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The little Syrian boy who’s become...

The little Syrian boy who’s become the face of Europe’s migrant...

Aylan Kurdi lost his life crossing the Mediterranean Sea to Europe. His five-year-old brother Galip and their mother also drowned in a desperate attempt to find a better life.Aylan’s father Abdullah survived. Thursday, he collected the bodies of his wife and young sons from the... read more »

REFILE-UPDATE 8-Guatemala’s presid...

REFILE-UPDATE 8-Guatemala’s president quits, jailed pending hearing o...

Guatemala’s Otto Perez resigned as president and was jailed on Thursday while a judge weighs charging him in a corruption scandal that gutted his government and plunged the country into a political crisis days before a presidential election. In an emergency session, Congress approved... read more »

Search ramps up as death toll in Malaysi...

Search ramps up as death toll in Malaysia boat tragedy hits 15

Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian authorities on Friday stepped up a search for survivors from a boat that sank while crammed with Indonesian migrants as the death toll rose to 15, the Malaysian coastguard said. The count of victims increased from 14 with the recovery of another body from the Malacca Strait,... read more »

Migrant crisis: Hungary train stand-off ...

Migrant crisis: Hungary train stand-off enters second day

A tense stand-off between police and migrants on a train in Hungary is continuing into a second day. On Thursday, police let the migrants board the train in Budapest but then tried to force them off at a refugee camp to the west of the capital. Hungarian MPs face a key vote later on whether to... read more »

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Egypt courts convict 170 in mass trials

CAIRO: A pair of Egyptian courts on Sunday convicted 170 suspected supporters of toppled President Mohammed Morsi on charges over violent attacks last year, the country’s latest mass trials... read more »

Nuclear discussions moving forward but ‘difficult’...

TEHRAN: Nuclear discussions between Iran and six world powers are advancing in a good atmosphere but progress is “slow and difficult”, a... read more »

22 killed, scores more feared dead as Bangladesh ferry ...

DHAKA: Divers recovered 10 more bodies from a sunken ferry in Bangladesh on Friday, bringing the death toll to 22, with scores more feared to have perished,... read more »

British journalists shot and beaten in Syria kidnapping

LONDON: Two British journalists were recovering in Turkey on Thursday after being shot and beaten by rebel kidnappers while covering the Syrian conflict, the... read more »

Saudi fears rise over mystery virus

A mystery virus known as the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (Mers) has claimed an increasing number of lives in Saudi Arabia, where it has spread to at least... read more »

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Israel expects US Congress to block Iran nuclear deal, top Likud ...

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