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German police detain five 'IS recruiters' AFP on November 9, 2016, 12:57 am Berlin (AFP) - German police on Tuesday arrested five men suspected of links to the Islamic State group, who allegedly sought to recruit fighters for the jihadists. "The five accused formed a pan-regional...

New Russian parliament faces tough economic times AFP on September 21, 2016, 1:31 pm Moscow (AFP) - A crushing victory for Russia's ruling party at parliamentary polls has been hailed as a big win for President Vladimir Putin -- but for the deputies elected it might just prove a poisoned...

Bob Hewitt has rape appeal rejected AAP on September 13, 2016, 7:53 am South Africa's top court has dismissed an application by disgraced former grand slam doubles champion Bob Hewitt to challenge his conviction for rape and sexual assault. The Constitutional Court rejected Hewitt's...

At least 40 dead as floods hit India AP on August 22, 2016, 8:42 pm At least 40 people have died and hundreds of thousands have been evacuated as floods hit vast swathes of central and eastern India. Disaster management officials said days of heavy rain have caused the Ganges River and its...

Chinese man with 10 rhino horns arrested in South Africa AFP on August 20, 2016, 3:26 am Johannesburg (AFP) - A Chinese man with 10 rhino horns and scores of carved ornaments worth over $100,000 was arrested in South Africa as he tried to board a flight to Hong Kong, police said on Friday...

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Japanese TV starts ultra-high format AAP on August 1, 2016, 9:56 pm Japanese state broadcaster NHK has begun test broadcasts in 4K and 8K ultra high definition to fine-tune the technology and popularise its use before the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. This is the world's first test broadcast...

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Taiwan smartphone sales fall in June 2016/07/23 19:14:21 Taipei, July 23 (CNA) Taiwan's smartphone sales in June were affected by an economic slowdown to fall to a low for this year, according to industry sources. The sources said that as many international smartphone brands are in a...

Pokemon Frenchman caught in Indon base AP on July 19, 2016, 8:34 pm Indonesian police say they detained a Frenchman who trespassed on a military base while playing the augmented reality game Pokemon Go. A spokesman for West Java police said that Romain Pierre, 27, was caught at a checkpoint...

Mafia Boss 'The Tractor' Dies In Jail Aged 83 Bernardo Provenzano, known as "the Tractor" for the ruthless way he mowed down his enemies, dies at a hospital in Milan. 13:34 Wednesday 13 July 2016 The Italian mafia boss Bernardo Provenzano The notorious Mafia boss Bernardo Provenzano, who...

Man arrested for 'planning attack' on tourists in France AFP on June 17, 2016, 4:00 am Paris (AFP) - A radicalised convert to Islam has been arrested in France for allegedly planning to attack American and Russian tourists at a popular medieval site, legal sources said Thursday. News of the...

Florida man nicknamed 'Pork Chop' allegedly buried boss with front-end loader Elahe Izadi, Washington Post First posted: Monday, June 06, 2016 10:54 AM EDT | Updated: Monday, June 06, 2016 12:36 PM EDT Erick Cox, 32, was arrested for aggravated assault on Wednesday. Cox, who goes by the...

Thailand closes dive sites over coral bleaching crisis AFP on May 26, 2016, 10:27 pm Bangkok (AFP) - Thailand has shut down 10 popular diving sites in a bid to slow a coral bleaching crisis, an official said Thursday, in a rare move to shun tourism profits to protect the environment. The...

Taiwan's ex-president Ma faces lawsuits as immunity ends AFP on May 21, 2016, 2:58 pm Taipei (AFP) - Dozens of lawsuits brought against former Taiwanese president Ma Ying-jeou reopened Saturday as his presidential immunity lapsed after the island swore in its new leader. Ma left the...

ETA member jailed 92 years over plot to kill Spanish king AFP on May 7, 2016, 3:59 am Madrid (AFP) - A Spanish court on Friday sentenced a member of Basque separatist group ETA to 92 years in prison over a failed plot to kill Spain's king at the opening of Bilbao's Guggenheim Museum in 1997...

Super gran shoots young intruder dead after he stabs her husband PUBLISHED : Saturday, 30 April, 2016, 2:01am UPDATED : Saturday, 30 April, 2016, 2:01am THE WASHINGTON POST Age is nothing but a number. An 80-year-old woman in the small town of Sultan, Washington proved that on Thursday...