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Indonesian croc freed after five years trapped in...
A wild crocodile in Indonesia who was trapped in a tyre for more than five years has been rescued, freed from its rubber vice and...
Australia 'denied access' to citizen detained in H...
Australia has for the last year been denied access to a citizen arrested in Hong Kong, diplomats revealed Tuesday, the latest case...
American lawyer jailed again for assaulting Hong K...
An American lawyer working in Hong Kong lost his appeal Tuesday and was jailed for assaulting a plainclothes policeman when he int...
Iran 'jail restaurant' aims to free bad debt inmat...
Two Iranian ex-prisoners have opened a successful "jail restaurant" to help raise funds to free convicts languishing behind bars f...
In Venezuela, newspaper HQ handed to govt official...
A Venezuelan court has officially handed over the headquarters of the newspaper El Nacional to Diosdado Cabello, widely seen as th...
Humanitarian crisis feared as cyclone kills 21 in...
Cyclone Batsirai swept out of Madagascar on Monday after killing 21 people, displacing 70,000 and devastating the drought-hit isla...
Spirit to merge with Frontier, creating major low-...
Budget US carriers Spirit and Frontier announced Monday they will merge to create a competitive low-cost airline, in an industry "...
Morocco buries little Rayan who died trapped in we...
Moroccans on Monday attended the funeral of Rayan, a five-year-old boy who spent five days trapped down a well, sparking a vast re...
Sweden's PriceRunner sues Google for 2.1 bn euros
Swedish price comparison site PriceRunner said Monday it was suing tech giant Google for 2.1 billion euros ($2.4 billion) for prom...
New report alleges widespread Pegasus spying by Is...
Police used Pegasus spyware to hack phones of dozens of prominent Israelis, including a son of former premier Benjamin Netanyahu,...
Original 'Fight Club' ending restored in China aft...
The original, iconic ending of cult US film Fight Club has been restored to screens in China after a censored version that brought...
Indonesia bus crash kills 13, injures dozens
At least 13 people were killed and dozens more injured after a tour bus carrying factory workers to a beach holiday crashed on Ind...
Morocco to bury 'little Rayan' who died trapped in...
Morocco prepared Monday to bury "little Rayan", the five-year-old boy who died trapped in a well despite a days-long rescue operat...
Ecuador capital flooding toll raised to 28
The heaviest flooding to hit Ecuador in two decades claimed 28 lives in the capital Quito this week and left 52 people injured, th...
NY's Queens borough offers a world of flavors, eve...
Across ethnically rich New York, you can easily dine on food from 100-plus countries. Or you can just go to the borough of Queens,...
Iraq presidential vote in question after boycotts,...
Doubts hung Sunday over a scheduled parliamentary vote for Iraq's president after the Supreme Court temporarily suspended former f...
Cyclone Batsirai kills 10, displaces nearly 48,000...
Cyclone Batsirai killed at least 10 people and displaced nearly 48,000 when it struck Madagascar overnight, the national disaster...
US-born Chinese skater savaged online after Olympi...
China appeared Sunday to censor an outpouring of social media vitriol against a naturalised US-born figure skater who took a tumbl...
'Act of arson' at S.Africa church where Tutu is bu...
A fire started by an arsonist broke out overnight at the cathedral where South Africa's spiritual father and anti-apartheid hero A...
Tunisian president dissolves top judicial watchdog...
Tunisian President Kais Saied has dissolved a major independent judicial watchdog, he said Sunday, accusing it of bias and working...
Morocco in shock after tragic death of 'little Ray...
Morocco was in shock Sunday after emergency crews found a five-year-old boy dead at the bottom of a well in a tragic end to a pain...
'Golden Dream' turns into nightmare for German por...
The unfinished "Golden Dream" rests quietly in a dock as the Covid-19 pandemic has turned the cruise ship into a nightmare for the...
Australia urges Myanmar to free detained economist
Australia's foreign minister called Sunday for the "immediate release" of economist Sean Turnell, who has been detained by Myanmar...
Honduran president grants amnesty to husband's all...
Honduras' new president, leftist Xiomara Castro, who came to power promising to fight corruption, granted amnesty Saturday to many...
UN's Guterres says expects China to let rights chi...
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told leaders in Beijing he expects them to allow UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet to...
Cyclone Batsirai closes in on eastern Madagascar
As powerful Cyclone Batsirai closed in on eastern Madagascar on Saturday people sought shelter in more secure concrete buildings w...
Rescuers enter tunnel to free Moroccan boy trapped...
Morocco held its breath as rescue workers on Saturday entered a tunnel leading to a pocket where a five-year-old boy has been trap...
Covid vaccination compulsory in Austria, in EU fir...
It's official: Austrians over the age of 18 must be vaccinated against Covid-19 from Saturday or face the possibility of a heavy f...
Increasing urgency over fate of Moroccan boy stuck...
Moroccan rescuers worked through the night into Saturday, the fifth day of an increasingly urgent and nerve-wracking effort to res...
US panel recommends release of mentally ill Guanta...
American authorities have recommended releasing a mentally ill inmate from Guantanamo Bay and repatriating him to Saudi Arabia, ac...
Cyclone Batsirai nears Madagascar, poses 'very ser...
Cyclone Batsirai was expected to reach eastern Madagascar on Saturday, posing a "very serious threat" to millions with powerful wi...
Death toll from laced cocaine in Argentina climbs...
The death toll among dozens of people who consumed cocaine likely laced with opioids in Buenos Aires rose to 24 on Friday, with 23...
Compulsory vaccination rules come into force in Au...
It's official: From Saturday, Austrians over the age of 18 must be vaccinated against Covid-19 or face the possibility of a heavy...
Peru president sacks PM accused of domestic violen...
Peruvian President Pedro Castillo dumped his prime minister Friday just three days after appointing him, amid outrage over revelat...
Colombian charged in Haiti president's killing ple...
A former Colombian soldier charged in the United States with participating in the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise...
Quito flooding toll raised to 27
The heaviest flooding to hit Ecuador in two decades claimed 27 lives this week and left 53 people injured, municipal officials sai...
Ottawa police chief vows crackdown on 'unlawful' p...
Ottawa's police chief vowed Friday to crack down on an "unlawful" occupation of the Canadian capital by protesters opposed to vacc...
Iceland to end whaling as demand dwindles
Iceland, one of the only countries that still hunts whales commercially, said Friday it plans to end the practice from 2024 as dem...
News Corp says hacked in potentially China-tied at...
Media giant News Corp said Friday it was hit by hackers who stole company data in an attack that the firm's cybersecurity consulta...