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At least 29 people have died after a bus carrying German tourists plunged off a road and overturned on the Portuguese island of Madeira
The relocation effort, which follows a previous operation last week, saw 150 refugees who were being detained in the Abu Selim detention centre in south Tripoli being taken...
Fresh violence in Syria as opposition holds more protests
Fresh clashes between security forces and activists in Syria, as the opposition...
Fresh clashes between security forces and activists in...
French authorities defend handling of Toulouse gunman
French authorities deny charges that intelligence failures allowed gunman to...
French authorities deny charges that intelligence failures...
Japan prepares missile defences
Japan on Friday readied its missile defence systems to shoot down a North Korean rocket if it threatens the country, as the UN chief warned that next month's...
Japan on Friday readied its missile defence systems to...
EU to put sanctions on Assad’s wife
EU foreign ministers are set to impose a travel ban and asset freeze on the UK-born wife of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, the BBC reported.
EU foreign ministers are set to impose a travel ban and...
More Costa Concordia bodies found
Five more bodies have been found by a team searching the Costa Concordia wreck more than two months after it capsized off the coast of Italy.
Five more bodies have been found by a team searching the...
Mexico, Cuba prepare for Pope
Pope Benedict XVI arrives in Mexico later today on a papal visit that will also take him to Cuba.
Pope Benedict XVI arrives in Mexico later today on a papal...
[Watch] Toulouse gunman 'goes down' shooting at everybody
23 year-old militant Mohammed Merah hasdied as he jumped out of a window while...
23 year-old militant Mohammed Merah hasdied as he jumped...
Rebel soldiers in Mali seize control of country
Rebel Mali soldiers upset by government’s handling of Tuareg rebellion choose...
Rebel Mali soldiers upset by government’s handling of...
Australia's most wanted fugitive captured
Australia's most wanted fugitive was arrested after outwitting police for seven...
Australia's most wanted fugitive was arrested after...
China’s lawyers must swear allegiance to Communist Party
Lawyers in China must pledge allegiance to the Communist Party when obtaining...
Lawyers in China must pledge allegiance to the Communist...
Israel calls for EU foreign minister’s resignation
Israeli ministers call for EU foreign minister’s resignation for comparing...
Israeli ministers call for EU foreign minister’s...
Romney wins Illinois primary
White House hopeful Mitt Romney set his sights squarely on President Barack Obama after racking up another victory in a plodding Republican nominating race...
White House hopeful Mitt Romney set his sights squarely on...
Minor damage caused by package bomb at Indonesian Embassy in Paris
Minor damage is caused by a package bomb at the Indonesian Embassy in Paris but...
Minor damage is caused by a package bomb at the Indonesian...
Shootout victims’ bodies to be transferred from France to Israel
Israeli government chooses to transfer the bodies of four victims of a Jewish...
Israeli government chooses to transfer the bodies of four...
30 dead as Iraq rocked by wave of violence
At least 30 people were killed in attacks on several Iraqi cities on Tuesday on...
At least 30 people were killed in attacks on several Iraqi...
Egypt bids farewell to Coptic pope
Big crowds are expected in the Egyptian capital for the funeral of Coptic Pope Shenouda III, who died on Saturday.
Big crowds are expected in the Egyptian capital for the...
Mexico hit by 7.6-magnitude earthquake
A strong earthquake strikes near Acapulco on Mexico's Pacific coast, the US Geological Survey report
A strong earthquake strikes near Acapulco on Mexico's...
Heavy fighting breaks out in Damascus
Heavy fighting is reported to have erupted in Syria's capital, Damascus, between the rebel Free Syria Army and the forces of President Bashar al-Assad.
Heavy fighting is reported to have erupted in Syria's...
