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OSLO: The Norwegian Nobel Committee, which awards the Nobel Peace Prize, said Thursday that Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who won the honor in...

PARIS: A French prosecutor has extended the detention period for a suspect in custody since Wednesday morning over the 2012 slayings of a British-Iraqi...

WASHINGTON: Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell lashed out at President Joe Biden on Wednesday, accusing him of widening the US political divide with...

SAO JOAQUIM DE BICAS: Three years ago, the collapse of the tailings dam at an iron ore mine forced them to move their homes...

PARIS: France is to press the European Union to agree sanctions against Mali after its military-dominated leadership shelved a timetable for elections, the French...

MANILA: The Philippine government announced on Wednesday a "no vaccination, no ride" policy barring unvaccinated people from using public transport in the capital Manila. The...

ISLAMABAD: Afghanistan's envoy to Pakistan has praised the Organization of Islamic Cooperation for working to connect the country to the outside world and lauded...

LONDON: British nationals who claim they were detained and tortured after having their citizenships revoked from abroad have penned a letter opposing a controversial...

GENEVA: The omicron variant of Covid-19 is dangerous -- and especially so for those who have not been vaccinated against the disease, the World...

LONDON: Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has called on Foreign Secretary Liz Truss to help organize an aid conference to raise $4.5 billion...