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Tony Mack: Trenton mayor removed from office by judge
Mayor of New Jersey capital Trenton, Tony Mack, has been removed from office by a judge, 19 days after he was found guilty of...
Ukraine’s interim cabinet presented to protesters in Kiev’s Independence Square
Ukraine's interim cabinet has been presented at Kiev's main protest camp, the Maidan. The Maidan council named Arseniy Yatsenyuk to become prime minister. Ukraine’s new government...
Ukraine’s elite Berkut police unit disbanded
Ukraine’s elite Berkut police unit - blamed for the deaths of protesters - has been disbanded, acting interior minister Arsen Avakov has said. It is...
Repsol agrees $5 billion settlement with Argentina
Repsol has agreed a $5 billion settlement with Argentina over the seizure of its assets there. Argentina nationalized Repsol's stake in the country's biggest oil...
Credit Suisse assisted US customers in tax evasion
A US congressional committee report found that Credit Suisse "helped its US customers conceal their Swiss accounts" and avoid billions of dollars in American...
Ranbaxy halts shipments of ingredients from India
Indian pharmaceutical company Ranbaxy has suspended shipments of ingredients from two of its plants to probe their testing processes. The move at Ranbaxy's Toansa and...
US may pull all troops out of Afghanistan by the end of the year
Barack Obama has warned Afghan President Hamid Karzai that the US may pull all of its troops out of his country by the year's...
Turkey tapped phone scandal: Recep Tayyip Erdogan says leaked call to son is fake
Recep Tayyip Erdogan has angrily condemned as fabricated an audio recording that appears to show him talking to his son about hiding large sums...
Oscar Pistorius trial can be partially televised
Oscar Pistorius trial in South Africa can be partially televised, a Pretoria court has ruled today. Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius shot his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp,...
Ukraine: Oleksandr Turchynov warns of dangerous signs of separatism
Oleksandr Turchynov - Ukraine's interim president - has warned of the dangers of separatism following the ousting of President Viktor Yanukovych. Many in Ukraine's Russian-speaking...
Turkey: Anti-government prosecutors illegally tapped thousands of phones
Turkish pro-government media have claimed a group of anti-government prosecutors have illegally wiretapped thousands of prominent figures. Targets reportedly included government ministers and business leaders. The...
North Korean patrol boat violates sea border with South Korea amid military drills
According to South Korean officials, a North Korean patrol boat violated a sea border with the South several times late on Monday. The ship spent...
Dmitry Medvedev questions legitimacy of new Ukrainian authorities
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Ukraine’s interim authorities had conducted an "armed mutiny". And the Russian foreign ministry said dissenters in mainly Russian-speaking regions...
Pentagon to shrink US Army to its smallest size since before WWII
Pentagon chief Chuck Hagel has unveiled plans to shrink the US Army to what is expected to be its smallest size since before World...
Ukraine: Russian ambassador recalled as Kiev focuses on closer integration with EU
Russian ambassador to Ukraine Mikhail Zurabov has been recalled over what it described as the deteriorating situation in the country. Moscow has condemned the removal...
Bangkok explosion death toll rises to three
The death toll from a blast in Bangkok rose to three on Monday. On Sunday, an apparent grenade blast near an anti-government protest site killed...
Sochi closing ceremony: Russia tops medal table as Winter Olympics 2014 come to an end
Russia finished on top of the medal table as the 22nd Winter Olympics came to a close in Sochi on Sunday after 17 days...
Oleksandr Turchynov named Ukraine’s interim president
Ukraine parliament’s speaker Oleksandr Turchynov has been named as interim president. Oleksandr Turchynov takes charge following the dismissal of President Viktor Yanukovych on Saturday. He...
Mohamed Morsi accused of leaking state secrets to Iran
Egypt’s ousted President Mohamed Morsi has been accused by prosecutors of leaking state secrets to Iran's Revolutionary Guards. The claim came during the second hearing...
Thailand: Gunmen attack opposition rally killing 5-year-old girl in Trat
A five-year-old girl has been killed and dozens of other people wounded after gunmen have opened fire on an anti-government rally in eastern Thailand. Attackers...
Yulia Tymoshenko urges opposition supporters to continue protests
Yulia Tymoshenko has urged opposition supporters in Kiev's Independence Square to continue their protests. Ukraine’s former PM Yulia Tymoshenko, who has a back injury, addressed...
Venezuela: Violent clashes at Caracas march
Police and opposition demonstrators have clashed in Venezuela at the end of a march that gathered tens of thousands of people in Caracas. Several people...
Yulia Tymoshenko released from jail
Ukraine’s former PM Yulia Tymoshenko has been freed from jail. It follows a vote by parliament to release her after President Viktor Yanukovych fled the...
Matteo Renzi sworn in as Italy’s prime minister
A new Italian government led by Matteo Renzi has been sworn in Rome ceremony. Centre-left Matteo Renzi, 39, will be the youngest prime minister in...
Pope Francis appoints 19 new cardinals at St Peter’s Basilica ceremony
Pope Francis has appointed 19 new cardinals at St Peter's Basilica ceremony in Rome. This is the first such appointments of Pope Francis’ papacy. Cardinals are...
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