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Italy’s migrant crisis intensifies with murder arrests, drownings
Italian police arrested 15 African men suspected of throwing about a dozen Christians from a migrant boat in the Mediterranean on Thursday, as the crisis...
Indian PM Narendra Modi gets raucous welcome from thousands in Toronto
Thousands chanted “Modi, Modi” to welcome Narendra Modi to Toronto on Wednesday night as the Indian prime minister made his first visit to...
U.N. envoy to Yemen resigns after criticism of failed peacemaking
Jamal Benomar, the United Nations’ special adviser to Yemen, plans to step down from his job, and Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is considering appointing...
Vatican steps up fight against bishops who protect child abusers
The Vatican is preparing to introduce legal procedures to establish the responsibilities of bishops and Catholic hierarchy found guilty of protecting priests...
Up to 400 migrants die as boat capsizes off Libya, survivors say
Some 400 illegal migrants may have drowned when their boat capsized off the coast of Libya on Sunday, according to survivors who were rescued and brought...
UN imposes arms embargo on Yemen rebels, country on ‘brink of collapse’
The U.N. Security Council stepped up efforts Tuesday to thwart a Houthi rebel takeover of Yemen, imposing an arms embargo on the leaders of the Shiite...
Obama will remove Cuba from terrorism list
The White House said on Twitter that President Barack Obama has submitted to Congress required reports and certifications indicating his intent to take...
UN imposes arms embargo on Yemen rebels
The U.N. Security Council stepped up efforts Tuesday to thwart a Houthi rebel takeover of Yemen, imposing an arms embargo on the leaders of the Shiite...
Nigeria marks anniversary of Boko Haram schoolgirl kidnappings
Nigeria and the world on Tuesday marked the first anniversary of Boko Haram’s abduction of 219 schoolgirls, with protest marches, candlelight vigils...
Nigeria’s new president pledges effort to free girls kidnapped a year ago
Nigeria’s President-elect Muhammadu Buhari has vowed to make every effort to free more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram militants a year...
Still not back: Year on from abduction Boko Haram has uprooted 800K children
Around 800,000 children have been driven from their homes as a result of fighting between Nigerian forces and Boko Haram, according to a new UNICEF report.
Check this out: Chess grandmaster caught cheating in the toilet
A chess grandmaster has been thrown out of an international tournament after he made repeated trips to the toilet to allegedly check tactics on a mobile...
China, Russia and eastern Europe boost military and defence spending
Military spending increased sharply in 2014 in China and Russia and the Ukraine conflict prompted eastern European countries to boost their defence programmes,...
Pope Francis: Armenian slaughter was ‘first genocide of 20th century’
In a move likely to severely strain diplomatic ties with Turkey, Pope Francis has described the mass murder of Armenians as “genocide.” Speaking...
Exhibition honours Polish couple who saved Jews at Warsaw zoo
It was World War II, Warsaw was under German occupation, and the wife of the director of the Warsaw zoo spotted Nazis approaching the white stucco villa...
Armenian slaughter was ‘first genocide of 20th century’ says Pope Francis
In a move likely to severely strain diplomatic ties with Turkey, Pope Francis has described the mass murder of Armenians as “genocide”.
Gunmen kill 20 sleeping dam construction workers in Pakistan
Gunmen have killed 20 construction workers in Pakistan’s southwestern province of Baluchistan, shooting them at point blank range after identifying...
Egypt sentences Muslim Brotherhood leader, others to death
An Egyptian court sentenced Mohamed Badie, leader of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, and 13 other senior members of the group to death for inciting chaos...
Gunmen kill 20 dam construction workers in Pakistan
Gunmen have killed 20 construction workers in Pakistan’s southwestern province of Baluchistan, shooting them at point blank range after identifying...
France in showdown with the Vatican over gay Catholic ambassador
Three months after appointing an openly gay diplomat Laurent Stefanini as France’s ambassador to the Vatican, Paris is still waiting for the green...
Pakistan frees alleged mastermind of Mumbai attacks on bail
The suspected mastermind of the deadly Mumbai attacks in 2008 was released on bail Friday by a Pakistani court — a move likely to further strain...
French TV station restarts after ‘unprecedented’ jihadist hack
France’s TV5Monde television channel resumed full operations Thursday, 18 hours after an “unprecedented” hack by self-proclaimed Islamic...
Argentina’s UK ambassador given ‘dressing down’ after Falklands oil threats
Argentina’s UK ambassador has been summoned to the Foreign Office over a threat to prosecute UK oil firms. The threat was made by president...
Obama and Castro to break Cold War ice with face-to-face meeting
Barack Obama and Raul Castro will have a historic encounter at the Summit of the Americas this week, breaking the ice after decades of glacial relations...
Obama and Castro to break Cold War ice with face-to-face meeting
Barack Obama and Raul Castro will have a historic encounter at the Summit of the Americas this week, breaking the ice after decades of glacial relations...
Obama and Cuba’s Castro to break Cold War ice face-to-face
US President Barack Obama and Cuba’s Raul Castro will have a historic face-to-face encounter at the Summit of the Americas this week, breaking the...
UN launches $111 million aid appeal for starving North Korea
The United Nations on Wednesday launched an appeal for $111 million dollars to help 70 percent of North Korea’s population now facing a food crisis.
London Heist: Gems are ‘long gone’ says former top officer
Gems stolen in one of the largest and most daring jewellery heists ever will already be out of the country, says former Flying Squad chief Barry Phillips.
North Korea’s ballistic missiles threaten Asia, but not yet a direct threat to U.S.
Nuclear-armed North Korea already has hundreds of ballistic missiles that can target its neighbors in Northeast Asia but will need foreign technology to...
Russian hackers reached sensitive White House systems: Report
Russian hackers penetrated sensitive parts of the White House computer system after intruding at the U.S.
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