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Francois Hollande wins first round of France’s presidential election
Socialist Francois Hollande has won most votes in the first round of France's presidential election, early estimates say. Francois Hollande got 28.4% of votes, according...
At least 60 people injured in a two-train collision in Amsterdam
At least 60 people have been injured in a two-train collision Saturday evening outside Amsterdam, Dutch transport police said. "There are 60 people injured -...
Man shot dead in Bahrain protests ahead of Formula 1 Grand Prix
Activists in Bahrain say a man has been found dead with gunshot wounds after overnight clashes with police a day before Sunday's Formula 1...
Bhoja Air Boeing 737 carying 127 people crashes in a residential area near Islamabad
A Bhoja Air jet carrying up to 127 people has crashed in a residential area near Islamabad international airport in Pakistan. Aviation officials said the...
India successfully launched long-range missile Agni-V
India has successfully launched Agni-V, a long-range intercontinental ballistic missile able to carry a nuclear warhead, officials say. The locally-developed Agni-V missile was originally scheduled to...
Clashes near Bahrain Formula 1 Grand Prix exhibit in Manama
Stun grenades have been fired by Bahraini security forces as protesters gathered outside a cultural exhibition in Manama ahead of Sunday's Formula 1 Grand...
Argentina will nationalize country’s biggest oil company YPF owned by Repsol
Argentina has decided to nationalize a controlling interest in country’s biggest oil company YPF owned by Spanish firm Repsol. President Cristina Fernandez said a bill...
Two people died in Oklahoma as tornadoes sweep across US Midwest
Two people died in Oklahoma after several tornadoes have hit a large swathe of the US Midwest. Storms were reported in Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska and...
Kim Jong-Un speaks publicly for the first time as North Korea marks Kim Il-Sung’s centenary
Kim Jong-Un has made his first televised speech, as Pyongyang marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of North Korea's founder, Kim Il-Sung. In front...
Ten candidates barred from the Egyptian presidential poll
Ten candidates from the Egyptian presidential poll, including former spy chief Omar Suleiman and the Muslim Brotherhood's Khairat al-Shater, have been barred by election...
Piermario Morosini dies on the pitch following a suspected heart attack
Italian midfielder Piermario Morosini has died following a suspected heart attack on the pitch in Pescara, football officials say. Ex-Italy under-21 footballer was playing for...
King Juan Carlos of Spain hospitalized for hip replacement surgery following a fall
King Juan Carlos of Spain has undergone hip replacement surgery following a fall on a private trip to Botswana, the Royal Palace has said. King...
Guinea-Bissau PM Carlos Gomes Junior arrested in suspected coup bid
Guinea-Bissau army has arrested the outgoing Prime Minister, Carlos Gomes Junior, in a suspected coup bid. A military press attaché and his wife confirmed his...
North Korea rocket launch has failed
The North Korean rocket launch has failed on Friday morning, Pyongyang officials have confirmed. The rocket - seen by many as a banned test of...
Indian Ocean tsunami warning declared after two major quakes struck Indonesia has been lifted
The tsunami alert declared after two major earthquakes struck off the coast of Indonesia's Aceh province has now been cancelled, the Pacific Tsunami Warning...
Indonesia: tsunami alert after 8.9 eartquake has struck under the sea off Aceh province
A major earthquake with an initial magnitude of 8.9 has hit under the sea off Indonesia's northern Aceh province. The quake triggered a tsunami warning...
Gu Kailai, Bo Xilai’s wife, suspected over murder of Neil Heywood
The wife of Bo Xilai, the Chinese politician once tipped as a future leader, has been detained over the suspected murder of British Neil...
Mike Wallace, 60 Minutes star interviewer, has died at 93
60 Minutes veteran journalist Mike Wallace has died aged 93. A spokesperson for CBS said Mike Wallace died on Saturday and had been in declining health in...
Pakistan: more than 100 troops buried by an avalanche in Kashmir region
More than 100 Pakistani soldiers have been buried by an avalanche in the disputed Kashmir region, officials say. Local TV stations say that the incident...
US Navy F-18 fighter jet crashes into Virginia Beach apartment
A US Navy F-18 fighter jet has crashed into apartment in the residential neighborhood of Virginia Beach, Virginia, local media reports. The two crew members ejected...
Tuareg rebels have declared independence of nothern Malian region Azawad
A group of Tuareg rebels has declared independence for a northern Malian region called Azawad, after seizing control of the area late last month. The...
Bingu wa Mutharika, Malawi president, is clinically dead after cardiac arrest
Malawian President Bingu wa Mutharika has died, doctors and cabinet ministers have said, but this has not been officially announced. One of the doctors who...
Athens clashes between protesters and riot police after pensioner suicide beside parliament
New clashes between Greek protesters and riot police took place in Athens, hours after a pensioner shot himself dead outside parliament. The 77-year-old man killed...
Somalia’s Olympic committee officials among 7 people killed in an explosion at Mogadishu’s national theater
Members of Somalia's Olympic committee and Football Federation heads are among seven people killed in a suicide blast at Mogadishu’s national theater re-opening ceremony. Somali...
Serbia’s President Boris Tadic has resigned
Serbia’s President Boris Tadic has announced his resignation. Boris Tadic still has 10 months of his current term of office to serve, but the move...
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