Malta joins UN call for immediate Russian withdrawal under heightened threat of nuclear escalation
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Two bombs go off in Dresden, Germany

Two bomb attacks went off on Monday night, targeting a mosque and a convention centre, soon after an anti-Islam protest by PEGIDA took place

Two bomb attacks went off on Monday night, targeting a...

Murdered Sri Lankan editor's body to be exhumed

The body of a celebrated Sri Lankan journalist gunned down in...

The body of a celebrated Sri Lankan journalist gunned...

Washington suspect 'admits' gun attack

A man who was remanded in custody after being linked to the Washington mall shooting that killed five on Friday has confessed to the crime

A man who was remanded in custody after being linked to...

Trump vs Clinton: Republican firebrand ‘baited’ by calm Democrat • How the world press reported presidential debate

The Guardian’s Washington correspondent called it a battle between ‘Mrs Know It All v Mr Know Nothing’

The Guardian’s Washington correspondent called it a...

Thousands of Saudis sign petition to end male guardianship of women

The Saudi government has promised to end guardianship of women twice in seven...

The Saudi government has promised to end guardianship of...

Trump fumbles as Clinton stands her ground during first presidential debate

Clinton repeatedly puts Trump on defensive, accusing him of perpetrating a ‘racist lie’ with birther movement and ‘stiffing thousands’...

Clinton repeatedly puts Trump on defensive, accusing him of...

At least two injured in shooting near supermarket west of Paris

The suspect was known to police for violent behavior, according to the local...

The suspect was known to police for violent behavior,...

Texas shooter injures several bystanders before being shot by police

Police in Houston, Texas, are called to a a shopping centre parking area where...

Police in Houston, Texas, are called to a a shopping centre...

Clinton vs Trump: The debate that could change America

The candidates prepare to go head-to-head for the first presidential debate,...

The candidates prepare to go head-to-head for the first...

Mexican priest killed in Michoacan

Jose Alfredo Lopez Guillen was the third Mexican priest to be found murdered in the country this week

Jose Alfredo Lopez Guillen was the third Mexican priest to...

Hyundai Motor union stages first full strike in 12 years

Hyundai Motor's South Korean labour union staged its first full nationwide...

Hyundai Motor's South Korean labour union staged its...

Southern Japan jolted by 5.7 magnitude quake

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.7 has rattled Okinawa and other...

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.7 has...

Colombia to end 52-year war by signing peace deal with Marxist rebels

The 52-year conflict with Marxist-Leninist rebels comes to an end as the group...

The 52-year conflict with Marxist-Leninist rebels comes to...

Jordanian writer shot dead before trial for insulting Islam

Jordanian writer Nahed Hattar shot dead outside court as he arrived for trial...

Jordanian writer Nahed Hattar shot dead outside court as he...

UN security council to meet on Syria as battle rages near Aleppo

United Nations Security Council meeting on Sunday as siege on Aleppo...

United Nations Security Council meeting on Sunday as siege...

Hollande pledges to close Calais camp, relocate refugees ‘within weeks’

France president Francois Hollande says conditions in migrant and refugee camps are ‘not acceptable’ as population at Calais camp soars

France president Francois Hollande says conditions in...

Thousands of Finns protest against racism, fascism

Tens of thousands march in Helsinki, and other cities, after man assaulted at...

Tens of thousands march in Helsinki, and other cities,...

British Labour leadership: Jeremy Corbyn defeats Owen Smith

'We have much more in common than divides us,' Corbyn tells Labour....

'We have much more in common than divides us,'...