North ...

12 killed in fresh attack in Northeastern Nigerian village

At least 12 residents were killed Saturday in an attack by suspected Boko Haram gunmen in Nigerias northeastern state ...

42 still missing in boat sinking accident in Malaysia

Forty-two people were still missing after a boat carrying 97 Indonesian nationals sank about 2 nautical miles (around ...

Norway plans to strengthen polar bear conservation

The Norwegian government plans to strengthen the conservation of polar bears by proposing to include them in the list ...

Malawi president Mutharika to wed privately

Newly elected Malawi president, Peter Mutharika, will on June 21 wed his long time lover Gertrude Hendrina Maseko at a ...

Int`l protocol launched to tackle sexual violence in conflict

British foreign secretary William Hague and United Nations special envoy Angelina Jolie on Wednesday launched a new ...

Algeria confirms first MERS cases

Algeria has confirmed its first two cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) coronavirus infection, both being ...

Israel to boycott Palestinian unity government: Abbas

Israel has officially informed the Palestinian side that it will boycott the new Palestinian unity government, ...