61 recruits killed in Baghdad blast
A suicide bomber sat for hours among hundreds of unprotected army recruits before detonating nail-packed explosives strapped to his body, killing 61 people and casting new doubt on the ability of...
View Article300,000 Mazda cars are recalled
Mazda is recalling more than 300,000 Mazda3 and Mazda5 vehicles in North America to fix problems with the power-steering system that could lead to a crash.
View ArticleMan captured after embassy attack
Security guards have captured a Palestinian who broke into the Turkish embassy in Israel trying to take hostages and demanding asylum, the Turkish foreign ministry said.
View Article228m eggs recalled over salmonella
An Iowa egg producer is recalling 228 million eggs after being linked to an outbreak of salmonella poisoning.
View ArticleWorld Bank pledges Pakistan funds
The World Bank has vowed to redirect £575 million of its existing loans to Pakistan to help in flood recovery, as the UN warned many of the 20 million people affected by the disaster have yet to...
View ArticlePrisoners found with throats cut
Four inmates have been found dead with their throats slashed at a prison in Mexico's Pacific coast state of Sinaloa.
View ArticleBattle to halt Greek forest fires
Firefighters are battling large forest fires on three Greek islands and the mainland.
View ArticlePensioner lives roller coaster life
A 78-year-old man rode a Pittsburgh-area roller coaster 90 times in one day - bringing his lifetime total to 4,000 rides.
View ArticleTwo killed in helicopter crash
A Frenchman and a Spaniard have been killed in a helicopter crash in Algeria, officials in the north African nation said.
View ArticleThree killed in Spain flash floods
Three people have died in flash floods in southern Spain, the government has said.
View ArticleMan captured after embassy attack
A Palestinian who broke into the Turkish embassy in Tel Aviv trying to take hostages and demanding asylum was in Israeli custody on Wednesday.
View ArticleWyclef's presidential bid in limbo
Hip hop artist Wyclef Jean's Haiti presidential bid was in limbo on Wednesday after the country's electoral commission said it was postponing its ruling on who will be allowed to run for office in...
View ArticleDingo baby mum's certificate plea
Australian authorities are to revisit the 30-year-old dingo baby case after an emotional plea from the woman wrongly convicted of murdering her daughter.
View ArticleTaiwan approves China trade pact
Taiwan's legislature has approved a landmark China trade pact, bringing the economies of the once bitter foes to their closest point in more than 60 years.
View ArticleAnimal charity's Afghan ad banned
An ad for an animal protection charity working in Afghanistan has been banned for suggesting donations ultimately benefited British troops, a watchdog has said.
View ArticleAid trucks mobbed by flood victims
Victims of Pakistan's deadly floods mobbed relief lorries carrying food as authorities in the north west warned of famine unless the region's farmers received immediate help to plant new crops.
View ArticleChina landslide leaves 67 missing
A landslide swept through a mountain town in south-west China after days of heavy rains on Wednesday, leaving at least 67 people missing and cutting off access to the area.
View Article40 dead in Philippine bus accident
A packed passenger bus negotiating a downhill curve has plunged off a Philippine mountain road into a 100ft ravine, killing 40 people in one of the country's worst recent accidents, police said.
View ArticleMan dies in police station shootout
A 29-year-old US man has died in a gunfight after he opened fire on a Texas police station.
View ArticleMilitants clash amid Pakistan flood
Two people have been killed in Pakistan after Islamist militants attacked an anti-Taliban group as they headed to pray at a mosque, police said.
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