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North Korea invites UN inspectors to visit its nuclear sites
UN nuclear inspectors have been invited to North Korea for the first time in three years, the country's chief nuclear negotiator Ri Yong-Ho has...
Ozar Hatorah shooting: huge manhunt after four people have been killed at the Jewish school in Toulouse
France launched one of the biggest manhunts in recent country’s history after three children and one adult were shot dead at Ozar Hatorah Jewish...
At least 23 people have been killed in series of attacks on Iraqi cities
At least 23 people have died in a series of attacks on Iraqi cities, officials say. Two car bombs in the predominantly Shia city of...
Norway: five foreign tourists killed in a major avalanche in Troms
Five foreign tourists have died after being buried by a major avalanche in northern Norway, local police say. The victims are reported to be four...
Ozar Hatorah shooting UPDATE: a teacher and 3 children have been killed at Toulouse Jewish school
A teacher and three children have been killed after a gunman opened fire at Ozar Hatorah Jewish school in the French city of Toulouse. A...
Shooting at French Jewish school Ozar Hatorah in Toulouse
Two children and one adult have been killed in a shooting outside a Jewish school in Toulouse, south-west France. Eyewitnesses said a man opened fire...
Heavy firefight between rebels and Bashar al-Assad forces in Damascus
Damascus bomb blasts over the weekend have been followed by firefight between the rebel Free Syria Army and the forces of President Bashar al-Assad. Witnesses...
King George Tupou V of Tonga died in Hong Kong aged 63
King George Tupou V of the South Pacific nation of Tonga has died in Hong Kong aged 63. King George Tupou V died at a...
Joachim Gauck elected as Germany’s new president
Joachim Gauck, a former Lutheran pastor and civil rights activist from the former East Germany, has been elected as Germany's new president. Joachim Gauck, 72,...
Fidel Castro at least knew about JFK’s assassination, claims retired CIA agent Brian Latell in a new book
According to an explosive new book by retired CIA agent Brian Latell, which is set to be released next month, Fidel Castro had advance...
Occupy Wall Street: police and protesters clash in New York as movement celebrates 6 months
New York police cleared Zuccotti Park where the Occupy Wall Street movement was born six months ago and made several arrests after hundreds of...
Libya has requested the handover of Abdullah al-Senussi, Gaddafi’s former intelligence chief
Libya has formally requested the handover of Abdullah al-Senussi, Muammar Gaddafi's former spy chief, following his arrest in Mauritania. A spokesman for the new government...
Robert Bales, the Afghan massacre soldier, was trying to leave the Army in response to financial problems
Robert Bales, the soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians in Kandahar, including nine children, was trying to leave active service in response to...
Ordos, the largest ghost town in China
Ordos is a new city in Inner Mongolia that stands largely empty after the great Chinese building boom, which did so much to fuel...
Chaleo Yoovidhya, Red Bull creator, died in Bangkok at 80
Chaleo Yoovidhya, the creator of the energy drink Red Bull has died in Bangkok aged 80. Chaleo Yoovidhya rose from humble origins to become one...
Kirtana Vallabhaneni named as the UK Young Scientist of the Year
Kirtana Vallabhaneni, a Merseyside student at West Kirby Grammar School has been named as the UK Young Scientist of the Year. Kirtana Vallabhaneni, 17, beat...
Abdullah al-Senussi, Muammar Gaddafi’s spy chief, arrested in Mauritania
Abdullah al-Senussi, Muammar Gaddafi's intelligence chief has been arrested in Mauritania, Libyan authorities have confirmed. Abdullah al-Senussi, 63, was detained at Nouakchott airport, according to...
Ronald Reagan’s doodles released by Margaret Thatcher Archive Trust
Margaret Thatcher Archive Trust has released doodles made by Ronald Reagan at the 1981 Ottawa G7 summit, which were then kept by the former...
Jason Russell, Kony 2012 director and Invisible Children co-founder, detained and hospitalized
Jason Russell, the co-founder of Invisible Children has been taken to hospital in San Diego, California, after he was found semi-naked and screaming at...
Syria: two explosions hit security compounds in Damascus killing civilians and police officers
Several civilians and police officers have been killed in two separate explosions in the Syrian capital Damascus, state TV announced. A broadcast described the blasts...
Sgt. Robert Bales is the US soldier suspected of Kandahar massacre
Senior US officials have revealed the identity of the suspect soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians in Kandahar as Staff Sgt. Robert Bales. They...
George Clooney released following protest arrest at Sudan embassy
George Clooney has been now released after being arrested for civil disobedience during a demonstration outside Sudan's embassy in Washington DC on Friday. George Clooney, 50,...
Hamid Karzai accuses US of not fully co-operating with a probe into the Kandahar massacre
Afghan President Hamid Karzai accuses the US of not fully co-operating with a probe into the Kandahar massacre of 16 civilians by an American...
George Clooney arrested at a protest in front of Sudanese Embassy in Washington
George Clooney has been arrested for civil disobedience at a protest outside the Sudanese Embassy in Washington. George Clooney, 50, was taking part in a...
Belgium: day of national mourning to remember victims of the Switzerland coach crash
Belgium is holding a day of national mourning by coming to a standstill for a minute's silence at 11:00 a.m. and with flags being...
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