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Greece’s Syriza to win election but face setback, poll shows
August 28, 2015
Greece’s Syriza to win election but face setback, poll shows
Former Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' leftist Syriza will emerge as the biggest party after next month's election but without…
Austria: 71 refugees found in abandoned truck probably died of suffocation
August 28, 2015
Austria: 71 refugees found in abandoned truck probably died of suffocation
Dozens of refugees -- most likely fleeing war-ravaged Syria -- died of suffocation inside an abandoned truck on an Austrian…
Catalonia prepares for key vote on its future in Spain
August 28, 2015
Catalonia prepares for key vote on its future in Spain
Catalan political parties sharpened their knives on Thursday one month ahead of a key regional election which separatists want to…
North Korea hails ‘landmark’ accord with South
August 28, 2015
North Korea hails ‘landmark’ accord with South
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un called this week’s accord between the rival Koreas “a landmark occasion,” paving the way for…
Death toll climbs in Brazil massacre
August 28, 2015
Death toll climbs in Brazil massacre
The death toll from a mass killing in Sao Paulo earlier this month has risen to 19, after a teenager girl died of…
Boat packed with migrants sinks off Libya; up to 200 feared dead
August 28, 2015
Boat packed with migrants sinks off Libya; up to 200 feared dead
A boat packed with mainly African migrants bound for Italy sank off the Libyan coast on Thursday and officials said…
Government: More than 70 bodies found in Austrian refugee lorry
August 28, 2015
Government: More than 70 bodies found in Austrian refugee lorry
Investigators have found more than 70 bodies in a lorry full of refugees discovered abandoned on an Austrian motorway on…
Afghan forces, with NATO help, attack resurgent Taliban
August 27, 2015
Afghan forces, with NATO help, attack resurgent Taliban
Soldiers from the U.S.-led NATO coalition have joined an Afghan army campaign to try to stop a Taliban advance in…
Greek judge appointed caretaker PM ahead of elections
August 27, 2015
Greek judge appointed caretaker PM ahead of elections
Greece's top Supreme Court judge was sworn in as caretaker prime minister on Thursday to lead the country to elections…
Lorry of corpses, new shipwreck intensify Europe’s migrant crisis
August 27, 2015
Lorry of corpses, new shipwreck intensify Europe’s migrant crisis
As many as 50 corpses were found in a parked lorry in Austria on Thursday, and another migrant boat sank…