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WikiLeaks’ Assange says to leave Ecuador embassy, accept arrest if loses UN case

WikiLeaks’ Assange says to leave Ecuador embassy, accept arrest if loses UN case

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will leave the Ecuadorian embassy in London, where he took refuge in June 2012 to avoid…
Gbagbo forces ‘shot unarmed Ivory Coast protesters,’ ICC told

Gbagbo forces ‘shot unarmed Ivory Coast protesters,’ ICC told

The first witness in the trial of former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo gave a harrowing account Wednesday of being shot…
Pilot fears Somalia airliner blast was bomb, after landing safely

Pilot fears Somalia airliner blast was bomb, after landing safely

A blast that ripped a hole in a commercial airliner shortly after take-off from Somalia's capital was probably caused by…
Declaring de-radicalisation success, China reduces 11 sentences

Declaring de-radicalisation success, China reduces 11 sentences

Authorities in China's unruly far-western region of Xinjiang have reduced the sentences of 11 people jailed for threatening state security…
Germany’s Steinmeier tells Iran’s Rouhani: please visit Germany

Germany’s Steinmeier tells Iran’s Rouhani: please visit Germany

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Wednesday that he had told Iranian President Hassan Rouhani he was welcome to…
Farce, joke or delusion? British press trashes Cameron’s EU deal

Farce, joke or delusion? British press trashes Cameron’s EU deal

Dubbing it a farce, a joke and a delusion - Britain's largely eurosceptic press ripped into a deal to keep…
Obama to make first visit of his presidency to a US mosque

Obama to make first visit of his presidency to a US mosque

President Barack Obama's first visit to a US mosque comes as Muslim-Americans say they're confronting increasing levels of bias in…
Murder rate dips, but Venezuela still global hotspot

Murder rate dips, but Venezuela still global hotspot

Venezuela's murder rate fell last year to 58 per 100,000 inhabitants, the government said on Tuesday, but the violence-racked nation…
Australian asylum ruling paves way for deportation of infants

Australian asylum ruling paves way for deportation of infants

Australia's High Court threw out a challenge to offshore immigration detention camps on Wednesday, clearing the way for the deportation…
Ukraine’s Poroshenko sees increased risk of open war with Russia

Ukraine’s Poroshenko sees increased risk of open war with Russia

The risk of open war between Russia and Ukraine is greater than it was a year ago and Russian President…
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