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Tiananmen car crash suspects named
Two suspects have been named by Beijing police after a deadly car crash in Tiananmen Square, state media report. The vehicle crashed into a crowd...
US admits additional constraints needed on intelligence gathering
The White House has admitted the need for additional "constraints" on US intelligence gathering, amid claims of eavesdropping on allies. President Barack Obama’s spokesman, Jay...
Jerry Sandusky scandal: Penn State spent $60 million over abuse claims
Penn State has spent $59.7 million on costs related to the scandal involving Jerry Sandusky, who was convicted of child abuse. Penn State is paying...
Spain demands US details of NSA surveillance
Spain has demanded the US to give details of any eavesdropping, amid reports it monitored 60 million Spanish telephone calls in a month. The US...
Niger: 35 migrants traversing Sahara desert die of thirst in Agadez
Thirty five migrants traversing the Sahara desert on their way to Europe have died of thirst in Niger, officials say. Rhissa Feltou, the mayor of...
No Woman, No Drive satirical video becomes viral on YouTube
No Woman, No Drive - a satirical video by a Saudi comedian - has become viral with more than 3.4 million views on YouTube. No...
Sultan Kosen: World’s tallest man marries fiancee Merve Dibo
Sultan Kosen - the world's tallest man according to Guinness World Records – got married on Sunday with his fiancée Merve Dibo . Sultan Kosen,...
Tadeusz Mazowiecki dies aged 86
Tadeusz Mazowiecki - Poland's first prime minister after the fall of communism - has died aged 86. Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski described him as "one...
Tiananmen car crash kills five people and injures 38 others
At least five people died and 38 others were injured after a vehicle crashed in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, Chinese state media have said. Three...
St Jude Storm: Travel warnings
Travel warnings after St Jude storm hit England and Wales include: South West Trains have advised people not to travel on Monday with most services...
St Jude Storm: 140,000 homes without power in England and Wales
Around 140,000 homes are without power as St Jude storm continues to batter parts of England and Wales. According to specialists, St Jude storm could...
NSA secretly monitored 60 million phone calls in Spain in one month
According to Spanish media, the NSA secretly monitored 60 million phone calls in Spain in one month. The reports say the latest allegations came from...
HealthCare.gov: Obamacare website goes down
Obamacare website - HealthCare.gov - experienced a connectivity glitch on Sunday, another complication for an already beleaguered population of would-be health care applicants, the...
Giorgi Margvelashvili wins Georgia’s presidential election
Giorgi Margvelashvili - an ally of Georgian PM Bidzina Ivanishvili - has won the country’s presidential election, according to exit polls. The polls give Giorgi...
Angela Merkel’s phone bugging: NSA denies discussing operation with Barack Obama
According to NSA officials, the chief of the US spy agency has not discussed the alleged bugging of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's phone with...
NC State Fair Vortex ride accident: Timothy Dwayne Tutterrow charged with three counts of assault
Timothy Dwayne Tutterrow, the operator of a ride at the North Carolina State Fair, has been charged with three counts of assault with a...
Bangladesh opposition in 3-day strike over government’s failure to set up caretaker cabinet
Bangladesh's main opposition party and its allies have decide to begin a three-day strike over the government's failure to set up a caretaker cabinet...
New Express issues apology over Chen Yongzhou reports
Chinese newspaper New Express, which made front-page appeals for the release of its journalist Chen Yongzhou, has issued an apology over his report. The Guangdong-based...
Argentina parliamentary election 2013
Argentina is voting for legislative election - a key test for President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner. The mid-term elections will determine how much control left-leaning...
Mount Etna volcano eruption 2013
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Georgia presidential election ends Mikheil Saakashvili’s rule
Georgians are going to the polls to vote for a new president, ending a decade in power for pro-Western President Mikheil Saakashvili. The frontrunner among...
Angela Merkel’s phone tapped by US since 2002
According to a report in German newspaper Der Spiegel, the US has been spying on Chancellor Angela Merkel's mobile phone since 2002. Der Spiegel claims...
Andy Lopez case: FBI to investigate teenager shooting
The FBI is conducting an independent investigation of the fatal shooting of 13-year-old Andy Lopez by a sheriff's deputy in Northern California. Sheriff Steve Freitas...
Syria: Kurdish fighters take control of Yarubiya border crossing from rebel groups
Syrian Kurdish fighters have taken control of Yarubiya border crossing with Iraq from Islamist rebel groups. The Yarubiya border post was captured after three days...
Shinzo Abe: Japan will stand up to China
In a recent interview, Japanese PM Shinzo Abe says other countries want Japan to adopt a more assertive leadership role in Asia to counter...
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