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Never forget: Japan crown prince urges country to remember WWII history
Naruhito, the grandson of former Emperor Hirohito, is making a call to remember the wartime past and the horrors committed by the country, despite the...
UK police in Turkey to look for schoolgirls believed to be heading for Syria
Officers from the Metropolitan Police have arrived in Turkey as the search continues for three schoolgirls from east London who are believed to be heading...
Disgraced entertainer Rolf Harris stripped of Australian honours
Disgraced entertainer Rolf Harris was today stripped of his Australian honours after being found guilty of sexually assaulting four girls in Britain.
Israel announces purchase of 14 more F-35 fighter jets
Israel is to purchase 14 F-35 stealth fighters from U.S. aerospace giant Lockheed Martin, the defence ministry said Sunday. The $2.82 billion deal,...
Death toll climbs to 48 as Bangladesh ferry carrying more than 100 sinks
At least 48 people including a baby are confirmed dead and rescuers are still searching for missing passengers after a ferry collided with a cargo ship...
Death toll climbs to 48 as Bangladesh ferry carrying more than 100 sinks
At least 48 people including a baby are confirmed dead and rescuers are still searching for missing passengers after a ferry collided with a cargo ship...
Major prisoner exchange on Ukraine frontline bolsters shaky truce
Ukrainian forces and rebel separatists have traded dozens of prisoners in a frontline eastern town, the first clear sign of progress for an otherwise shaky...
As ruble weakens, Central Asian migrants head back home
Almost half of St Petersburg’s migrant workers who do the city’s manual labour have returned home in a mass exodus that is leaving streets...
Major prisoner exchange on Ukraine frontline bolsters shaky truce
Ukrainian forces and rebel separatists have traded dozens of prisoners in a frontline eastern town, the first clear sign of progress for an otherwise shaky...
1,000 join Muslim ‘ring of peace’ outside Oslo synagogue
More than 1,000 people formed a “ring of peace” Saturday outside Oslo’s main synagogue at the initiative of a group of young Muslims.
US warns of Russia sanctions over Ukraine, despite prisoner swap
The United States warned Saturday it could level “serious sanctions” on Russia within days over breaches of Ukraine’s truce, which is...
Yemen’s Hadi challenges Shiite ‘coup’ after fleeing Sanaa
Yemen’s beleaguered Western-backed president escaped house arrest and fled the capital to friendly territory Saturday, labelling as a coup the grab...
U.S. ‘rethinking’ withdrawal from Afghanistan, says new defence chief
Washington is reviewing a plan to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan by 2016 to ensure that “progress sticks” after more than a decade of...
Norwegian Muslims to form protective ring around Oslo synagogue
Hundreds of Norwegian Muslims are expected to form a human ring around Oslo’s synagogue on Saturday, showing solidarity with the city’s Jewish...
Fire engulfs high-rise apartment tower in Dubai
Hundreds of residents were evacuated from one of the tallest residential towers in the world, Dubai’s Torch Tower, when it caught fire early hours Saturday...
Five MPs hurt as fist fight breaks out in Turkish parliament
Turkish MPs have come to blows during a debate on a controversial bill to give police greater powers over protesters. Ruling party and opposition politicians...
Pistorius ‘money-back’ advert gets most complaints ever in Britain
An advertisement making light of the trial of South African athlete Oscar Pistorius received by far the most complaints ever in Britain, the advertising...
Snowden: U.S., British spies hacked cell phone SIM card encryption keys
The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) and Great Britain’s Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) hacked into the world’s largest SIM card...
U.S. court overturns conviction of Australian once held at Guantanamo
A U.S. military appeals court on Wednesday threw out the conviction of Australian David Hicks on a terrorism-related charge, saying the activity for which...
Divers discover huge hoard of 1,000-year-old gold coins off Israeli coast
Scuba divers have discovered a rare haul of gleaming 1,000-year-old gold coins inscribed in Arabic on the sea bed off Israel, a find archaeologists say...
Divers find ‘priceless’ trove of gold coins off Israel’s Mediterranean coast
Scuba divers have discovered the largest trove of gold coins ever found off Israel’s Mediterranean coast - about 2,000 pieces dating back more than...
Australia PM uses tsunami aid to pressure Jakarta over executions
Prime Minister Tony Abbott urged Indonesia Wednesday to remember Canberra’s significant help in dealing with the devastating 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami...
North Korea committed crimes against humanity, not genocide: UN
The head of a UN inquiry into rights violations in North Korea has found that Pyongyang’s actions, while constituting a crime against humanity, fell...
Australia ratchets up pressure on Indonesia over executions
Indonesia owes it to Australia not to execute two Australian drug offenders on death row, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Wednesday, ratcheting up a...
Libya’s chaos: Western powers stress need for ‘political solution’
The “brutal” recent beheading of 21 Egyptian Christians by militants affiliated to the Islamic State group demonstrated “once again the...
Danish intelligence knew Copenhagen gunman was ‘at risk of radicalisation’
The suspected gunman in two fatal shootings in Copenhagen was flagged up by prison authorities as being at risk of becoming radicalised, the Danish intelligence...
French prosecutor calls for Strauss-Kahn to be acquitted in pimping trial
The prosecutor in the trial of former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn says he should be cleared of pimping charges.
Danish intelligence knew gunman ‘at risk of radicalisation’
The suspected gunman in two fatal shootings in Copenhagen was flagged up by prison authorities as being at risk of becoming radicalised, the Danish intelligence...
Tens of thousands in Copenhagen vigil for shooting victims
Tens of thousands of Danes have gathered for a torchlit vigil in Copenhagen to commemorate the victims of two shootings that shocked the nation and heightened...
Kayla Mueller ‘would not lie to escape ISIS,’ reveals man who tried to save her
The boyfriend of Kayla Mueller has said he tried to save the hostage’s life by pretending they were married, but she refused to lie to her Islamic...
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