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U.S. govt asked Mexico to extradite drug lord before escape
Just weeks before Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman sneaked out of a maximum security prison in Mexico, the U.S.
How the Internet has responded with glee to #WorldEmojiDay
It has been hailed as the fastest-growing language in the world — and now the all-conquering emoji has its own day.
Putin says MH17 tribunal would be counterproductive
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that establishing an international tribunal to prosecute those behind the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight...
Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush hospitalized after fall
George H.W. Bush, the oldest living former U.S. president, is doing OK after he fell at his summer home on Wednesday and broke a bone in his neck.
Kenya set to re-open Westgate mall two years after scarring terror attack
Nairobi’s Westgate Mall is to re-open Saturday, nearly two years after it was attacked by Somalia’ Islamic extremist rebels who killed at least...
Sighs of relief and signs of struggle as world, U.S. leaders react to Iran deal
World leaders hailed the Iran nuclear deal on Tuesday, with Barack Obama envisioning a “new direction” and Vladimir Putin voicing a global...
Obama hails Iran nuclear deal but Israel warns of ‘historic surrender’
U.S. President Barack Obama has hailed a historic deal with Iran on its nuclear program but faces a tough fight to convince America it was the right call.
Deal built on ‘verification’: World leaders reach pact on Iran’s nuclear powers
After 18 days of intense and often fractious negotiation, diplomats Tuesday declared that the United States, five other world powers and Iran had struck...
Landmark deal: World powers reach historic pact on Iran’s nukes
After 18 days of intense and often fractious negotiation, diplomats Tuesday declared that the United States and five other world powers and Iran had struck...
Landmark deal: World leaders reach historic pact on Iran’s nuclear powers
After 18 days of intense and often fractious negotiation, diplomats Tuesday declared that the United States, five other world powers and Iran had struck...
Iran and six major powers reach historic nuclear deal
A landmark Iran nuclear agreement was reached Tuesday after clearing final obstacles, and a senior diplomat said it included a compromise between Washington...
Drugs baron escapes through mile-long tunnel to make second jailbreak
Drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman escaped through a 1.5km (1 mile) tunnel that opened into the shower area of his cell, it emerged Sunday.
Serbian PM forced to flee Srebrenica ceremony after coming under hail of stones
A stone-throwing crowd has chased Serbia’s Prime Minister away from a ceremony to mark the 20th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre.
Tens of thousands mark 20 years of the Srebrenica massacre
Tens of thousands of people, coming by buses, cars, motorcycles and on foot, poured into Srebrenica Saturday to mark the 20th anniversary of Europe’s...
Bosnians to mark 20 years since Srebrenica massacre left 8,000 dead
Foreign dignitaries were starting to arrive in Bosnia to mark the 20th anniversary of Europe’s worst massacre since World War II and attend the funeral...
In Bolivian prison visited by pope, money buys survival
Two years after 36 people died in a fierce battle between rival gangs, not much has changed inside Bolivia’s biggest prison: Inmates still run the...
Father of British girl raped and murdered on Koh Tao weeps in court
The father of murdered British backpacker Hannah Witheridge was in tears as a court in Thailand was shown graphic photographs of her body lying on a beach...
Flights stopped: Eruption of Indonesian volcano sparks travel chaos
An erupting Indonesian volcano forced the closure of five airports Friday, including on the holiday island of Bali, causing about 350 flights to be canceled...
Stampede in Bangladesh during Ramadan clothes handout kills at least 23
At least 23 people have been killed in a stampede during a handout of free clothes in the northern Bangladesh city of Mymensingh, police said.
Our son was brainwashed and framed say parents of Tunisia beach gunman
The parents of the Tunisia beach massacre gunman Seifeddine Rezgui say he was brainwashed into carrying out the killings then framed for them.
Britain tells tourists to leave Tunisia over terror risk
The British government on Thursday told all U.K. tourists to leave Tunisia because a terrorist attack is “highly likely” and the North African...
Picture of boy studying in street by the light from a McDonald’s moves the world
Pictures of a homeless boy doing his homework on the pavement outside a McDonald’s, to take advantage of the light at night, have gone viral.
Around the globe, millions escape poverty — but not for the middle class
The dramatic lurch of hundreds of millions of people from poverty since the millennium began has not resulted in a truly global middle class, a new report...
Millions leave extreme poverty but still survive on less than £6 a day
The dramatic lurch of hundreds of millions of people from poverty since the millennium began has not resulted in a truly global middle class, a new report...
Pope takes message to defend poor and the environment to Bolivia
Pope Francis has flown to Bolivia, ready to share his message in defence of the poor and the environment on the second leg of a three-nation tour of his...
Report: Millions leave poverty, but not for the middle class
The dramatic lurch of hundreds of millions of people from poverty since the millennium began has not resulted in a truly global middle class, a new report...
Russia vetoes UN genocide resolution on Srebrenica
Russia vetoed a U.N. resolution Wednesday that would have condemned the 1995 massacre of Muslims at Srebrenica during the Bosnian war as a “crime...
Officer describes finding bloodied bodies of British backpackers on rocks
A police officer has described finding the bodies of British backpackers Hannah Witheridge and David Miller, as the trial of the two men accused of their...
Is Mars humid enough to support life? Scientists say it is
Mars may appear to be dry and desolate, but the Red Planet can be surprisingly humid — perhaps humid enough to support life, some scientists say.
Prosecutors seek prison for ‘Bookkeeper of Auschwitz’
German prosecutors said Tuesday they were seeking three and a half years’ jail for a former SS officer known as the “Bookkeeper of Auschwitz”...

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