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Bobby Womack Bobby Womack, a colorful and highly influential R&B singer-songwriter who influenced artists from the Rolling Stones to Damon Albarn, has …

KIEV (AFP) ― Ukraine’s new Western-backed leader said on Thursday he was ready to make a peace deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin that could end a …

BAGHDAD (AFP) ― Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki conceded Thursday that political measures are needed alongside military action to repel a Sunni insurgent …

BRUSSELS (AFP) ― European leaders meet in Brussels on Friday facing a damaging row over Jean-Claude Juncker’s likely nomination as European Commission …

WASHINGTON (AP) ― President Barack Obama is seeking to bolster U.S. efforts to train and arm select members of the Syrian opposition, a move that comes amid …

ABUJA (AFP) ― A bomb exploded in a crowded shopping centre in Nigeria’s capital Abuja on Wednesday, killing at least 21 people in a city already gripped by …

BAGHDAD (AFP) ― Beleaguered Iraqi premier Nuri al-Maliki warned rivals Wednesday against exploiting a Sunni militant onslaught for political gain and …

BANGKOK (AFP) ― A senior Thai general has rejected reports the army planned to rid the kingdom of the influence of controversial former Prime Minister …

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) ― Afghan security forces fought back against a fierce Taliban onslaught by about 800 militants in a key southern province …

PAU, France (AFP) ― A French doctor whose emotionally charged trial over the deaths of seven terminally-ill patients gripped a country where euthanasia is …