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One month countdown to Nigeria's crucial election

With one month to go until Nigeria's presidential elections, candidates are pulling out all the stops to woo voters, but Boko Haram's grip in the north east will make free and fair elections even more challenging. Duration: 02:38

Jan 15, 2015

War in full swing in east of Ukraine, fighters say

Violence is rising sharply in eastern Ukraine, including a rocket strike on a bus full of civilians on Tuesday that killed 12 people. Duration: 00:46

Jan 15, 2015

Killed Charlie Hebdo visitor buried in France

Friends and neighbours of Michel Renaud, who was killed in the Charlie Hebdo attack while visiting friends at the paper, pay tribute to the Frenchman at his funeral in Clermont-Ferrand in the south of the country. Duration: 01:23

Jan 15, 2015

Iran condemns terrorism as well as Charlie Hebdo cover

Iran condemned Wednesday the publication of a new cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed by the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, saying it was "insulting" and "provocative." Duration: 00:58

Jan 14, 2015

Muslims have mixed views on new Charlie Hebdo cover

Many Muslims the world over have condemned the new issue of Charlie Hebdo, but some take a very relaxed view. 'It's just paper,' said one practicing Muslim in Paris. Duration: 01:47

Jan 14, 2015

Hun Sen hails 30 years as PM, but activists decry rule

Cambodian strongman Hun Sen marks three decades as premier hailing his role in rebuilding the war-torn nation, as rights groups lambast him for using "violence, repression and corruption" to cling to power. Duration: 00:43

Jan 14, 2015

Italy's President Giorgio Napolitano steps down

Francesco Clementi, professor of constitutional law at the Luiss University in Rome, discusses the upcoming presidential elections in Italy after Giorgio Napolitano steps down part way through his second mandate. Duration: 00:51

Jan 14, 2015

Uma Bharti seeks report on unidentified bodies in River Ganges

New Delhi, Jan 14 (ANI): Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti on Wednesday said the ministry will probe the matter of unidentified bodies found around a bank of the River Ganges. Nearly 50 bodies were found in revered River Ganges in India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday. Dogs, crows and vultures dug into bodies as they had reached the bank due to low water level, posing major environment challenges in the areas under Unnao district. Bharti said she had received information on the unidentified bodies and would deploy officials from her own ministry on the spot, to send her a detailed report.

Jan 14, 2015

Was pushed, did not slap anyone: BJP councillor

New Delhi, Jan 14 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party councillor Neeraj Gupta on Wednesday denied that he had slapped a Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) junior engineer, adding that he had been pushed in the crowd. A video clip earlier in the day, showed Gupta, who is the councillor for Ward 188, slapping the junior engineer, surrounded by people, in Sangam Vihar East area in south Delhi where he had gone to stop an unauthorized construction. The video soon went viral. The MCD official had come to stop the unauthorized construction in the area.

Jan 14, 2015

Bhutan PM Tobgay meets India's Vice President to boost ties

New Delhi, Jan 14 (ANI): Bhutan Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay met Vice President Hamid Ansari and Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday to boost bilateral ties. He also met foreign secretary Sujatha Singh. His visit will impart further content and momentum to the close partnership between India and Bhutan. Tobgay is scheduled to hold talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and have official engagements with other senior members of the cabinet. Besides, he will also call upon President Pranab Mukherjee, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Trade Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.

Jan 14, 2015

Kejriwal reacts after Satish Upadhyay threatens to file defamation case against him

New Delhi, Jan 14 (ANI): AAP Chief Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday reacted after BJP Delhi Chief Satish Upadhyay in a press conference said that the party will file criminal defamation case against the Kejriwal, if fails to provide any prove his allegations. Kejriwal said that the proofs against Upadhyay are on the website. He added that he is talking of filing defamation case to save his image.

Jan 14, 2015