President Barack Obama said Friday he welcomed a debate on the role of the National Security Agency, but that leaks by Edward Snowden had caused “unnecessary damage” to US intelligence capabilities. Obama refused to be drawn at a year-end press conference…
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It’s open season on the star of the most popular reality show on cable television in the United States. Fans are rallying to Phil Robertson, 67, patriarch of the extended family of Louisiana hunters at the heart of “Duck Dynasty” after he triggered…
UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi held fresh talks Friday to pave the way to a January peace conference between Syria’s government and rebels, amid wrangling over who will be at the table. Brahimi and senior US and Russian officials met behind closed…
Scores of suspected Islamist gunmen stormed a military barracks in northeast Nigeria on Friday, spraying gunfire on the troops inside before torching the compound, the army and residents said. The military has reportedly deployed fighter jets and ground…
Sudan expressed fears Friday over the fate of vital oil flows as fighting between rival army factions spread in neighbouring South Sudan. Sudan’s cash-starved economy is to receive an estimated $1.5 billion (1.1 billion euros) in fees from South Sudan…
A Nigerian court on Friday sentenced the man behind a 2011 Christmas Day bombing to life in prison, in one of the highest profile convictions linked to the Boko Haram Islamist insurgency. Rights group have been pressuring Nigeria to take more Boko Haram…
TUNIS, Tunisia, December 18, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB)…
LONDON, United-Kingdom, December 18, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ – The Western Union Company (http://www.westernunion.com/) (NYSE:WU), a leader in global payment…
Manchester City’s Argentine defender Pablo Zabaleta could be out of action for the next two weeks, manager Manuel Pellegrini revealed on Friday. Zabaleta limped out of City’s League Cup quarter-final victory at Leicester on Tuesday with a hamstring…
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho is keeping his views on Ashley Cole’s decision to join Arsenal players on their Christmas night out this week to himself, but he revealed on Friday the full-back would not face the Gunners on Monday. Cole was photographed…
Manchester United will be without Portuguese winger Nani for the next few matches due to a hamstring injury, manager David Moyes said on Friday. Nani has not featured since the home defeat by Newcastle on December 7 and has recently been linked with…
Luis Suarez has committed his future to Liverpool by signing a new long-term contract, the club confirmed on Friday. It was not immediately clear how long the deal was for, but Suarez told the club website: “I am delighted to have agreed a new deal…
Cardiff City manager Malky Mackay’s future hung in the balance on Friday as club owner Vincent Tan was due to fly into Britain later in the day. Mackay, 41, was reportedly on the verge of leaving the Premier League club after being told to resign or…
BlackBerry said Friday it fell deeper into the red in the past quarter as the struggling smartphone maker unveiled a new manufacturing partnership and a revamped organizational structure. The Canadian firm reported a massive $4.4 billion loss in its…
Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah warned Friday that his Lebanese Shiite movement will “punish” Israel for the killing of a top leader earlier this month. “The killers will be punished sooner or later… Those who killed our brothers will not know safety…
Spain’s government on Friday approved a tightening of the abortion law that would overturn women’s right to abort freely up to 14 weeks of pregnancy, ministers said. The government adopted a draft bill for a law which would allow abortion only in cases…
A total of 1,111 Muslim couples tied the knot at a mass wedding on Thursday in Nigeria’s second largest city of Kano as part of a government to prome stable families. Divorcees and widows were paired up with suitors in a match-making program.
Uganda’s parliament on Friday adopted an anti-homosexuality bill that will see repeat offenders jailed for life, with lawmakers hailing it as a victory against “evil” for the deeply religious nation. Deputies voted overwhelmingly in favour of the text…
ÃÂ Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho rued over missed chances as his team continues to show lack lustrous form in England and Europe. The Stamford Bridge boss admits his side is starting to feel the pressure of the poor form his side has recorded. ÃÂ …
More than 1,000 Muslim couples tied the knot at a mass wedding Thursday in Nigeria’s second city of Kano, part of a government programme aimed at promoting stable families. The elaborate event at the city’s central mosque included 1,111 previously divorced…