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Air Algerie flight AH 5017 missing on route from Burkina Faso

Air Algerie has lost contact with one of its planes flying from Burkina Faso. Contact was lost about 50 minutes…

10 years ago

Meriam Ibrahim: Sudan apostasy woman flown to Italy

Meriam Yahia Ibrahim Ishag, the Sudanese woman who was spared a death sentence for renouncing Islam, has flown to Italy…

10 years ago

Arizona: Joseph Wood’s execution took nearly two hours

Death row inmate Joseph Wood has died after an execution in Arizona took nearly two hours to kill him. Joseph…

10 years ago

ECHR: Poland broke European human rights convention by helping CIA to render terror suspects

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled that Poland broke the European human rights convention in helping the…

10 years ago

Taiwan plane crash: Death toll hits 48 as 10 people on board survive

At least 48 people died after a passenger plane crashed in Taiwan's Penghu archipelago, amid stormy weather in the area.…

10 years ago

Prince George’s first birthday presents: Wooden toys, collection books, Ugg boots and Pinot Noir

Prince George celebrated his first birthday on Tuesday, July 22, with a tea party at Kensington Palace. According to royal…

10 years ago

Sarah Palin gets ticket for speeding

Sarah Palin was issued a speeding citation in her hometown of Wasilla, Alaska, court records showed on Wednesday. The July…

10 years ago

China plague death puts Yumen city under quarantine

Yumen city in Gansu province, north-west China, has been partially sealed off and dozens of people placed in quarantine after…

10 years ago

MH17 bodies arrive in Netherlands

Two jets carrying bodies from crashed Malaysia Airlines plane have landed in the Netherlands where a day of mourning for…

10 years ago

Gaza conflict: UN condemns Israel’s military actions

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay has condemned Israel's military actions in the Gaza Strip, saying that war…

10 years ago