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Several inmates were killed and dozens more injured during an overnight riot in an overcrowded Guatemalan prison. Two victims were decapitated and two others burned, officials say.

The…

An investigation conducted by German media has shown that authorities knew of a possible attack in Munich prior to the holiday. The city’ police chief said authorities had a “very concrete” tip on…

Haiti’s President Michel Martelly says the runoff election to choose his successor will be held on 17 January. The runoff was due to take place last week, but was postponed after opposition…

Four gunmen and two guards were killed when unidentified militants attacked an Indian Air Force base near the Pakistan border on Saturday in an apparent challenge to attempts to revive a dialogue…

Saudi Arabia on Saturday announced the execution of 47 prisoners accused of terrorism charges, including a Shia cleric implicated in the 2011 Arab Spring-inspired protests in the kingdom.

President Barack Obama has said he will take unilateral action to tackle the problem of gun violence in the US. In his first weekly address of 2016, Obama said he would meet Attorney General…

A suicide attack on a French restaurant in the Afghan capital Kabul on Friday killed a 12-year-old boy and wounded more than a dozen other people, officials said.

The latest in a series of…

China is building a second aircraft carrier - but this time made entirely from domestic technology, its defense ministry has announced. The 50,000-ton vessel is being built in the port of Dalian.…

In a televised New Year message, Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame said he would seek to extend his presidency by seven years, from 2017.

The widely expected confirmation follows a successful…

North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un blamed South Korea on Friday for increased mistrust in a New Year speech after a year of heightened tension between the rival countries.

The speech was Kim’s…

It was not the deadliest year in Syria’s ongoing civil war but more than 55,000 people were killed, including 21,000 civilians.

The conflict, entering its fifth year in March, has left more…

Celebrations marking the New Year were held amid tight security on Thursday in many parts of the western world, namely in Europe and the United States. Reports from London, Paris, Vienna, Munich,…

Security services have completed checks at two Moscow railway stations and found no bombs after they were tipped off about explosives being planted there, RIA news agency cited an emergency…

A selected calendar of key events for 2016 has been presented by Bloomberg News reporters in 128 cities. The stories that matter most, which they plan to cover in the year, are as follows:

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Chinese authorities cast a wide net in arresting 11 people in connection with last month’s deadly landslide in the southern boomtown of Shenzhen and charged them with negligently causing a serious…

Thousands in Central African Republic's capital voted Wednesday in national elections with hope that a new president will lead to greater stability after years of violence.

After a drubbing in a state poll in November, Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants to overhaul his cabinet to weed out underperformers and improve his government's image. Problem is, several sources…

US-led forces have killed 10 leaders of the self-styled Islamic State terrorists in airstrikes, including individuals linked to the Paris attacks, a US spokesman said, dealing a double blow to the…

Rescuers using infrared cameras to peer into darkness at a wrecked mine in eastern China on Wednesday found eight surviving miners who were trapped for five days after a collapse so violent it…

A top aide to the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has died in a car crash.

Kim Yang-gon, 73, was a secretary of the ruling Workers’ Party and was in charge of ties with South Korea. He was…

Over 400 refugees trying to cross the border from Slovenia to Austria have been turned back by Austrian police. The migrants had apparently lied about their nationality to be granted entry.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has condemned as “treason” a call by prominent Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtas for Kurdish autonomy.

“What the co-leader has done is treason,…

Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert has been ordered to serve 18 months in jail for bribery.

Olmert had been sentenced to six years by a lower court in 2014, but this was reduced by…

Belgian police have arrested two people suspected of planning attacks in Brussels on New Year’s Eve. Raids took place on Sunday and Monday in Brussels and the provinces of Flemish Brabant and…

Iraqi PM Haider al-Abadi has said the self-styled Islamic State terrorist group will be ousted from the country, after government forces recaptured Ramadi.

In a televised address, Abadi…