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Germany commits to join campaign against IS as Britain eyes airstrikes
The German cabinet has approved plans to join the military campaign against Islamic State in Syria. Germany will commit up to 1,200 soldiers to support...
Hunters close in on escaped tiger on the loose near Mexican holiday resort
Hunters are closing in a Bengal tiger which has been on the run near a Mexican holiday resort for a month.
Blast at Nigerian market kills more than 30, Boko Haram suspected
More than 30 people were killed Tuesday when a bomb blast ripped through packed crowds in Yola, northeast Nigeria, just days after President Muhammadu...
Bodies of seven babies found wrapped in blankets and plastic bags
The bodies of seven babies have been found covered in blankets and packed in plastic bags in a flat.
Football in crisis: Now German HQ raided over 2006 World Cup payments
Police have raided the headquarters of the German Football Association (DFB) in Frankfurt over payments made to FIFA in connection with the 2006 World...
Halloween scare: Woman who wanted to pet tiger is bitten at zoo
A woman has been cited for criminal trespass after she suffered a serious hand injury while attempting to pet a tiger inside an Omaha zoo. Jacqueline...
Ouch that’s gotta hurt! Dog named Trigger shoots owner in the foot
A dog called Trigger shot his 25-year-old owner in the foot while they were out hunting.
Feminist Germaine Greer faces university backlash over transgender views
Writer Germaine Greer has described a petition to ban her from speaking at a university event as a “put-up job”. The feminist author is...
Germany speeds up deportations to sift from migrants from refugees
Germany is introducing measures to tackle its refugee crisis earlier than previously expected, officials said on Friday.
Dozens killed in double suicide bomb attack on worshippers in mosque
At least 30 people have been killed in twin suicide bomb attacks on a mosque in Nigeria.
1.4 million refugees are heading to Europe over the next two years, UN warns
At least 1.4 million refugees are expected to flee to Europe across the Mediterranean over this year and next, according to the U.N.
Germany expects a million immigrants this year, 20% higher than first thought
Germany is expecting one million migrants this year - 200,000 more than previously estimated, Angela Merkel’s deputy has said.
Germany braced for record influx as migration crisis worsens
Germany could see as many as 800,000 migrants arriving this year — four times the number from last year, its interior minister said Wednesday.
Relief for Merkel as German parliament approves €86bn Greek bailout
Germany’s parliament overwhelmingly approved a third bailout for Greece on Wednesday, removing a key hurdle to providing new loans to the country...
Struggling Woods misses cut at third major in a row
Tiger Woods plumbed new depths when he missed the cut in a third successive major for the first time in his career at the storm-delayed PGA Championship...
Gervais joins 30,000 in backing wildlife officer who refused to kill bear cubs
Ricky Gervais is among thousands of people demanding the reinstatement of a conservation officer who was suspended after refusing to kill two bear cubs.
Fancy a Googleburger? Tech giant’s $300m bid for veggie burger business
Google has tried to buy a vegetarian burger business called Impossible Foods for up to $300m, it has been revealed.
Teenager in HIV remission despite stopping treatment 12yrs ago
An 18-year-old French teen born with the Aids virus has had her infection under control and nearly undetectable despite stopping treatment 12 years ago...
Three girls blow themselves up in deadly Nigeria attacks
Three girls staged suicide bombings in the Nigerian city of Damaturu on Friday, killing at least 13 people as residents prepared for the Eid festival at...
Woods 11 shots and 15 years off the pace
At the venue where he stamped his greatness on the sport with the lowest score to par in major golf history, Tiger Woods trudged off the 18th at St.
Gervais joins 30,000 in backing wildlife officer who refused to kill bear cubs
Ricky Gervais is among thousands of people demanding the reinstatement of a conservation officer who was suspended after refusing to kill two bear cubs.
30 killed in northeast Nigeria by 2 girl suicide bombers
Two girls blew themselves up on Monday near a crowded mosque in northeast Nigeria’s biggest city, killing about 30 people, witnesses said.
Music before money: Nile Rodgers makes just $15 busking in London
Musician Nile Rodgers earned $15 after busking in disguise on London’s Southbank.
Prosecutor: Doctors felt Germanwings co-pilot unfit to fly
The co-pilot who crashed a Germanwings jet into the Alps feared he was losing his eyesight, and some of the many doctors he consulted felt he was unfit...
German town lines up to honor teens killed in Alps crash
Hundreds of people lined the streets to pay solemn respect to 16 high school students and two teachers killed in the Germanwings plane crash, as a convoy...
Coffins of Alps plane crash schoolchildren arrive in their hometown
The coffins of 15 of the 16 classmates killed in the Alps plane crash have arrived in their hometown in Germany. The white hearse convoy, accompanied...
Saudi Arabia court upholds sentence of 10 years and 1,000 lashes for blogger
Saudi Arabia’s Supreme Court has upheld a 10-year prison sentence and 1,000 lashes for the jailed blogger Raif Badawi, according to the human rights...
Prosecutor: Germanwings co-pilot contacted dozens of doctors
The co-pilot with a history of depression who crashed a Germanwings airliner into the French Alps had reached out to dozens of doctors ahead of the disaster,...
Deadly violence hits northeast as Nigeria president starts term
A suicide bombing killed 26 people inside a mosque in northeast Nigeria’s city of Maiduguri on Saturday, hours after Boko Haram launched a separate...
Two dead, 20 injured as German train collides with tractor trailer
Two people were killed and 20 others injured Saturday when a passenger train collided with a tractor trailer carrying manure in northwest Germany, police...
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