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Iceland scandal over MPs' crude and sexist bar talk

There are calls for several Icelandic MPs to resign after they were recorded using crude language to describe female colleagues and a disabled activist

World is now at crossroads over climate, UN conference warned

Experts and leaders behind efforts to limit climate change have warned that the planet "is at a crossroads" as key talks opened a day early in Poland

Activists prosecuted for helping migrants could face 10 years' imprisonment

Seven French nationals are facing the risk of imprisonment and a hefty fine of €750,000 for helping migrants in peril cross the French-Italian border

Seven French nationals are facing the risk of imprisonment...

Updated | Man arrested in Florida over US mail bombs

A person has been arrested in connection with a letter bomb campaign aimed at...

A person has been arrested in connection with a letter bomb...

CIA director Gina Haspel briefs Trump over the killing of Jamal Khashoggi

CIA director Gina Haspel has briefed President Donald Trump on her visit to Turkey this week over the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi

CIA director Gina Haspel has briefed President Donald Trump...

Russia 'will respond' to new US missiles in Europe

President Putin has warned Russia will respond if new US nuclear missiles are...

President Putin has warned Russia will respond if new US...

Donald Trump attacks media after mail bombs

Donald Trump has called on the media "to stop the endless hostility",...

Donald Trump has called on the media "to stop the...

Explosives sent to Obama and Clinton, CNN headquarters evacuated

The devices were discovered by technicians who screen mail sent to the former...

The devices were discovered by technicians who screen mail...

[WATCH] Rome metro escalator collapse injures Russian football fans

Tens of Russian football fans in Rome to follow their favourite team are...

Tens of Russian football fans in Rome to follow their...

Saudi Arabia admits journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed in its consulate

Saudi state television said the dissident journalist was killed in a fight in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul where he had gone to collect...

Saudi state television said the dissident...

German tax fraud investigation into Deutsche Bank, Santander and Macquarie

Spanish bank Santander might have had a role in a share-trading scheme that has cost taxpayers billions of euros

Spanish bank Santander might have had a role in a...

Updated | Spanish police arrest 79 over illegally-caught tuna from Maltese quotas

Spanish Civil Guard says criminal gang trafficked millions of euros in illegal tuna fished from Maltese and Italian quotas

Spanish Civil Guard says criminal gang trafficked millions...

Paul Allen, Microsoft co-founder, dead at 65

Billionaire co-founder of software giant Microsoft died from complications of...

Billionaire co-founder of software giant Microsoft died...

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry expecting a baby

The baby, who would be the Queen's eight great-grandchild, is due in late...

The baby, who would be the Queen's eight...

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Journalist brutally murdered in Bulgaria

Victoria Marinova was allegedly raped and tortured before being strangled

Victoria Marinova was allegedly raped and tortured before...

UK accuses Russia of ordering multiple cyber-attacks, including the DNC hack

The UK Foreign Affairs office has increased the pressure on Russia following the Skripal poisoning

The UK Foreign Affairs office has increased the pressure on...

Anger over late-coming aid in Palu as death toll rises

After the 7.5-magnitude earthquake on Thursday followed by the ravaging...

After the 7.5-magnitude earthquake on Thursday followed by...

US threatens to take out Russian missiles over alleged breach of Cold War treaty

Americans are insisting, despite Russian denials, that Moscow has a new missile in its inventory that could wipe out a NATO country at very short notice

Americans are insisting, despite Russian denials, that...

[WATCH] Indonesia: shots fired as desperation escalates

Desperate people in Palu in search of food, water and shelter clashed with...

Desperate people in Palu in search of food, water and...

[WATCH] Earthquake-triggered Tsunami kills scores of people in Indonesia

A shallow earthquake in the mountainous Central Sulawesi, followed by a series of foreshocks, resulted in a three-metre high Tsunami that swept away the lives...

A shallow earthquake in the mountainous Central Sulawesi,...