Politics

Abe calls snap Japan poll, delays tax hike

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Tuesday he was calling a snap election and delaying an expected sales tax rise after figures showed Japan was in recession. Duration: 01:14

Nov 19, 2014

German FM calls on Ukraine parties to return to ceasefire

Germany's Foreign Minister Frank Walter-Steinmeier met with Ukraine's Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk on Tuesday saying the country must not return to the situation it faced before the Minsk Agreement. Duration: 00:41

Nov 19, 2014

Spike in pregnancies and abuse in Ebola-hit Sierra Leone

In Ebola-hit Sierra Leone aid workers and health professionals worry that the epidemic is giving rise to a darker trend -- spiralling teenage pregnancies and violence against women. Duration: 01:30

Nov 19, 2014

Ebola heightens childbirth danger in Sierra Leone

Having children has always been a frightening prospect in Sierra Leone, the world's most dangerous place to give birth, but Ebola has presented an alarming new threat for expectant mothers. Duration: 2:09

Nov 19, 2014

Exiled Ben Ali son-in-law returns to Tunisia

An exiled son-in-law of deposed Tunisian president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali returned to the capital Tuesday to challenge a jail sentence for having a gun, his lawyer told AFP. Duration: 00:53

Nov 19, 2014

Hungarian protesters hold anti-PM Orban 'indignation' rallies

Tens of thousands of protesters rally in Budapest in a show of "indignation" over the policies of Prime Minister Viktor Orban with riot police moving in to stop an attempted storming of parliament. Duration: 01:30

Nov 18, 2014

War in Syria's Aleppo takes toll on storied Baron Hotel

The owner of the oldest hotel in Syria's Aleppo sits depressed after being forced to close his storied property. Duration: 01:17

Nov 18, 2014

US, UK say Iran must prove that nuclear programme is peaceful

US Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday urged Iran to use "all possible effort" to prove that its nuclear programme was peaceful as the final round of talks was to begin in Vienna. Duration: 00:44

Nov 18, 2014

India tackles toilet troubles

Indians mobilise to improve access to toilets, and end practice of low-caste women cleaning them by hand. Duration: 00:46

Nov 18, 2014

Cameroonian army fights Boko Haram near Nigerian border

Rare footage obtained by AFP shows the Cameroonian army engaged in fighting against Islamist group Boko Haram in northern Cameroon close to the border with Nigeria. Duration: 01:05

Nov 18, 2014

Hollande on first state visit by French president to Australia

Francois Hollande becomes the first French president to make a state visit to Australia, pushing to strengthen ties almost two decades after nuclear tests in the South Pacific sparked fierce criticism of Paris. Duration: 00:56

Nov 18, 2014

Ebola: India Quarantines Man Recovering From the Disease

The Indian national tested negative for Ebola in tests conforming to World Heath Organisation guidelines, says the Health Ministry

Nov 18, 2014

Godhra Riots: Nanavati Commission Submits Final Report on 2002 Gujarat Incidents

The two-member Nanavati-Mehta Commission of Enquiry submits its much-awaited final report on the 2002 Godhra train carnage and the subsequent communal riots

Nov 18, 2014

Musharraf: danger of proxy Pakistan-India war in Afghanistan

The departure of NATO combat forces from Afghanistan could push India and Pakistan towards a proxy war in the troubled state, Pakistan's former military ruler General Pervez Musharraf warns in an interview with AFP. Duration: 01:06

Nov 18, 2014