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BP slumps into $6.5bn loss for 2015 on oil collapse
Business
February 2, 2016
BP slumps into $6.5bn loss for 2015 on oil collapse
British energy giant BP said Tuesday that it slumped into a vast loss in 2015, ravaged by the dramatic collapse…
Italy urges Egypt to resolve missing student mystery
Egypt
February 1, 2016
Italy urges Egypt to resolve missing student mystery
Italy has urged Egypt to track down an Italian student who "mysteriously disappeared" in Cairo this month, the foreign ministry…
Scores feared dead in Boko Haram attack near Maiduguri
World
January 31, 2016
Scores feared dead in Boko Haram attack near Maiduguri
Scores of people were feared killed when Boko Haram Islamists attacked a village on the outskirts of Maiduguri in northeast…
Deploying AU force without Burundi approval ‘unimaginable’: top AU official
World
January 31, 2016
Deploying AU force without Burundi approval ‘unimaginable’: top AU official
The African Union will not deploy peacekeepers to troubled Burundi unless Burundi's government agrees, the AU special representative for the…
Two blasts near Syria Shi’ite shrine kill at least 12: monitor
Middle East
January 31, 2016
Two blasts near Syria Shi’ite shrine kill at least 12: monitor
At least 12 people were killed on Sunday in a double bomb blast near the Shi'ite shrine of Sayyida Zeinab,…
Haiti vote delay a ‘step backward,’ UN official says
World
January 31, 2016
Haiti vote delay a ‘step backward,’ UN official says
With a political vacuum now a real possibility in Haiti after presidential and legislative elections were postponed indefinitely, Sandra Honore,…
Syria peace talks in peril before they even start
Middle East
January 31, 2016
Syria peace talks in peril before they even start
The future of the biggest push to date to end Syria's brutal civil war looked highly uncertain Sunday with the…
Malaysia pledges to help Swiss probe as pressure on PM grows
World
January 30, 2016
Malaysia pledges to help Swiss probe as pressure on PM grows
Malaysia's attorney general promised Saturday to cooperate with a Swiss call for help in probing alleged massive corruption that has…
Afghan boy becomes Internet star after plastic shirt goes viral
World
January 30, 2016
Afghan boy becomes Internet star after plastic shirt goes viral
A five-year-old Afghan boy has become an Internet star after pictures went viral of him wearing an Argentina football shirt…
Syria Kurds leave Geneva without peace talks invites: sources
Middle East
January 30, 2016
Syria Kurds leave Geneva without peace talks invites: sources
Syrian Kurdish figures hoping to take part in fragile UN-brokered peace talks in Geneva have left the Swiss city after…