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Heat wave kills more than 180 in Pakistan as millions battle to stay cool
Nearly 200 people have died in a heatwave in southern Pakistan, officials said Monday, as the government called in the army to help tackle widespread heatstroke...
Feline ok? Stowaway cat survives on a wing and a prayer on board glider
Scampering across the wing then clinging on for dear life. This incredible video shows a stowaway cat desperately holding on to a light aircraft as it...
Woofers and tweeters: Social media outcry at China dog meat festival
An annual dog meat festival in southern China has gone ahead despite facing the largest-ever campaign to stop it.
Taliban suicide bombers strike live on TV as Afghan Parliament hit
Dramatic footage has emerged of a Taliban suicide attack on the Afghan parliament that resulted in six gunmen dying as politicians were meeting to appoint...
Heat wave kills more than 120 in Karachi as temperature tops 44C
An intense heat wave killed more than 120 people over the weekend in Pakistan’s southern city of Karachi, officials said on Monday, as the electricity...
Terror attacks, deaths up sharply in 2014: U.S.
Extremists in Iraq, Afghanistan and Nigeria unleashed a savage rise in violence in 2014, according to new statistics released by the State Department.
Stowaway plunges to his death from plane over London but another survives
A stowaway has died after falling from a British Airways Boeing 747 jet onto a shop in southwest London.
Waterloo, 200 years on: France chafes, Britain cheers as battle remembered
European royals and diplomats gathered in Belgium Thursday to mark the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo, a turning point for the continent which...
Moggy mystery: The 25-year-old cat who turned up 10,000 miles from home
The mysterious case of a travelling ginger cat has puzzled those who found him wandering around a back yard in Northern Ireland.
Berkeley balcony collapsed as it ‘was decorative only and not meant for use’
The balcony which collapsed killing six students was only meant to be a decorative feature in the building design, it has emerged.
‘Rotten beams’ to blame for balcony collapse that killed six students
The balcony collapse that killed six students appears to have been caused by rotten wooden beams, Berkeley’s mayor has said.
Apple sits on gold mine as consumers lap up watch add-ons
Nearly 20 percent of Apple Watch buyers are not only shelling out hundreds of dollars for the timepiece but are springing for a spare band too, giving...
Encyclical takes on global deniers as pope appeals for ‘our ruined’ planet
Pope Francis said that all should help to save “our ruined” planet and asked critics to read his highly-contested encyclical with an open spirit. In...
A picture’s worth a thousand words: Snapchat chief lifts the lid on his success
For young people, Snapchat is bigger than Facebook and cooler than Twitter. But a lot of parents may be confused as to what it actually is, and more importantly:...
China ‘just building lighthouses and weather stations’ in South China Sea
The Chinese government on Wednesday rolled out more details of the building work it is undertaking in the disputed South China Sea, listing lighthouses,...
Senate passes amendment to ban ‘dark path’ of torture for security
The Senate on Tuesday moved ahead on a more than $600 billion defense policy bill that is entangled in a broader fight in Congress about caps on Pentagon...
U.S. Senate passes ban on torture
The Senate on Tuesday reaffirmed a ban against torturing detainees and moved ahead on a more than $600 billion defense policy bill that is entangled in...
Vatican orders former archbishop to stand trial for sex abuse
Jozef Wesolowski, a former archbishop and papal ambassador to the Dominican Republic, will stand trial on criminal charges of paying for sex with minors...
Indonesia official decries Australia PM’s asylum boat stance
An Indonesian official on Friday criticized Australia’s prime minister as “unethical” for sidestepping allegations the Australian navy...
Islamic State says it blew up two warplanes at seized Libyan base
The militant group Islamic State’s Libya wing released a video on Thursday purportedly showing it blowing up two warplanes at an air base while its...
Islamic State says blows up two warplanes at seized Libyan base
The militant group Islamic State’s Libya wing released a video on Thursday purportedly showing it blowing up two warplanes at an air base while its...
Reddit bans fat people hate forum in crackdown on harrassment
Reddit - the link sharing website which calls itself “the front page of the internet” - has banned five forums in a harrassment crackdown. Two...
Obama expands U.S. force in Iraq as IS tightens grip on Middle East
President Barack Obama will send as many as 450 more U.S. military personnel to train Iraqi forces combating Islamic State militants, as his administration...
Pope creates new tribunal to probe bishops over sexual abuse
Pope Francis has approved the creation of an internal church tribunal empowered to punish bishops who cover up sexual abuse by priests, the Vatican said...
IS gains in Libya, Iraq as countries scramble with strategies
U.N.-brokered negotiations aimed at stemming Libya’s collapse into a failed state threatened to fall apart after militants from the North African...
Fourth last-minute stay of execution for ‘killer’ of 7-year-old boy
A man convicted of murder as a child has been given a last-minute stay of execution by Pakistani authorities. It is the fourth time Shafqat Hussain’s...
Massive security breach: Hackers unlock data for millions of federal workers
U.S. authorities are investigating how suspected Chinese hackers were able to manipulate the federal government’s intrusion detection system —...
Massive security breach: Hackers unlock data for millions of federal workers
U.S. authorities are investigating how suspected Chinese hackers were able to manipulate the federal government’s intrusion detection system —...
U.S. says data on 4 million government staff hacked
Hackers breached the computer system of the U.S. government agency that collects personnel information for federal workers, compromising the data of about...
Islamic State mounts suicide attacks around Syria’s Hasaka city: Official
Islamic State bombers have blown up about a dozen explosive-packed trucks at Syrian army checkpoints around the government-held northeastern city of Hasaka...
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