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After historic balloon journey, crew plans Saturday landing
Two pilots from the U.S. and Russia have travelled farther and longer in a gas balloon than anyone in history.
After a deadly 2014, aircraft now set for minute-by-minute tracking
All commercial flights worldwide could soon send out an automated signal every minute in times of distress to help rescuers find downed aircraft more easily.
IS hostage drama shows change in propaganda technique
The latest Islamic State hostage drama involving a veteran Japanese war correspondent and a young Jordanian pilot marks the first time the group has publicly...
Out of time? Families plead for lives of IS hostages as swap hopes fade
Japan and Jordan were working closely on Friday to find out what had happened to a journalist and shot-down fighter pilot, respectively, held by the militant...
Life’s a gas for record-breaking balloonists heading for Mexico
Two pilots soaring over the Pacific Ocean have made history by surpassing an official world distance record for human flight in a gas balloon. The Two...
Life’s a gas for record-breaking balloonists heading for Mexico
Two pilots soaring over the Pacific Ocean have made history by surpassing an official world distance record for human flight in a gas balloon. The Two...
Three dead, dozens injured after explosion at Mexican children’s hospital
A powerful gas tank truck explosion shattered a maternity and children’s hospital in Mexico City on Thursday, killing at least three people and injuring...
Google chief admits: We cannot filter out terrorist content on YouTube
Internet giant Google says its video-sharing website YouTube is so inundated that staff cannot filter all terror-related content, complicating the struggle...
Hostage in Sydney cafe siege was killed by police bullet ricochet
One of the hostages held during a siege at an Australian cafe last month was killed by a ricochet of at least one police bullet that also injured three...
North Korea may be restarting nuke plant as Kim plans Russia trip
North Korea may be attempting to restart its main nuclear bomb fuel reactor after a five-month shutdown, a U.S.
Hezbollah will pay ‘full price’ for deadly attack: Israel
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Lebanon’s Hezbollah it will pay the “full price” after missiles killed two Israeli soldiers...
Freedom House sees disturbing global decline in democracy
Global freedom is on the decline according to Freedom House’s annual study of political and civil liberties in 195 countries and 15 territories.
Greece will seek a ‘fair, mutually beneficial’ EU deal, says PM Tsipras
Greece will seek a “fair, mutually beneficial” deal with its EU creditors when renegotiating its multi-billion bailout and huge debt, says...
Australian PM takes royal knighthood storm ‘on the chin’
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Wednesday he stood by his controversial decision to award Britain’s Prince Philip a knighthood and was...
Secret talks in Jordan try to win release of IS hostages
apanese officials were tightlipped Wednesday as secret talks in Jordan sought to secure the freedom of a Japanese journalist and a Jordanian pilot captured...
IS threatens to kill Japan hostage and Jordan pilot ‘within 24 hours’
The Islamic State jihadist group threatened Tuesday to kill a Japanese journalist and a Jordanian pilot within 24 hours unless Amman frees a jailed female...
Nine killed as gunmen with IS links storm luxury hotel in Libyan capital
Nine people including at least five foreigners were killed Tuesday in an assault on a luxury hotel in the Libyan capital Tripoli, a spokesman for the security...
FBI arrests alleged Russian spy in New York
Federal agents on Monday arrested an alleged Russian spy in New York accused of trying to recruit sources and collect economic intelligence while working...
Merkel calls threats, attacks against Jews in Germany ‘disgrace’
Chancellor Angela Merkel said Monday it was a “disgrace” that Jews in Germany faced insults, threats or violence, as she marked 70 years since...
Prosecutor seeks 26-year jail sentence for Concordia captain
Italian prosecutors called Monday for judges to show “no pity” to Francesco Schettino, the captain of the doomed Costa Concordia, demanding...
New Greek Prime Minister visits war memorial for those murdered by Nazis
The leader of Greece’s left-wing anti-bailout Syriza party has laid flowers at a World War Two memorial in Athens as his first act after being sworn...
Going back: Holocaust survivor returning to Auschwitz for 70th anniversary
Miriam Friedman Ziegler was only nine years-old when an army photographer captured a historic moment of her and 12 other children watching the Red Army...
Winter World Cup: Asia’s soccer supremo says 2022 World Cup will be held in Nov.-Dec.
The 2022 World Cup in Qatar looks increasingly likely to be played in November and December to avoid the region’s blazing summer heat, Asia’s...
New search hopes to prove Amelia Earhart crashed on remote Marshalls atoll
A search is under way on a remote atoll in the Marshall Islands aimed at solving the mysterious disappearance of aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart.
Asia’s football supremo says 2022 World Cup will be held in winter
The 2022 World Cup in Qatar looks increasingly likely to be played in November and December to avoid the region’s blazing summer heat, Asia’s...
Yemen parliament postpones meeting on president resignation
Yemen’s parliament on Sunday again postponed an extraordinary session that had been due to discuss President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi’s resignation,...
Stay or go? Greece to decide economic future in Sunday election
Greece began voting Sunday in a crucial general election that could bring its anti-austerity party to power and lead to a re-negotiation of the country’s...
Greece begins voting in crucial election with leftists Syriza set for win
Greece has begun voting in a crucial general election that could bring the anti-austerity Syriza party to power and lead to a re-negotiation of the country’s...
Mickey Mouse and mayonnaise - North Korea has never had it so good
In a small-scale relaxing of North Korea’s rigid isolation, Kim Jong Un is allowing new kinds of Western and American pop culture symbols to appear in...
Mickey Mouse and mayonnaise - North Korea have never had it so good
In a small-scale relaxing of North Korea’s rigid isolation, Kim Jong Un is allowing new kinds of Western and American pop culture symbols to appear in...
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