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Solomon Islands earthquake triggers deadly tsunami
At least four people died after an earthquake hit the Solomon Islands triggering Pacific tsunami. The quake, with a magnitude 8.0, struck at 01:12 GMT...
Iraq: at least 30 people killed in Kirkuk police HQ attack
At least 30 people have been killed after gunmen and a suicide bomber attacked a police headquarters in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk,...
Philippines hostages Ramel Vela and Roland Letriro released by Abu Sayyaf militants after 8 months
Abu Sayyaf Islamist militants in the Philippines have released two Filipino members of a TV crew, who were kidnapped last June. Ramel Vela and Roland...
Pakistan Taliban attack kills 23 people in Serai Naurang checkpoint
Pakistani Talibans have attacked an army checkpoint, killing 13 soldiers and 10 civilians, officials say. The raid took place in the town of Serai Naurang...
Explosion at US embassy in Ankara kills at least one person
At least one person has been killed in a blast outside the US embassy in the Turkish capital, Ankara, with reports that it was...
Pemex HQ explosion kills at least 25 people in Mexico City
At least 25 people were killed by a blast in Mexico City at the headquarters of the state oil company, Pemex, the interior minister...
Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands abdicates in favor of son Prince Willem-Alexander
Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands has announced she is abdicating in favor of her son, Prince Willem-Alexander. In a pre-recorded address broadcast on TV, the...
Mohamed Morsi declares 30-day state of emergency in Port Said, Suez and Ismalia after deadly clashes
Egypt’s President Mohamed Morsi has declared a state of emergency in the city of Port Said after deadly rioting in response to a court...
Santa Maria Kiss nightclub fire kills at least 232 people in Brazil
At least 232 people have died in a fire that swept through Kiss nightclub in university city Santa Maria in southern Brazil, police and...
Venezuela: at least 50 people killed in Urbina prison riot in Barquisimeto
More than 50 people have been killed in Uribana prison riot in western Venezuela, hospital staff say. The riot was triggered when local media broadcast...
Florence Cassez freed in Mexico
French citizen Florence Cassez, who was jailed in Mexico in 2007 for 60 years for kidnapping, has been freed, after the Supreme Court ruled...
Lone Star College shooting: two students and suspect injured
Three people have been injured in a shooting at Lone Star College in Houston, Texas, say police. Harris County Sheriff's official Armando Tello said a...
Algeria hostage takers came from Mali
Algerian Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal has said the 32 militants who took dozens of people hostage at In Amenas gas plant had "come from northern Mali". As...
Ahmed Dogan attacked by gunman during televised conference in Sofia
A man put a gun to the head of Ahmed Dogan, the leader of Bulgaria's ethnic Turkish party, during a televised conference in Sofia. Ahmed...
Algeria hostage crisis ended with 11 Islamist militants and 7 hostages killed
Algerian military operation has been ended at In Amenas gas facility in the Sahara desert killing 11 Islamist militants after they killed 7 hostages,...
Algeria military operation is over and hostages are freed
The Algerian military operation to free hostages being held by Islamist militants at a desert gas plant is now over, state news agency APS...
Jakarta floods kill at least four people
At least four people have been killed by heavy flooding in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, say officials. The flooding, caused by days of heavy rain,...
Algeria: Two foreigners killed and more than 20 kidnapped following In Amenas attack
Two foreign nationals, one of them British, have been killed and more than 20 taken hostage in an attack by Islamist militants on a...
London: Helicopter crashes into crane on top of a building
A helicopter has crashed into a crane at a building site in south London. Police said it appeared the helicopter had hit the crane on...
Aleppo university blasts kill more than 50 people
More than fifty people have been killed by two blasts in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, activists and officials say. The explosions reportedly struck...
PM Raja Pervaiz Ashraf arrest ordered by Pakistan’s Supreme Court
Pakistani Supreme Court has ordered the arrest of Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf and 15 others over corruption allegations. Raja Pervaiz Ashraf denies accepting bribes...
Flu Near You: New York declares public health emergency because of influenza severity
New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo has declared a public health emergency because of the severity of this year's influenza season. The order makes vaccinations...
Aaron Swartz, Reddit founder and internet freedom activist, commits suicide at 26
Aaron Swartz, a celebrated internet freedom activist and early developer of the website Reddit, has died at the age of 26. The activist and programmer...
French soldier killed in Somalia during a failed operation to free hostage Denis Allex
A French soldier has been killed in Somalia during a failed operation to free hostage Denis Allex who is also believed to have died,...
Taft High School shooting: at least two people shot as gunman is taken into custody
At least two people have been shot by a gunman at Taft High School in Bakersfield, California, police have said. One victim suffered a "major...
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