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G.Bissau president says situation 'under control'...
Guinea-Bissau's president on Tuesday said the government had the situation "under control" in the unstable west African country af...
G.Bissau president says situation 'under control'...
Guinea-Bissau's president on Tuesday said the government had the situation under control after what the African Union and a region...
Guinea-Bissau president says 'all well' after 'cou...
Sustained gunfire was heard on Tuesday near the seat of government in the coup-prone West African state of Guinea-Bissau, AFP repo...
Vladimir Putin's Ukraine obsesssion
Russian President Vladimir Putin has an obsession that is so close and yet so far: to return Ukraine to Moscow's fold, in the name...
Putin says West ignoring Russian concerns but hope...
President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday accused the West of ignoring Moscow's security concerns and of using Ukraine as a tool to cont...
UK premier safe for now, but future in jeopardy ov...
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will probably hold onto his job for now despite a scathing report about government coronaviru...
Two killed, 38 injured in Myanmar rally attack on...
Two people were killed and 38 injured in a grenade attack on a pro-military rally in eastern Myanmar on Tuesday, a security offici...
Norway court rules killer Breivik to remain in pri...
A Norway court on Tuesday rejected a request for parole from neo-Nazi Anders Behring Breivik 10 years after he was convicted of ki...
Gunfire heard in Guinea-Bissau, W. African bloc sa...
Sustained gunfire was heard on Tuesday near the seat of government in the coup-prone West African state of Guinea-Bissau, AFP repo...
Myanmar, climate activists among Nobel Peace Prize...
Myanmar's defenders of democracy, a Belarus opposition leader, the pope, and environmental activists like Greta Thunberg and David...
Blinken urges Russia to withdraw troops from Ukrai...
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged Russia to "immediately" de-escalate tensions and withdraw its troops from Ukraine's bor...
US presses Russia to withdraw troops in Ukraine ca...
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged Russia to immediately de-escalate tensions and to withdraw troops from Ukraine's border...
Gunfire near government house in Guinea-Bissau
Sustained gunfire was heard on Tuesday near the seat of government in Bissau, the capital of the small coup-prone West African sta...
Rampant graft under S.Africa's Zuma detailed in ne...
South African investigators Tuesday released a 646-page report detailing how rampant corruption under former president Jacob Zuma...
World stocks shrug off rate, inflation concerns
Global stock markets mostly held their ground on Tuesday as investors shrugged off concerns of higher interest rates in the face o...
Russia, US set for new call amid burst of Ukraine...
The top Russian and US diplomats were to speak again Tuesday amid intense efforts by NATO allies to prevent an invasion of Ukraine...
Top US cyber official meets NATO allies on Russian...
The top White House official for cyber security began a tour of European NATO allies Tuesday to prepare for potential Russian atta...
UN, rights groups blame Taliban for missing journa...
The Taliban have arrested two Afghan journalists working for a local news channel, rights groups and the United Nations said Tuesd...
Myanmar protesters defy junta with strike and clap...
Anti-coup protesters across Myanmar defied a junta order not to mark the first anniversary of the military's power-grab with a sil...
African Union girds for fight over Israel's status
The African Union appears set for an internal clash over its relationship with Israel at a summit this weekend, a rare point of co...
Taiwan delegation to attend Beijing Olympics cerem...
Taiwan announced Tuesday a reversal to its weekend decision to forgo the opening and closing of the Beijing Winter Olympics, sayin...
Russia, US set for new call as West shows support...
The top Russian and US diplomats were to speak again Tuesday amid intense efforts by NATO allies to prevent an invasion of Ukraine...
India to launch state-backed 'digital rupee', tax...
India will introduce a state-backed "digital rupee" and impose a 30 percent tax on profits from virtual currencies, the government...
Controversial former Tokyo governor Ishihara dies
Controversial right-wing politician and former Tokyo governor Shintaro Ishihara, who made a decades-long career out of baiting Chi...
Inspired by Navalny, Russian bloggers stand up to...
Armed with only a phone and selfie stick, blogger Igor Grishin has set himself the task of fighting corruption in his hometown bey...
US, Russia diplomats to talk as tensions over Ukra...
Washington's and Moscow's top diplomats will hold fresh talks Tuesday on the Ukraine crisis as Western officials say Russia contin...
Mozambique looks to revive gas deals stalled by un...
Global energy giants were quick to halt their Mozambican gas projects when jihadist violence erupted on their doorsteps. After mon...
Myanmar shuts shop to defy junta on coup anniversa...
Streets emptied and shops shuttered across Myanmar on Tuesday as people defied junta orders to go about their business with a sile...
Australia to end stimulus but holds rates despite...
Australia's central bank moved to end multi-billion-dollar pandemic stimulus Tuesday, but kept interest rates at a record low desp...
Conflict zone to slalom for India's only Beijing O...
At the age of four, Arif Mohammad Khan put on skis for the first time, just a few kilometres from the Line of Control that divides...
Asian markets rise as traders buoyed by another Wa...
Asian markets rose in limited trade Tuesday following another strong lead from Wall Street fuelled by a rebound in tech firms, whi...
US tells families of govt employees in Belarus to...
The United States told the families of its government employees in Belarus to leave the country, the State Department said Monday,...
Putin to host EU ally Orban amid Ukraine crisis
Russian President Vladimir Putin will host talks Tuesday with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who has taken a softer line o...
Warring guerrillas bring misery to Colombian regio...
Fear reigns in northeastern Colombia on the border with Venezuela where the local population has been caught in the crossfire of r...
US judge rejects plea deals for murderers of Black...
A US judge on Monday rejected plea deals from two white men convicted of murdering a Black jogger in Georgia after relatives of th...
770-km US megaflash sets new lightning record: UN
A single flash of lightning in the United States nearly two years ago cut across the sky for nearly 770 kilometres, setting a new...
Colombia demands removal from 'hunger hotspots' li...
Colombia took umbrage Monday at being included in a report by UN agencies on 20 "hunger hotspots," demanding to be removed from th...
Nasdaq ends bruising January on a positive note
Wall Street stocks finished a bruising month on a positive note Monday, rallying ahead of a heavy week of economic news and corpor...
Russia, US clash at UN over Ukraine crisis as olig...
Russia and the United States clashed over Ukraine at the UN Security Council Monday, as London and Washington threatened to slap s...