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Winter Storm Juno: New York and Boston shut down for blizzard
NYC and other Northeast areas have shut down, with forecasters warning residents to expect "crippling" amounts of snow. According to forecasters, Winter Storm Juno could...
Alberto Nisman death: Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner to dissolve Argentina’s intelligence agency
Argentina's intelligence agency will be dissolved, President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has announced. In a TV address, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner said she would draft...
Northeast snowstorm 2015: State of emergency declared in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts
Snow emergency has been declared in several US states as a storm bringing hurricane-force winds and 36ins of snow barrels down on the north-east. Non-emergency...
Spain: Greek F-16 jet crashes at Los Llanos military base killing ten people
A Greek F-16 fighter jet crashed at a military base in Spain killing ten people, the Defense Ministry says. Military officials said that the jet...
Small drone recovered from White House grounds
Secret Service staff recovered a small drone from the grounds of the White House, US media report. A spokesman for President Barack Obama confirmed that...
Northeast blizzard 2015: New York public transport and major roads could be closed before evening rush hour
Heavy snowfall is forecast from Philadelphia to Maine, pre-emptively closing many schools and offices. A blizzard warning has been issued across New York and Boston...
Syriza forms anti-austerity coalition with Independent Greeks
Greek elections big winner, the far-left Syriza party, has formed an anti-austerity coalition with a right-wing party, the Independent Greeks. Syriza leader Alexis Tsipras has...
Demis Roussos dies in Athens hospital at 68
Demis Roussos has died aged 68, the Hygeia Hospital in Athens, Greece, has confirmed. The singer was best known for his solo hits in the...
Malaysia Airlines website hacked by Lizard Squad
Malaysia Airlines official website has been attacked by hackers claiming to be from the "Lizard Squad - Official Cyber Caliphate". The national carrier's homepage currently...
Northeast snowstorm 2015: Historic blizzard expected to dump up to 3ft of snow
According to the National Weather Service (NWS), a "potentially historic blizzard" could dump up to 3ft of snow on the north-east coast. New York's mayor...
Asteroid 2004 BL86 passes Earth on January 26, 2015
Mountain-size asteroid 2004 BL86 will pass in the vicinity of Earth on January 26, 2015. The space rock is roughly a third of a mile...
Syriza wins Greece elections 2015
Radical-leftist Syriza party has won a clear victory in Greece's general election. With nearly 70% of the votes counted, Syriza is projected to win 149...
Delta and Southwest planes searched at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport after bomb threats
Delta and Southwest flights have been searched by police at Atlanta's airport after "credible" bomb threats, US officials say. Airport spokesman Reese McCranie said the...
Amedy Coulibaly buried at Thiais cemetery near Paris
Amedy Coulibaly, the Islamist militant shot dead by French special forces two weeks ago after he attacked Jewish supermarket HyperCacher, has been buried near...
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia dies from lung infection
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has died weeks after he was admitted to hospital, royal officials have announced. King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, who was said...
Yingluck Shinawatra impeached and banned from politics over rice subsidy scheme
Thailand’s ex-PM Yingluck Shinawatra has been impeached and banned from politics for five years following legislators vote. The move relates to Yingluck Shinawatra involvement in...
New Jersey fire: Massive evacuation from Edgewater apartment building
As many as 400 people evacuated from apartment building that caught fire in Edgewater, New Jersey. Edgewater Fire Chief Tom Jacobson said the fire started...
Michael Brown case: No civil rights charges against Officer Darren Wilson
The US Department of Justice will not bring civil rights charges against Officer Darren Wilson who killed unarmed black teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson,...
Biggest snowstorm of season to hit Boston, NYC, Philadelphia over weekend
The biggest snowstorm of this season is poised to hit NYC, Boston and Philadelphia over the weekend. The storm could bring the first widespread heavy...
Jerame Reid case: Video shows black man being shot dead by Bridgeton police officers
A newly released video shows a black man being shot dead by police officers as he stepped out of a car with his hands...
Mexico missing students: DNA samples fail to match charred remains
Austrian forensic scientists have failed to match charred human remains with DNA samples in a Mexican inquiry into missing students, officials say. Mexican prosecutors said...
Yemen’s presidential palace seized by Shia Houthi rebels
Yemen's presidential residence in capital Sanaa has been attacked by Shia Houthi rebels. President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi is inside the palace, reports suggest. It came after...
AirAsia flight QZ8501 went up faster than normal speed
According to Indonesia's transport minister Ignasius Jonan, the AirAsia flight that crashed in the Java Sea, killing 162 people, climbed too fast before stalling. Ignasius...
Ohio overpass collapses on I-75 killing one person
An Ohio overpass undergoing demolition has collapsed on I-75 killing one person and injuring another near Cincinnati. Cincinnati Police Chief Jeff Blackwell late Monday urged...
AirAsia black box: Plane crash not due to terrorism
The crash of AirAsia QZ8501 was not likely due to terrorism, Indonesian investigators said in their first remarks since analyzing the cockpit voice recorder. There...
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