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US health watchdog rejects Sanofi’s MS drug

AFPPARIS: French drug giant Sanofi announced Monday U.S. health authorities had rejected its...

MSF appeals for urgent aid to 100,000 displaced people in CAR

Dec. 30, 14:19

BANGUI: Medecins Sans Frontieres/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has appealed to the international community to dis***** humanitarian aids to almost 100,000 displaces people who fled violence in the African nation. After days of...

Armed youths take state TV journalists hostage in DR Congo: police

Dec. 30, 12:51

KINSHASA: Reporters from Congolese state television RTNC were taken hostage in Kinshasa on Monday by armed youths, police said. “They are armed with machetes and guns. They have taken reporters hostage. An operation is...

Seven Vietnam schoolchildren drown during seaside picnic

Dec. 30, 08:15

HANOI: Seven Vietnamese schoolchildren drowned while swimming in the sea during a picnic near the southern business hub of Ho Chi Minh City, local police said Monday. The school trip ended in tragedy on Sunday after the...

China activists push limit with demands to end ‘dictatorship’

Dec. 30, 07:49

GUANGZHOU: Their banners have urged an end to China’s “dictatorship”, scorned the regime as “rogue” and dared leaders to disclose their assets as a step against graft — all dangerous calls...

Shots fired at residence of German Ambassador in Athens

Dec. 30, 07:36

ATHENS: Gunshots were fired at the German ambassador’s residence in Athens early on Monday, but caused no injuries or damage, police said. At least four shots hit the outside metal gate of the residence, which lies...

Ten killed in new blast in Russian city of Volgograd: official

Dec. 30, 07:20

MOSCOW: Ten people were killed Monday in a blast on a trolleybus in the southern Russian city of Volgograd, a day after a deadly suicide bombing at the city’s main train station, officials said. “According to...

Chinese police shoot dead eight after Xinjiang “terrorist attack”

Dec. 30, 06:42

BEIJING: Police in China’s restive far western region of Xinjiang shot dead eight people during a “terrorist attack” on Monday, the regional government said, the second outbreak of violent unrest this month...

UK government could sell off Lloyds bank stake in 2014

Dec. 30, 04:43

LONDON: The British government could sell off all of its 18.4 billion pound stake in the Lloyds banking group in 2014, the Daily Telegraph reported, citing unnamed sources. The newspaper reported that the entire government...

Former aide to retired Chinese security chief probed for graft

Dec. 30, 04:39

BEIJING: A former aide to retired Chinese security tsar Zhou Yongkang has been placed under investigation for corruption, the government said, the latest move targeting people close to Zhou who is himself subject to a graft...

UK not to challenge EU environmental regulations on coal power plants

Dec. 30, 03:30

LONDON: The United Kingdom will not challenge the European Union’s environmental rules which have led to closure of many old coal power plants even as the country faces threats of power black outs within the next two...

Earthquake hits southern Italy

Dec. 30, 02:29

ROME: An earthquake hit areas of southern Italy on Sunday, sending many residents out on to the streets but there were no immediate reports of injuries or serious damage. The quake, which was measured by the U.S. Geological...

Israel set for new prisoner release as Kerry heads back to region

Dec. 30, 02:10

JERUSALEM: Israel prepared Sunday to free 26 Palestinian prisoners under peace talks brokered by US Secretary of State John Kerry, who is returning to the region to boost the faltering negotiations. Israeli Prime Minister...

NSA intercepts computer deliveries

Dec. 30, 01:56

LONDON: A German magazine lifted the lid on the operations of the National Security Agency’s hacking unit Sunday, reporting that American spies intercept computer deliveries, exploit hardware vulnerabilities, and even...

French President says will supply arms to Lebanon army if asked

Dec. 30, 01:27

RIYADH: France will supply weapons to the Lebanese army if it is asked to do so, French President Francois Hollande said on Sunday during a visit to Saudi Arabia where he met King Abdullah. Riyadh had earlier pledged $3...