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24 dead, including 10 children, in Greek migrant boat sinking: Coastguard 28 Jan 2016 - 02:16 pm

Migrants sleep covered with blankets as they wait to cross the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of Idomeni, Greece, January 28, 2016. REUTERS...

Plant managers acquitted over Hungarian toxic spill 28 Jan 2016 - 01:23 pm

This file photo taken on October 07, 2010 shows the General director of the Hungarian Aluminium Plant (MAL) Zoltan Bakonyi speaking to the...

Double bomb attack hits school in north Cameroon: Local official 28 Jan 2016 - 01:21 pm

DOUALA: A double suicide bomb attack hit a school in the town of Kerawa in north Cameroon on Thursday, a local official said,...

I.Coast ex-leader Gbagbo denies crimes against humanity 28 Jan 2016 - 01:07 pm

Former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo (pictured) and his close ally Charles Ble Goude go on trial on four charges of crimes against...

Italy claims over 200 million euros in unpaid tax from Google: Judicial source 28 Jan 2016 - 12:42 pm

Rome: Italy is demanding Google pay over 200 million euros ($218 million) in back taxes following an inquiry into its tax arrangements by...

At least 12 migrants, including 8 children, drown off Greece: coastguard 28 Jan 2016 - 11:15 am

Athens: The bodies of twelve migrants, including eight children, were discovered off the Greek island of Samos Thursday after their boat capsized, the...

Zika fears weigh heavily on pregnant Guatemalans 28 Jan 2016 - 10:25 am

A health worker prepares insecticide before fumigating in a neighborhood in San Juan, January 27, 2016. Puerto Rico is to release a report...

UK to take in some refugee children separated from families 28 Jan 2016 - 09:33 am

London: Britain will take in an unspecified number of migrant children who have been separated from their parents by conflicts in Syria and...

Sweden plans to expel up to 80,000 asylum-seekers: minister 28 Jan 2016 - 09:17 am

Stockholm: Sweden intends to expel up to 80,000 migrants who arrived in 2015 and whose application for asylum has been rejected, Interior Minister...

Canada rejects US security concerns over Syrian refugees 28 Jan 2016 - 09:13 am

Canada's Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale (L) is sworn-in, in Ottawa on November 4, 2015 (AFP Photo/Chris Wattie) Ottawa: Canada rejected Wednesday US...

French farmers block roads in 'distress call' over low prices 28 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

File photo of French farmers blocking the A84 motorway near Caen on July 20, 2015. Charly Triballeau, AFP Rennes, France: Farmers in northwestern...

Lithuania opens war crimes trial over Soviet crackdown 28 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Vilnius: Lithuania on Wednesday launched the trial of 65 former Soviet officials over a deadly 1991 crackdown by Moscow during he Baltic state's...

20 years on, TV series brings O.J. Simpson case full circle on race 28 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Cast member Cuba Gooding Jr. (C), speaks as Sterling K. Brown (L), Sarah Paulson (2nd L), John Travolta, Courtney B. Vance (2nd R)...

South Africa’s Malema urges voters to fire warning shots at ruling party in local polls 28 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

South African bracing for tight local elections Malema wants opposition coalition to take on ANC Says ruling party has run down economy By...

Celebrity backed anonymous Israeli messaging app alarms parents, politicians 28 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Blindspot app was launched on Dec. 25 Has 700,000 users already Allows people to send anonymous text messages Popularity sparks fear of surge...

Fresh corruption cases harm Spain PM's last-ditch power bid 28 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Madrid: Spain's acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy is scrabbling to cling to power, but a relentless series of scandals engulfing his conservative Popular...

NATO looks to combat Russia’s ‘information weapon’: document 28 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

After Crimea, NATO seeks better defences against ‘disinformation.’ Some allies, including U.S., wary of propaganda. Military proposals must be debated by allies. By...

Holocaust survivor lauds Merkel's 'heroic' refugee policy 28 Jan 2016 - 12:00 am

Berlin: Holocaust survivor Ruth Klueger on Wednesday lauded Germany for keeping its doors open to thousands of war refugees, calling Chancellor Angela Merkel's...