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Madrid: Spain’s acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy sealed a pact with the liberal Ciudadanos party, strengthening his hand going into a round of voting...

Baghdad: The Iraqi government officially asked Saudi Arabia to replace its first ambassador to Baghdad in more than a quarter of a century, accusing him of...

Abuja: Nigeria would let Boko Haram choose a non-profit organisation as an intermediary in any talks on the release of about 200 schoolgirls kidnapped from...

Johannesburg: South Africa Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan may be charged this week for graft, the City Press newspaper reported on Sunday, citing senior...

Tripoli: A member of the leadership of Libya's UN-backed government who is close to powerful rival factions in the east of the country has said he will...

L'Aquila (Italy): Seven years after being devastated by an earthquake that killed more than 300 people, L'Aquila's abandoned city centre is a...

Madrid: The clock starts ticking on Wednesday towards what could be Spain's third national election in a year when acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy...

Berlin: German Chancellor Angela Merkel's domestic popularity has declined, a poll showed on Sunday, with 50 per cent of Germans against her serving a...

Singapore: Singapore authorities have confirmed 41 cases of locally-transmitted Zika virus, which in Brazil has been linked to a rare birth defect, and said...

Berlin: The head of Germany's Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) told a German newspaper that he expected a maximum of 300,000 refugees to...