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French ‘Spiderman’ scales Paris tower for Nepal quake victims
French “Spiderman” Alain Robert has climbed up the highest building in Paris with a Nepalese flag in hand, in tribute to the victims of the...
Sweden’s Supreme Court will hear Assange appeal over arrest warrant
Sweden’s Supreme Court said it will hear an appeal by Wikileaks founder Julian Assange against his arrest warrant for alleged rape and sexual assault.
Indonesia defends executions, after convicts die singing
Indonesia on Wednesday staunchly defended its execution of seven foreigners including two Australians as a vital front of its “war” on drugs...
Nearly 300 women and girls rescued from Boko Haram, Nigeria says
Nigeria’s military on Tuesday claimed the rescue of 200 girls and 93 women from a notorious Boko Haram stronghold, but said there was no confirmation...
WWII German surrender order on sale in New York
Marooned on a naval base in northwest Germany, pinned down by advancing Allied forces and Adolf Hitler dead, the last leader of the Third Reich hammered...
S. Korean appeals court convicts captain of doomed ferry of homicide
A South Korean appeals court on Tuesday found the captain of the Sewol ferry that sank a year ago guilty of homicide and increased his sentence to life...
‘Bali Nine’ drug smuggling gang set to face firing squad today
Relatives of two Australian drug smugglers on death row in Indonesia cried out in anguish as they arrived at a prison island Tuesday, in distressing scenes...
Corruption allegation over Bali Nine trial sparks fresh Australia-Indonesia row
Australia made a last-minute plea on Monday for a stay in the imminent execution of two Australian drug traffickers in Indonesia, saying reports that their...
Corruption allegations over Bali Nine trial sparks fresh Australia-Indonesia row
Australia made a last-minute plea on Monday for a stay in the imminent execution of two Australian drug traffickers in Indonesia, saying reports that their...
Body bags, tents, water: Nepal officials appeal for aid as death toll tops 2,400
Aid groups and governments worldwide have intensified efforts to help earthquake-hit Nepal, but blocked roads, downed power lines and overcrowded hospitals...
Dig: Nepal searches for quake survivors as toll rises to 1,900
Rescuers aided by international teams set out to dig through rubble of buildings in the earthquake-ravaged city of Kathmandu — concrete slabs, bricks,...
Death toll rises above 1,800 as International aid groups rush to Nepal
The death toll climbed and aftershocks continued a day after a powerful earthquake struck the Nepal region, triggering an avalanche on Mount Everest and...
Palestinian police now in Jerusalem suburbs after Israel ban
After years of Israeli objections, armed Palestinian police in dark blue uniforms have taken up positions in this lawless West Bank suburb of Jerusalem,...
Nepali dig with bare hands for quake survivors as toll rises to 1,900
Rescuers dug with their bare hands and bodies piled up in Nepal on Sunday after an earthquake devastated the heavily crowded Kathmandu valley, killing...
Nepalese dig with bare hands for quake survivors as toll rises to 1,900
Rescuers dug with their bare hands and bodies piled up in Nepal on Sunday after an earthquake devastated the heavily crowded Kathmandu valley, killing...
Rebels seize northwest Syrian town as government retaliates
Hard-line Syrian rebel groups seized a strategic town Saturday in northwestern Syria, sending government troops fleeing after intense clashes that have...
International aid groups rush to reach Nepal quake victims
International aid groups rushed to respond Saturday to a deadly 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Nepal that claimed more than 1,000 lives, destroyed modern...
Over 1,100 killed as Nepal rocked by 7.9 magnitude earthquake
More than 1,100 people have been killed in Nepal after a powerful earthquake caused extensive damage, including in the capital Kathmandu. The magnitude...
Hundreds dead after magnitude 7.9 earthquake rocks Nepal
Hundreds are dead — and the death toll is expected to rise — after the earthquake caused extensive damage to capital Kathmandu, bringing down...
Rescuers dig through rubble after magnitude 7.9 earthquake rocks Nepal
The earthquake has reportedly caused extensive damage in the capital Kathmandu, bringing down buildings and walls.
100 years on: Thousands pay tribute to soldiers killed in Gallipoli conflict
Turkey and the former World War I Commonwealth foes of the Ottoman Empire joined together to honour the tens of thousands killed at the Battle of Gallipoli...
100 years on: Thousands pay tribute to Gallipoli fallen on the battlefields
Turkey and the former World War I Commonwealth foes of the Ottoman Empire joined together to honour the tens of thousands killed at the Battle of Gallipoli...
Thousands turn out in Antipodes for Gallipoli centenary
Thousands turned out across Australia and New Zealand on Saturday morning for dawn services commemorating the 100th anniversary of the doomed World War...
Armenians around the world mark 1915 genocide
Around the world on Friday, tens of thousands of people of Armenian descent commemorated the genocide 100 years ago of 1.5 million Armenians by Ottoman...
Suspected al-Qaida militants arrested in Italy for Vatican plot
Italian police on Friday arrested 10 people and were looking for eight others suspected of belonging to an armed group linked to al-Qaida who had plotted...
Samurai ghost? Photo shows mysterious boots behind girl
This photo of a 4-year-old girl on a beach in Zushi, Japan, seems innocent until you look closely behind her legs and back — a mysterious pair of...
EU triples funding for migrant rescues as UK sends in warship
European Union leaders have agreed to triple funds for operations in the Mediterranean aimed at saving the lives of people fleeing their home countries.
Switzerland is the world’s happiest country, researchers say
Switzerland has the world’s happiest people, according to researchers in a study released on Thursday.
100 years later, Turkey’s Erdogan denies Armenian ‘genocide’
On the eve of the day marking the centenary of the Ottoman massacres of Armenians, Turkey’s president said Thursday his nation’s ancestors...
Five terrorist attacks in France ‘foiled’ since Charlie Hebdo shootings
Five terrorist attacks in France have been foiled since the Charlie Hedbo shootings in January, France’s Prime Minister Manuel Valls has revealed. The...
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