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Akademik Shokalskiy: Rescue efforts thwarted by fierce weather
Russian ship Akademik Shokalskiy stranded in East Antarctica since Christmas Day remained stuck as the latest rescue efforts were thwarted by fierce winds and...
Volgograd attacks: Second suicide bombing kills at least 10 people in Dzerzhinsky district
At least 10 people are killed and more than 20 others hurt in a suspected suicide bombing in the Russian city of Volgograd, in...
Saudi prince may be executed for murder
A Saudi royal member, who murdered a fellow Saudi, may be executed, a newspaper reported on Sunday, in a rare example of a member...
Al-Jazeera journalists held in Egypt
Three journalists working for the Al-Jazeera broadcaster in Cairo have been arrested by Egyptian police. The Interior Ministry said the journalists had held illegal meetings...
Chaparrastique volcano eruption sparks evacuations in El Salvador
Thousands of people in eastern El Salvador are leaving their homes after the Chaparrastique volcano erupted on Sunday morning. Residents in the region said they...
France: 75% tax on high income gets approval
France's highest court has approved a 75% tax on high income. The new tax is one of President Francois Hollande's signature policies. The initial proposal to...
Lebanon’s army to receive $3 billion grant from Saudi Arabia
Lebanon's army is to receive a $3 billion grant from Saudi Arabia. Lebanese President Michel Sleiman made the announcement in a televised address after the...
Pope Francis named Best Dressed Man of 2013 by Esquire magazine
Pope Francis has been named the best dressed man of 2013 by Esquire magazine. According to CNN, the magazine admits this is an unconventional decision,...
Ukraine: New protests after brutal attack on journalist Tetyana Chornovol
Fresh anti-government protests gathered tens of thousands of Ukrainians in Kiev. Many demonstrators also marched on President Viktor Yanukovych's official residence outside the capital. They have...
Volgograd railway station bomb attack kills 15 people
A female suicide bomb attack on Volgograd’s train station has killed 15 people, Russian officials say. Another suspected female suicide bomber killed at least six...
Akademik Shokalskiy: New bid to rescue scientific mission ship trapped in Antarctic ice
An Australian vessel is en route to East Antarctica in a renewed bid to free Akademik Shokalskiy scientific mission ship trapped in dense pack...
Cuba eases restrictions on loans to private borrowers
Cuba has decided to ease restrictions on loans to private borrowers in the latest measure aimed at boosting the island's troubled economy. Individuals and small...
Croatia charges Farmal and 364 people over drugs bribes
Croatian authorities have charged pharmaceutical company Farmal and 364 people - most of them reportedly doctors - for allegedly rigging the drugs market. Senior managers...
Millions of jobless Americans to lose unemployment benefits in 2014
An estimated 1.3 million Americans will lose their unemployment benefits after an emergency federal program expired on Saturday. Lawmakers failed to agree on an extension...
Benghazi attack: New York Times report finds no al-Qaeda role
A New York Times in-depth report found no proof that al-Qaeda or any international terrorist groups played any role in the Benghazi attack, which killed...
Marvin Martinez awarded $1 million lottery ticket found during Superstorm Sandy
Marvin Rosales Martinez, the man who stumbled upon an orphaned $1 million lottery ticket a month after Hurricane Sandy, has finally been awarded the...
Etibar Elchiyev: Magnetic Man breaks Guinness World record for carrying metal spoons on his body
“Magnetic Man” Etibar Elchiyev has broken his own record for carrying metal spoons on his chest and back. Etibar Elchiyev, 42, claims he has magnetic...
Pope Francis receives private message from Bashar al-Assad
Pope Francis has received a private message from Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad, the Vatican said on Saturday, without disclosing its contents. It was the first...
Tyler Armstrong becomes youngest person to climb Mount Aconcagua at 9
Tyler Armstrong, a 9-year-old boy from South California, has become the youngest person to climb Mount Aconcagua. The boy wanted to raise awareness for a...
Southeast storm brings drenching rain, minor flooding and travel delays
A storm will hit the South during Saturday night and much of the mid-Atlantic and southern New England on Sunday bringing a dose of...
Cairo al-Azhar campus set on fire during protests
Muslim Brotherhood supporters clashed with Egyptian police and Cairo university buildings were set on fire killing one student. State TV blamed protesters for the fire...
Iraq: MP Ahmed al-Alwani arrested during deadly raid in Ramadi
Iraqi troops arrested MP Ahmed al-Alwani and killed his brother and at least three of his guards during a raid on his home in...
Devyani Khobragade arrest in New York sparks India-US diplomatic row
India is checking the tax statuses of Americans working at schools in the country, after the arrest this month of Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade...
Sandy Hook shooting final report released
Thousands of documents related to police investigation into the killing of 26 people at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut have been released. Officials described...
China changes one-child policy
China has formally adopted a resolution easing the country's one-child policy, the state news agency Xinhua reports. The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress...
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