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World May Be In For Rocky Road During My Tenure
The political tumult that rocked the world in 2016 might be an appetizer for 2017. Crucial elections loom this year in...
Mali Sends Back France Deportees
Mali has sent back two people who were deported from France on the same planes they arrived on, questioning whether...
Fethullah Gulen Condemns Assassination of Russian Ambassador To Turkey
Fethullah Gülen, a renowned Turkish Islamic scholar, preacher and social advocate, has condemned the assassination of...
Ethiopia Says Oromo Leader Detained For Meeting Terrorist Group In Brussels
Ethiopian authorities have clarified that leading opposition figure and Chairman of the Oromo Federalist Congress...
AU and UN Laud Firm Stance of ECOWAS, 11 Envoys Desert Jammeh
The African Union (AU) and the United Nations (UN) have issued statements lauding the firm stance taken by the West...
‘Surreal’ Is Named 2016 ‘Word of the Year’
Donald Trump's upset win in the US presidential election astonished people so much that they rushed to the dictionary...
Greece Approves Christmas Bonus As France Challenges German Veto
Greece defied its creditors and approved plans on Thursday to give its battered pensioners a one-off Christmas bonus...
EU Extends Russia Sanctions Over Ukraine
EU leaders have agreed to extend economic sanctions against Russia for six more months. Earlier, France and Germany...
Belgian Porn Photos Prompt Suspension of Government Worker
The woman was said to have posed naked on the fifth floor of the interior ministry A woman working for the Belgian...
Lawyer of Gabon’s Opposition Leader Reported Missing
A lawyer for the Gabon opposition leader Jean Ping, who is still disputing the re-election of President Ali Bongo, has...
Exhibition In Leopold Museum
Few readers would know that the late Rudolf Leopold (1925-2010), founder of the Leopold Museum in Vienna, had an...
EU Negotiator Says ‘time’s Short’ For Reaching Deal
The UK will have to reach a Brexit deal by October 2018, according to the EU's chief negotiator for Brexit. Michel...
Greece Needs Reforms, Not Debt Relief
Structural reforms rather than debt relief will help Greece to achieve sustainable growth and stay in the euro zone...
Top Ethiopian Opposition Leader Arrested
A prominent opposition leader in Ethiopia has been detained after he returned from Europe. Merera Gudina had violated...
Erdogan Says Turkey Can Spurn EU and Join Shanghai Pact
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Turkey should not be "fixated" on joining the EU and has reiterated the idea of...
Paris Bomber’s Mobile Found Under Papers
A Paris suicide bomber's mobile phone has been found underneath a pile of paperwork in a Belgian police station, many...
Nov. 15 World News Summary At 0045 GMT
BRUSSELS — The European Union (EU)’s foreign and defence ministers on Monday agreed on a new plan on security and...
Eurozone Lifts Growth View For 2016 But Cuts 2017’s
The European Union yesterday edged up its eurozone growth forecast for this year but trimmed it for 2017, warning that...
EU Commissioner Apologizes For Remarks On China
European Commissioner Guenther Oettinger issued a formal apology on Thursday for remarks that China took offence to but...