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Cairo expels Turkish Ambassador Huseyin Avni Botsali
Turkish ambassador to Cairo has been expelled, a day after PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan called for Egypt’s ousted President Mohamed Morsi to be freed. Relations...
Disputed Islands: China creates “air-defense zone” over East China Sea
China has created an "air-defense identification zone" over an area of the East China Sea, covering islands that are also claimed by Japan. China's Defense...
Iran nuclear talks: John Kerry arrives in Geneva after three days of lower-level meetings
Secretary of State John Kerry has arrived in Geneva for Iran nuclear talks involving the UK, Russia, France, China and Germany after three days...
Mauritania elections 2013: Poll boycotted by all radical opposition parties
Mauritania has decided to hold parliamentary and local elections - the first since a military coup five years ago – despite opposition’s boycott. The party...
Duke Energy fined $1 million over golden eagles death
Duke Energy Renewables has agreed to pay out $1 million over the deaths of golden eagles at two wind farms. The huge energy supplier agreed...
Typhoon Haiyan death toll rises to 5,209 in Philippines
Typhoon Haiyan death toll has risen above 5,000, officials in the Philippines say, two weeks after the devastating storm hit the country. Philippines’ National Disaster...
JFK assassination 50 years on
The US is marking 50 years since President John F. Kennedy’s assassination in Dallas, Texas. Dallas, which has long struggled with the legacy of the...
South African papers defy Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla house photo ban
Most of South African newspapers have published images of President Jacob Zuma's private residence in Nkandla, defying a government warning that this would break...
Maxima supermarket collapse death toll rises to 32 in Riga
According to Latvian officials, at least 32 people have died after the roof of a Maxima supermarket collapsed in the capital Riga. Rescue efforts continued...
Ukraine mass rally after EU trade deal delay
A mass rally has taken place in Kiev following Ukraine's decision to delay an association agreement with the European Union. Opposition leaders including former world...
North Korea urged to release veteran Merrill Newman
North Korea has been urged by US to "let our citizens go free", as reports say that US citizen Merrill Newman has been detained...
Riga supermarket roof collapse kills two people and traps other 50
At least 50 people are feared trapped after a supermarket roof collapsed in the Latvian capital Riga, killing two people, say reports. Other 17 people...
Abdelhakim Dekhar left confused letters explaining Paris attacks
French investigators have found two "confused" letters which may explain the motives of suspect gunman Abdelhakim Dekhar behind two recent attacks in Paris. Prosecutors said...
Ukraine suspends preparations for EU trade deal after refusing to release Yulia Tymoshenko
Ukraine has suspended preparations for a trade deal with the EU after a government statement said the decision had been taken to protect the...
Black Beauty: Sahara rock identified as oldest Martian meteorite ever found
Black Beauty, a rock discovered in the Sahara Desert, has been identified as the oldest Martian meteorite ever found, scientists say. Earlier research had suggested...
Fed to cut stimulus efforts in coming months
Federal Reserve's stimulus efforts will be cut in "the coming months", the central bank’s officials confirmed. They believe that the US recovery is strengthening, according...
Abdelhakim Dekhar: Paris gun suspect named by French police
Abdelhakim Dekhar has been identified by the French authorities as the man arrested on suspicion of carrying out recent gun attacks in Paris. Abdelhakim Dekhar...
Medal of Freedom 2013: Barack Obama honors 16 people with US highest award
President Barack Obama paid tribute to the legacy of the past and the politics of the present by awarding the Presidential Medal of Freedom...
Paris gunman captured and taken into custody
The Paris gunman has been captured and taken into custody on suspicion of carrying out recent attacks on the Liberation office and Societe Generale...
IKEA France directors investigated over snooping allegations
IKEA France directors are being investigated by French prosecutors over allegations that they snooped on employees and customers. Chief executive Stefan Vanoverbeke, his predecessor Jean-Louis...
Greenpeace Arctic Sunrise captain and other two activists released on bail by Russian court
The detained captain of Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise and other two British activists have been granted bail by a court in northern Russia. Peter Willcox...
Joseph Paul Franklin executed in Missouri
White supremacist serial killer Joseph Paul Franklin, who targeted black and Jewish people in a nationwide killing spree, has been put to death in...
Malala Yousafzai receives Sakharov human rights prize at Strasbourg ceremony
Malala Yousafzai has received the EU's Sakharov human rights prize at a ceremony in Strasbourg. In a speech, the Pakistani schoolgirl and campaigner, who was...
South Africa mall roof collapse kills one and traps dozens in Tongaat
A roof collapsed at the construction site of a South African shopping mall killing one person, officials say. About 50 others are feared trapped at...
Lincoln’s Gettysburg address at 150th anniversary
President Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg address - one of the most famous speeches in US history – is celebrating its 150th anniversary on November 19. An...
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