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Hungary readies troops to halt migrants after Denmark pulls up the drawbridge
Hungary’s army has begun preparing to guard the country’s southern border to try to stem a new influx of migrants. The soldiers will be...
TV camerawoman sacked for tripping running migrant and child in Hungary
A camerawoman has been sacked after a video appeared to show her deliberately tripping up a refugee carrying a child as they ran away from police. The...
Reign supreme: Queen Elizabeth II becomes U.K.’s longest-serving monarch
She has lived longer than any of her predecessors, has seen a dozen prime ministers come and go and has presided over six decades of British history —...
Reign supreme: Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II becomes its longest-serving monarch
She has lived longer than any of her predecessors, has seen a dozen prime ministers come and go and has presided over six decades of British history —...
American dentist who killed Cecil the lion returns to work
The Minnesota dentist who killed Cecil the lion has returned to work after weeks away, walking silently into his small dental practice, past swarming media...
Longest to reign over us: Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II reaches milestone
She has lived longer than any of her predecessors, seen a dozen prime ministers come and go and presided over six decades of British history — from...
Pope radically simplifies Catholic marriage annulment procedures
Pope Francis, making the most substantial changes to Catholic marriage annulment procedures in centuries, radically simplified them on Tuesday and said...
Mexico charges four officials over drug lord’s jailbreak
Four public officials have been charged for their suspected roles in the jailbreak of Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, the country’s...
One dead and New York governor aide shot during West Indian Day festivities
The West Indian Day Parade, a rollicking, colorful celebration of Caribbean culture, music, style and food, rolled through New York City’s streets...
U.S. rethinks strategy for battling Islamic State in Syria: Report
The United States is rethinking its strategy for battling the Islamic State in Syria, the New York Times reported on Monday, with the Pentagon looking...
Don’t call them refugees: Hungary prime minister downplays EU migrant crisis
Hungary’s prime minister has rejected proposals to share responsibility for the migration crisis across all of the countries in the European Union,...
TV comedian is frontrunner for Guatemala presidency as voters weary of corruption
A TV comedian leads the race to become the next president of corruption-plagued Guatemala. With about 51 percent of polling stations reporting, Jimmy...
Guatemalan voters see little hope for an end to corruption
The people of Guatemala are heading to the polls today to pick a new leader as they reel from a corruption scandal which sees their former president festering...
Pope calls on Catholics to house refugees as critics urge U.S. to do the same
Pope Francis told his followers to open their arms to the thousands of migrants who were “fleeing death” from war or hunger on Sunday.
Beach boy Aylan: Aunt blames herself for toddler’s death
A memorial service has been held in Canada for the three-year-old boy who was found dead on a Turkish beach last week.
Gunmen kill 13 civilians in Afghanistan as donors meet in Kabul
At least 13 Afghan civilians were killed on Saturday in a previously peaceful region in the country’s north as President Ashraf Ghani sought to assure...
Small in stature but a huge loss: World’s shortest man Dangi dies, aged 75
The world’s shortest man, as verified by the Guinness Book of Records, has died of an undisclosed illness in American Samoa, a hospital spokeswoman...
Thousands of refugees leave Hungary after Austria opens border to them
Around 2,000 refugees have arrived at Austria’s border from Hungary, and the numbers could more than double through the day, Austrian police said...
Pressure for U.S. to accept Syrian refugees mounts as crisis deepens
As the world watches drowned refugees wash up on Europe’s beaches, the United States is under pressure to do more to help the desperate victims of...
Emotional plea of little Aylan’s aunt: Please don’t let any more children die
The aunt of drowned refugee boy Alyan Kurdi has made a impassioned plea for the world to pull together to resolve the migrant crisis. Tima Kurdi,...
Image of dead child on beach haunts and frustrates the world
The photo of the dead three-year-old Syrian boy on a Turkish beach is haunting. It captures everything we don’t want to see when we tap our phones...
Two British journalists accused of ‘helping terrorists’ are freed from jail
Two Vice News journalists who were arrested in Turkey on terror-related charges have been released from jail.
Clerk stays in jail after she refuses to back down in gay marriage case
A defiant Christian clerk was jailed on Thursday for refusing to issue marriage licences to gay couples.
Migrant father paid €4,000 for crossing … and watched his family drown one by one
The father of the three-year-old migrant whose body washed up on a Turkish beach paid €4,000 to a people smuggler to help his family flee to a better...
China says it’s cutting 300K troops — but will still be largest military on planet
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday pledged to cut China’s 2.3 million-member People’s Liberation Army by 300,000 troops, amid rising...
North Korean airline voted the world’s worst but passengers disagree
If an Air Koryo passenger ignores its no-photography rule, a flight attendant might take the camera and delete the pictures herself.
Masked men kidnap 18 Turkish construction workers in Baghdad
Masked men in military uniforms kidnapped 18 Turkish employees of an Ankara-based construction company in Baghdad Wednesday, bundling them into several...
Bangkok bombing: After suspects’ arrests, Thai residents have sense of insecurity
A Thai court has issued an arrest warrant for a Turkish man who is the husband of a Thai suspect already being sought in connection with Bangkok’s...
Mass grave with at least 31 bodies found in northern Mexico
A mass grave has been found in northern Mexico, authorities said Tuesday, as a rights group indicated it could contain 31,000 bone fragments corresponding...
Dozens quarantined after new Ebola death in Sierra Leone
Fifty people have been placed in quarantine in northern Sierra Leone after the death of a middle-aged woman from the Ebola virus, medical officials said,...
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