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As G7 feuds, Xi and Putin play up their own club
The leaders of China and Russia Sunday praised the expansion of their regional security bloc at a summit which put on a show of unity in stark contrast to the acrimonious G7 meeting.President Xi Jinp…
Migrant rescue ship stuck in sea as Italy and Malta shuts port in standoff
A rescue vessel carrying 629 migrants is stranded in the Mediterranean after Italy's new interior minister refused permission for it to dock.Matteo Salvini, leader of the right-wing League, said Malt…
President Trump considering pardon for boxing great Muhammad Alli
US President Donald Trump is considering pardoning boxing legend Muhammad Ali for his draft dodging conviction.Mr Trump made the comments to reporters at the White House before he left for the G7 sum…
Celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain dies by suicide aged 61
US celebrity chef and television personality Anthony Bourdain has been found dead in his hotel room, aged 61, of a suspected suicide, CNN reports.Bourdain was in Strasbourg, France, working on a shoo…
Vatican document suggests role for married priests, women
A document for a meeting of Catholic bishops from the Amazon, expected to evaluate ordaining elderly married men as priests for the vast region, says the Church should make "daring proposals".A prepa…
Iraqi murder suspect's escape sparks outrage in Germany
The escape of a failed Iraqi asylum seeker suspected of raping and murdering a teenage girl sparked outrage in Germany on Friday, raising questions over immigration and police failings.Ali Bashar, 20…
Kim Jong Un lookalike questioned in Singapore before summit
A Kim Jong Un lookalike said Friday he was questioned on arrival in Singapore ahead of a historic US-North Korea summit and told to stay away from sites linked to the event.The Hong Kong-based impers…
Suspected Russian air strikes in northwest Syria kill 38 civilians
Air strikes thought to have been carried out by Russian jets on a rebel-held residential area in northwestern Syrian have killed 38 civilians, a Britain-based monitor said Friday.Five children were a…
No fewer than five migrants killed in northern Greece road crash
At least five people were killed and two seriously injured on Friday when a small van carrying Iraqi and Syrian migrants smashed into a wall and overturned on a northern Greek motorway, police said.P…
Two South Korean media staff arrested at North Korean ambassador's home in Singapore
Two South Korean media staff have been arrested for trespassing at the home of the North Korean ambassador to Singapore, police said on Friday, just days before a high-stakes summit between the U.S. …
Austria plans to shut down mosques, expel foreign-funded imams
Austria's right-wing government plans to shut down seven mosques and expel up to 40 imams in what it said was "just the beginning" of a push against Islamist ideology and foreign funding of religious…
Mediterranean could become a 'sea of plastic': WWF
The Mediterranean could become a "sea of plastic", the WWF warned on Friday in a report calling for measures to clean up one of the world's worst affected bodies of water.The WWF said the Mediterrane…
Iraqi refugee held in France on suspicion of IS 'war crimes'
An Iraqi refugee in France thought to be a former senior member of the Islamic State group has been arrested in Paris and indicted on suspicion of "war crimes" over his alleged involvement in a massa…
Stockholm truck attacker sentenced to life by Swedish court
A Swedish court sentenced Rakhmat Akilov, a failed Uzbek asylum seeker, to life in prison on Thursday for killing five people and injuring another 10 when he slammed a stolen truck into shoppers on a…
At least 99 dead as Guatemala volcano threatens new eruptions
Explosions boomed from Guatemala's fearsome Fuego volcano Wednesday, unleashing fresh torrents of mud and ash down slopes, as the death toll from a previous eruption rose to at least 99.Fears of a ne…
Afghanistan announces temporary Eid ceasefire with after peace meeting
The Afghan government has announced a temporary ceasefire with the Taliban but says fighting with other militants will continue.President Ashraf Ghani said the ceasefire would coincide with the end o…
At least 16 dead as arms depot blows up in Baghdad
At least 16 people were killed and dozens injured after an arms depot exploded in the Sadr City district of the Iraqi capital late Wednesday, security and medical sources said."An arms depot exploded…
Palestinian shot dead after throwing rock at Israeli soldier: army
A Palestinian who threw a rock at Israeli troops in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday was shot dead by a soldier, the Israeli army said in a statement.It said the troops were on a search and arrest…
Grain silo explosion in eastern France leaves several injured
An explosion at a grain storage facility in the eastern French city of Strasbourg seriously injured three people on Wednesday morning, emergency services said.It was not immediately clear what caused…