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Delhi gang-rapist freed from youth detention: police

Delhi gang-rapist freed from youth detention: police

The youngest convict in an infamous fatal gang-rape on a bus in New Delhi three years ago has been released…
2015, the year that IS terror went global

2015, the year that IS terror went global

From the blood spilled in the streets of Paris to the San Bernardino shootings, the world in 2015 showed its…
China’s Shenzhen hit by landslide, major gas pipeline explodes: state media

China’s Shenzhen hit by landslide, major gas pipeline explodes: state media

A landslide hit the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen in Guangdong province on Sunday, burying 22 buildings and leaving 27…
Slovenians vote in gay marriage referendum

Slovenians vote in gay marriage referendum

Slovenia on Sunday began voting in a referendum on whether to allow the largely-Catholic EU member state to become Europe's…
Indonesian police say New Year terror plot foiled, five held

Indonesian police say New Year terror plot foiled, five held

Indonesian police have foiled a major terror plot with the arrest of several men allegedly linked to a planned suicide…
Austrian chancellor says wants to accelerate deportations: paper

Austrian chancellor says wants to accelerate deportations: paper

Austria should step up deportations of people who do not qualify for asylum, Chancellor Werner Faymann said in remarks published…
Pakistan Taliban reject Islamic State leader’s claim to be ‘caliph’

Pakistan Taliban reject Islamic State leader’s claim to be ‘caliph’

Pakistan's Taliban have rejected Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's claim to be the global leader of all Muslims, the…
Obama aims for reduction of Gitmo detainees to below 100

Obama aims for reduction of Gitmo detainees to below 100

US President Barack Obama said Friday that he expected to reduce the number of detainees in Guantanamo Bay prison below…
‘Several’ injured, missing in Norwegian Arctic avalanche: officials

‘Several’ injured, missing in Norwegian Arctic avalanche: officials

Several people were injured and several others missing on Saturday after an avalanche buried about 10 houses on the Svalbard…
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