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Scenes of bushfire-razed homes as Australia braces for more heatwaves 27 Dec 2015 - 10:07 am

Fire damaged buildings are seen at Wye River in the Otway Ranges south of Melbourne, Australia, 27 December 2015. EPA Melbourne: Residents returned...

Death toll at least 7 in Texas storms that spawned tornadoes 27 Dec 2015 - 09:01 am

DALLAS: Tornadoes swept through the Dallas area after dark on Saturday leaving substantial damage and at least seven people dead either from the...

Tornado kills four near Dallas, Texas: US media 27 Dec 2015 - 08:32 am

Washington: Four people were killed when a tornado on Saturday ripped through Garland, Texas, near the city of Dallas, US media reported. The...

Czech leader calls migrant wave in Europe an 'organised invasion' 27 Dec 2015 - 08:29 am

Prague: Czech President Milos Zeman on Saturday called the current wave of refugees to Europe "an organised invasion", adding young men from Syria...

Boko Haram kills at least 14 in Christmas Day attack in Nigeria: vigilantes 27 Dec 2015 - 08:24 am

Women and children sit at the army headquaters after being rescued from Boko Haram camps in Maiduguri, Borno State, in northeastern Nigeria, on...

Jetliner evacuated in New York after smoke reported 27 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Representative image By Kevin Murphy Passengers and crew on a Spirit Airlines jetliner parked at a gate at New York’s LaGuardia Airport in...

Muslim prayer hall attacked in French Corsica island 27 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Attackers smashed windows and ransacked the Muslim prayer room in Ajaccio. AFP Paris: Demonstrators attacked a Muslim prayer hall and attempted to burn...

Floods hit parts of England as government scrambles to respond 27 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

People being rescued from their homes in a kayak after floods on Warwick Street in Carlisle, England. AP London: Heavy rains triggered floods...

Children of Cuban revolution recall exodus to US 27 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Javier Llorens shows on his mobile phone a picture of him and his brother in Cuba before they were sent unaccompanied to the...

German navy rescued more than 10,000 refugees in Mediterranean 27 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Berlin: The German Navy has rescued more than 10,000 refugees since May in the Mediterranean Sea. The armed forces said Saturday that more...

Central Africa wracked by decades of strife, mismanagement 27 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Bangui, Central African Republic: Volatile Central African Republic, which votes for a new president and parliament Wednesday, is rich in natural resources but...

More than 100,000 flee flooding in Paraguay, Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay 27 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Locals attempt to recover belongings at a flooded neighbourhood in Asuncion on Thursday. Constant and heavy rains in the country have caused the...

Czech leader calls migrant wave in Europe an 'organised invasion' 27 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Milos Zeman Prague: Czech President Milos Zeman, known for his anti-migrant comments, on Saturday called the current wave of refugees to Europe "an...

De Klerk attacks plan to remove Rhodes statue from Oxford college 27 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Former South African president F. W. de Klerk, pictured on February 2, 2015, described the student-led plan, whose British arm is called "Rhodes...

New Corsica protest day after Muslim prayer hall attacked 27 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Sat 26 Dec 2015 23:16 France/crime/religion/Islam Ajaccio, France, Dec 26, 2015 (AFP) - Dozens of angry Corsicans staged a fresh protest on the...

Armed Kurdish group claims Turkey airport blast 27 Dec 2015 - 12:00 am

Diyarbakir, Turkey: An armed Kurdish group on Saturday claimed responsibility for an explosion near a plane at Istanbul's second international airport which killed...