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North, South Korea talk all night, to resume Sunday, in bid to end standoff
August 23, 2015
North, South Korea talk all night, to resume Sunday, in bid to end standoff
Top aides to the leaders of North and South Korea were due to resume talks on Sunday after negotiating through…
France train gunman identified as Islamist militant
August 23, 2015
France train gunman identified as Islamist militant
Fingerprint evidence shows that the gunman overpowered by passengers on a train in France is a Morrocan known to European…
North Korea to meet for talks with South Korea after high tensions
August 22, 2015
North Korea to meet for talks with South Korea after high tensions
On a day of escalating tensions and heated rhetoric on the Korean peninsula, the two sides agreed to meet Saturday…
Venezuela closes Colombia border indefinitely
August 22, 2015
Venezuela closes Colombia border indefinitely
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro indefinitely closed his country's border with Colombia and declared a state of emergency in part of…
Refugee crowds build at Macedonia border; night spent in open fields
August 22, 2015
Refugee crowds build at Macedonia border; night spent in open fields
Crowds of migrants and refugees were building on Greece's border with Macedonia on Saturday after a cold, wet night spent…
US soldier wounded helping to overpower gunman on train in France
August 22, 2015
US soldier wounded helping to overpower gunman on train in France
A machine gun-toting attacker wounded three people on a high-speed train in France on Friday before being overpowered by passengers…
North Korea orders troops on war footing after exchange of fire with South
August 21, 2015
North Korea orders troops on war footing after exchange of fire with South
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered his troops onto a war footing from 5 p.m on Friday after his…
Polish media abuzz with rumoured discovery of Nazi ‘gold train’
August 20, 2015
Polish media abuzz with rumoured discovery of Nazi ‘gold train’
Local media are abuzz over the rumoured discovery of an armoured train car in southwestern Poland, which has revived old…
Tsipras resigns, paving way for snap Greek election
August 20, 2015
Tsipras resigns, paving way for snap Greek election
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras resigned on Thursday, hoping to strengthen his hold on power in snap elections after seven months…
South Korea fires rounds at North in response to projectile
August 20, 2015
South Korea fires rounds at North in response to projectile
South Korea fired tens of artillery rounds towards North Korea on Thursday after the North fired a projectile towards a…