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'No survivors expected': Germany-bound jet carrying 148 crashes in French Alps
An Airbus A320 plane has crashed on Tuesday in the southern French Alps, security sources said.
BREAKING: Airbus A320 carrying 148 crashes in French Alps
An Airbus A320 plane has crashed on Tuesday in the southern French Alps, security sources said.
Israel ‘spied on Iran nuclear talks to build case against deal’, says WSJ
Israel has spied on Iran’s nuclear talks with the United States and other major powers, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.
Afghan and U.S. leaders lay groundwork for postwar relations
The United States and Afghanistan are turning the page on years of distrust, mapping out a new vision for future ties as Washington vowed to fund Afghan...
Canadian-born Republican Ted Cruz reveals he will run for U.S. President in 2016
U.S. Senator Ted Cruz from the hardline Republican right confirmed Monday he will run for president in 2016, the first major candidate to officially declare...
Singapore mourns: Nation honours its founding father Lee Kuan Yew
Singaporeans wept and world leaders paid tribute Monday as the Southeast Asian city-state mourned the death of its founding father, Lee Kuan Yew. The...
Singapore mourns: Nation honors founding father Lee Kuan Yew
Singaporeans wept and world leaders paid tribute Monday as the Southeast Asian city-state mourned the death of its founding father, Lee Kuan Yew. The...
Singapore mourns: Nation honors its founding father Lee Kuan Yew
Singaporeans wept and world leaders paid tribute Monday as the Southeast Asian city-state mourned the death of its founding father, Lee Kuan Yew. The...
Lee Kuan Yew, the man who created modern day Singapore, dies aged 91
Singapore’s founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew has died in hospital at the age of 91 after suffering from severe pneumonia. Mr Lee was admitted...
Tunisian president: Third Bardo museum gunman ‘is on the run’
Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi has said a third attacker is still “on the run” following Wednesday’s attack on Bardo National Museum.
No more discontent: King Richard III finally gets proper burial
Dug out of a municipal parking lot five centuries after his mutilated body was unceremoniously interred, England’s Richard III will finally be given...
Cricket World Cup: Guptill breaks record as New Zealand crush West Indies
New Zealand opener Martin Guptill (pictured) sent the ball soaring and the records tumbling by striking a cricket World Cup record of 237 not out on Saturday...
Seven children from same family die as fire sweeps through New York home
Seven children from the same family died Saturday when their New York home was engulfed in flames after a portable cooker malfunctioned, authorities said.
Up to 100 bodies found in Nigerian town taken from Boko Haram
Up to 100 bodies, many with their throats slit, have been found in a mass grave on the edge of a town in northeast Nigeria after it was freed from Boko...
'We are prepared': North Korea ready to fire nuclear missiles anytime
North Korea has the ability to fire a nuclear weapon and would use a nuclear missile in retaliation if it is attacked, the country’s ambassador to...
Alzheimer’s drug trial slows mental decline in early study
An experimental drug from Biogen Idec Inc. became the first Alzheimer’s treatment to significantly slow cognitive decline and reduce what is believed...
Window of opportunity: Cheating parents give kids exam answers
Footage of relatives risking life and limb to help children pass state exams in India has gone viral. Family and friends of children sitting exams...
North Korea UK ambassador brands defectors ‘animals and scum’
North Korean defectors are “scum” and “animals” the country’s Ambassador to the UK has told Sky News. In a rare interview,...
EU to keep sanctions against Russia until Ukraine peace terms met
European Union leaders are agreeing that economic sanctions imposed on Russia will stay in place until a Ukraine peace deal is fully implemented, effectively...
Thousands stranded after Lufthansa pilots extend strike
Pilots at Lufthansa will strike again on long-haul flights on Saturday after thousands of international travelers were stranded Thursday as the strike...
New drug boosts survival chances for Hodgkin’s lymphoma
A large-scale trial of a new drug shows it boosts survival chances for Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a cancer of the blood that mostly strikes younger people,...
U.S. drone kills Somali militant linked to Kenya mall attack
A drone strike in Somalia last week killed a senior al-Shabab figure linked to the notorious 2013 attack on the Westgate mall in Nairobi, the U.S.
Gunmen kill at least 21 in Tunis museum attack, including 17 tourists
At least 21 people were killed, including 17 foreign tourists, when militants attacked Tunisia’s Bardo museum in the capital Tunis, Prime Minister...
Tourists among 19 dead in attack on leading Tunisian museum
Gunmen opened fire Wednesday at a leading museum in Tunisia’s capital, in an attack that left at least 19 people dead, including 17 foreign tourists,...
Death toll climbed sharply in major 2014 conflicts, says study
The death toll in the world’s most brutal conflicts climbed by more than 28% last year from 2013 with bloodshed in Syria worse than all others for...
Fighting Islamic State extremism may take a generation: Australia
The battle against the Islamic State group’s extremism may last a generation, Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has warned, likening the jihadists...
Death toll climbed sharply in major 2014 conflicts
The death toll in the world’s most brutal conflicts climbed by more than 28 per cent last year from 2013 with bloodshed in Syria worse than all others...
Luck of the Irish: Kate shrugs off shamrock slip at St. Patrick’s celebrations
The shamrock is a symbol of luck to the Irish, but the Duchess of Cambridge had a spot of bother when she struggled to pin the sprig to an army mascot...
Landmarks go green for St. Patrick’s Day as Dublin parties
Landmark buildings across Ireland and the world have been floodlit green as global celebrations of the Emerald Isle’s patron saint are culminating...
United Nations to pursue happiness in the form of song
What is happiness? The United Nations is teaming up with pop stars to create a playlist that asks, in musical form, that eternal question.
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