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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...
Dallas tornado tosses trucks across the skies as dangerous twister targets Texas
Millions of people from Dallas and Forth Worth are being urged to seek shelter immediately as dramatic news footage shows trucks and other massive...
Small plane crashed into a Publix supermarket in Florida
A small plane with two persons on board crashed into a Florida shopping mall and burst into flames last night, injuring at least five...
One Goh named as suspect in Oikos University shooting
One Goh has been named by police as the man believed to have shot dead seven people and injured three others at Oikos University...
California: at least 5 people killed in a shooting at Oikos University
At least five people are believed to have been injured in a shooting at a Christian university in Oakland, California, police say. US TV footage...
Hungary’s President Pal Schmitt resigned amid plagiarism scandal
Hungarian President Pal Schmitt has announced his resignation, after being stripped of his doctorate over plagiarism. Pal Schmitt, 69, elected in 2010, said "my personal issue...
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