Bloody chapter closed!
AP, Kanoehe Bay :President Barack Obama marked the end of more than a decade of combat in Afghanistan by paying tribute to America’s military, telling...
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China tightens church control ahead of Christmas
AP, Beijing :Two days before Christmas, members of a rural Christian congregation in eastern China welded pieces of metal into a cross and hoisted it...
Afghans hope for change after bloody year
AP, Kabul :When Graeme Smith arrived in Afghanistan in 2005, he drove across the country from Kabul south to the Talban’s former capital Kandahar on...
Pope calls for greater empathy in Christmas Eve mass
AFP, Vatican City :Pope Francis urged people to have greater empathy towards family and friends with problems in his Christmas Eve mass on Wednesday, saying...
Protesters rally for 2nd night after shooting near Ferguson
AP, Berkeley : Demonstrators took to the streets for a second night after a white police officer in Berkeley, Missouri, killed a black 18-year-old who police...
Iranan FM says nuclear deal ‘within reach’
AFP, Tehran : Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Wednesday that he is confident that a lasting agreement can be struck with world powers...
Ukraine truce hangs in balance after ‘difficult’ talks
AFP, Kiev : The latest push for peace in Ukraine appeared moribund on Thursday after initial talks failed to agree when the warring sides should meet...
HK police arrest democracy protestors after clash
AFP, Hong Kong :Hong Kong police said on Thursday they had arrested a dozen pro-democracy protesters after a night of clashes in the first sizeable...
Sierra Leone declares five-day Ebola lockdown
AFP, Freetown :Sierra Leone’s government has declared a five-day lockdown in the country’s north to step up efforts to contain the Ebola epidemic, while making...
Russia, 4-ex-Soviet nations finalise new alliance
AP, Moscow :Russia and four other ex-Soviet nations on Tuesday completed the creation of a new economic alliance intended to bolster their integration, but the...
Belfast leaders strike deal to save power-sharing
AP, Dublin :Northern Ireland leaders reached agreement to sustain their troubled Catholic-Protestant Government today following all-night Belfast talks that reduced some negotiators to bleary-eyed exhaustion....
Abbas says to cut ties with Israel if UN move fails
AFP, Algiers :Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas warned on Tuesday that his administration would “no longer deal” with Israel if a United Nations Security Council resolution...