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Published:Tuesday | January 14, 2014 | 12:00 AM

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP):NIGERIA'S PRESIDENT has signed a law that bans same-sex marriage and criminalises homosexual associations, societies and meetings, with penalties of up to 14 years in jail.The Associated Press obtained a copy of the Same Sex Marriage...

Published:Tuesday | January 14, 2014 | 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON (AP):JUST BACK from their own long break, Supreme Court justices set out Monday to resolve a politically charged fight over when the Senate's absence gives the president the power to make temporary appointments to high-level positions without...

Published:Tuesday | January 14, 2014 | 12:00 AM

PARIS (AP):SYRIA'S WESTERN-BACKED opposition came under steely pressure Sunday to attend peace talks in just over a week as envoys from 11 countries converged to help, restore, and test the credibility the of a rebel coalition sapped by vicious...

Published:Monday | January 13, 2014 | 12:02 PM

Israel has held a burial service of former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon at his family ranch in the Negev desert.

Published:Monday | January 13, 2014 | 12:00 AM

BEVERLY HILLS, California (AP): While many stars are awash in the gifts and parties of Golden Globes weekend, a few used their privilege to benefit the people of Haiti and they were rewarded with an intimate performance by U2....

Published:Monday | January 13, 2014 | 12:00 AM

VATICAN CITY (AP):With wails resounding amid the splendour of the Sistine Chapel, Pope Francis yesterday baptised 32...

Published:Monday | January 13, 2014 | 12:00 AM

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP):Rebels badly damaged petroleum facilities in an oil-producing state and must answer for the destruction, a South Sudanese government official said yesterday.Information Minister Michael Makuei Lueth said the government is now...

Published:Monday | January 13, 2014 | 12:00 AM

DALLAS (AP):A permit to hunt an endangered African black rhino sold for $350,000 at a Dallas auction held to raise money for conservation efforts, but was criticised by wildlife advocates....

Published:Monday | January 13, 2014 | 12:00 AM

BEIRUT (AP):Rebel-on-rebel clashes have killed nearly 700 people over the past nine days in northern Syria in the worst bout of infighting among the opponents of President Bashar Assad since the country's civil war began, activists said yesterday....

Published:Sunday | January 12, 2014 | 5:53 PM

Some U.S. lawmakers have been leery of the agreement, calling for tougher sanctions against Iran, rather than any loosening of controls.

Published:Sunday | January 12, 2014 | 12:06 PM

Israelis from all walks of life flocked to parliament Sunday to catch a glimpse of Ariel Sharon's coffin and pay their final respects to the iconic former prime minister and general.

Published:Sunday | January 12, 2014 | 10:06 AM

Muqam told private television station Geo News that it was the sixth such attack against him in recent years. He didn't name the militants directly but said that "the terrorists" wouldn't win.

Published:Saturday | January 11, 2014 | 1:42 PM

September 16-18, 1982: Ariel Sharon loses job as defense minister after Israeli-allied Christian militia kills hundreds of Palestinians at refugee camps in west Beirut, sparking international outrage.

Published:Saturday | January 11, 2014 | 12:06 PM

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is widely regarded as a giant of the Israeli military and political landscape, but endured numerous controversies during his tenure as prime minister.

Published:Saturday | January 11, 2014 | 8:59 AM

Emergency evacuations of the first of thousands of foreigners stranded in the conflict-ridden Central African Republic are due to begin.

Published:Friday | January 10, 2014 | 12:22 PM

An Indian diplomat whose arrest in the US sparked protests from India has been formally indicted by a US grand jury.

Published:Friday | January 10, 2014 | 12:00 AM

BEIJING (AP): When her mind is clear, Gong Qifeng can recall how she begged for mercy...

Published:Friday | January 10, 2014 | 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON (AP):Some of the nation's largest food companies have cut daily calorie counts by an average of 78 per person, a new study says, more than four times the amount the industry pledged to slash by next year.The study sponsored by the Robert Wood...

Published:Friday | January 10, 2014 | 12:00 AM

KARACHI, Pakistan (AP): A senior police investigator known for arresting dozens of Pakistani Taliban was killed yesterday in a car bombing, a sharp blow to efforts...

Published:Thursday | January 9, 2014 | 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON (AP):The Obama administration is urging schools to abandon overly zealous discipline policies that civil rights advocates have long said lead to a school-to-prison pipeline that discriminates against minority students.The wide-ranging series...

Published:Thursday | January 9, 2014 | 12:00 AM

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (AP): Blame the sun. Orbital Sciences Corp is delaying its space station delivery mission again, this time because of a strong solar storm.

Published:Thursday | January 9, 2014 | 12:00 AM

BAGHDAD (AP): Tribal leaders in the besieged city of Fallujah warned al-Qaida-linked fighters to leave to avoid a military showdown, echoing a call by Iraq's prime minister yesterday that they give up their fight...

Published:Wednesday | January 8, 2014 | 11:44 AM

Jurors at London's High Court have found by a majority of eight to two that 29-year-old Mark Duggan was "lawfully killed" when he was shot dead by a police marksman in the north London neighborhood.

Published:Wednesday | January 8, 2014 | 12:00 AM

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP):Syria's information minister says that ordinary citizens will urge President Bashar Assad to seek re-election next July, and that he would win the vote.Omran al-Zoubi says the decision to run...

Published:Wednesday | January 8, 2014 | 12:00 AM

CORAOPOLIS, Pennsylvania (AP): Certain essentials must be taken care of, no matter what.

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