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Tel Aviv car explosion injures 4 people on Menachem Begin Street
At least four people were injured in a car explosion in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv, on Menachem Begin Street, a major thoroughfare. Police...
Nicolas Sarkozy to be investigated over secrecy breach in Karachi affair
French ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy is to be investigated over accusations of a breach of secrecy in an alleged corruption case, the "Karachi affair", agency...
PKK female activists shot dead at Kurdish Institute in Paris
Three PKK female activists have been found dead with gunshot wounds to the head in the Kurdish Institute of Paris. One of the women is...
Seastreak Wall Street ferry crashes into New York dock injuring 57 people
New York Seastreak Wall Street ferry has hit a dock during the Manhattan rush hour, injuring as many as 57 people and tearing a...
Iranian hostages held by Syrian rebels freed
Forty-eight Iranians held hostage by rebels in Syria since August have been freed, Iranian state TV reports. The Iranians were released in exchange for 2,130...
John Brennan to be nominated as CIA director replacing David Petraeus
President Barack Obama is to nominate John Brennan as the next director of the Central Intelligence Agency, the White House has announced. John Brennan, who...
Aurora shooting: four people found dead after gunfight
Four people have been found dead following a shooting incident that triggered a stand-off with police in Aurora, Colorado. Police say they went to a...
Vittorio Missoni missing as his plane disappears in Venezuela
A small aircraft carrying Vittorio Missoni, director of Italian fashion house Missoni, has disappeared off the coast of Venezuela. Vittorio Missoni and his wife were...
Malala Yousafzai discharged from Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani girl who was shot in the head by the Taliban, has been discharged from Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham as...
Switzerland gunman kills three people in Daillon
Three people are dead and two others are injured after a gunman has opened fire in a village in Switzerland, police say. The attack happened...
Paris flat fire kills five people in Gennevilliers
Five people including a child have died in an apartment fire in Gennevilliers, a deprived northern suburb of Paris. The blaze happened early on Wednesday....
Abidjan New Year crush: at least 60 people dead and more than 200 injured
At least sixty people have been crushed to death and more than 200 injured during New Year festivities in Ivory Coast's main city Abidjan,...
Hillary Clinton hospitalized with blood clot
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has been hospitalized in New York with a blood clot, officials say. Hillary Clinton suffered a concussion earlier this month...
Pakistan bomb attack kills at least 19 Shia pilgrims in Mastung
At least nineteen Shia Muslim pilgrims have been killed by a bomb attack on a bus convoy in southwest Pakistan, local officials say. More than...
Plane crashes into Moscow highway near Vnukovo airport killing at least four people
A Russian passenger plane has crashed into a main road outside Moscow killing at least four people, reports say. Russian state television says the plane...
Indian gang rape dies in Singapore hospital after she suffered heart-attack and organ failure
The female student who was raped on a bus in India's capital Delhi has died at a Singapore hospital, doctors say. The 23-year-old had arrived...
Delhi gang-rape victim’s condition worsens
The female student who was gang-raped on a bus in India's capital Delhi has "taken a turn for the worse" at a Singapore hospital,...
Abulaziz al-Shalal, commander of Syria’s military police, defected to Turkey
Abulaziz al-Shalal, commander of Syria's military police, has defected from President Bashar al-Assad's government and reportedly fled to Turkey. Lt. Gen. Abulaziz al-Shalal is one...
Kazakh military plane carrying senior security officials crashes near Shymkent killing 27
A Kazakh military plane said to be carrying senior security officials has crashed in the south of the country, killing all on board. Twenty-seven people...
Firefighters shot dead while responding to blaze in Webster
Two volunteer firefighters have been shot dead and two injured while responding to an emergency call in the town of Webster in New York...
Syrian air strike on Halfaya bakery kills at least 90 people
At least 90 people have been killed in a government air strike on a bakery in the central Syrian province of Hama, opposition activists...
Copahue volcano eruption alert in Chile and Argentina
The authorities in Argentina and Chile have issued an alert over increased activity at the Copahue volcano, which has begun spewing smoke and gas. Many...
Mahmoud Mekki, Egypt’s vice-president, resigns on final day of constitutional referendum
Egypt's vice-president Mahmoud Mekki has announced his resignation on the day the country completed its voting in a controversial referendum on a draft constitution. Mahmoud...
Italian parliament dissolved following Prime Minister Mario Monti’s resignation
Italian parliament has been dissolved by President Giorgio Napolitano following caretaker Prime Minister Mario Monti's resignation. The move paves the way for elections, now confirmed...
Mario Monti resigns as Italy’s prime minister
Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti has resigned today, keeping a promise to step down after the passing of his budget by parliament. MPs earlier passed...
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