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AUSTRALIAN officials on Sunday said all efforts were being made to help those affected by tropical Cyclone Marcia which smashed through Queensland state leaving 1,500 homes damaged and thousands without electricity. Marcia

YEMEN’S ousted President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi has accused the Houthi militia that seized power last month of staging a coup. In his first statement since escaping house arrest in the capital Sanaa,

TURKISH troops have reportedly crossed into Syria to relieve the garrison at the mausoleum of Suleyman Shah – a tiny enclave of Turkey where the forefather of the Ottoman empire is buried.

A ceremony has been held in New York to honour black civil rights leader Malcolm X at the site where he was assassinated 50 years ago. Activists, politicians and actors were among

UKRAINIAN government and rebel forces have exchanged dozens of prisoners, a week after a ceasefire came into effect in the east of the country. A total of 139 Ukrainian soldiers were freed

WHEN heavy snowfall hit Russia’s second city of Saint Petersburg last month it was nothing unusual, but city officials were overwhelmed and scrambled to find anyone to clear the streets. As pedestrians

YEMEN’S former president Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi has fled the capital, Sanaa, weeks after he was put under house arrest by Houthi rebels who forced him to resign. Mr Hadi later arrived

ZIMBABWE’S president, Robert Mugabe, turns 91 Saturday, with his supporters saying they will back him to run his full term until 2018 and beyond despite nagging questions about his health and an

THE US and Britain are considering deepening sanctions against Russia due to its “craven behaviour” in Ukraine, Secretary of State John Kerry said before talks with British counterpart Philip Hammond in London

FRENCH President Francois Hollande on Saturday described as a “good compromise” the agreement between Brussels and debt-racked Greece for a four-month extension of its bailout. Eurozone finance ministers reached the hard-won deal