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The Turkish government has seized control of another news agency just days after the seizure of the popular opposition newspaper Zaman. The Cihan news agency reported on its website on Monday that the operation had […]

Under the controversial ‘gag law’ Spanish police have raked in nearly €1 million from fines for disrespecting the police. The repressive Spanish public security law makes it harder for the public to demonstrate and has […]

Israel’s opposition leader plans to separate Palestinian districts in the occupied al-Quds (Jerusalem) from the Jewish areas with higher walls and checkpoints. Under Isaac Herzog’s proposal, 28 Palestinian neighborhoods would be separated from Jewish districts and […]

In a deepening of one of Spain’s biggest paedophile scandals, a third teacher at a Barcelona school run by a Roman Catholic order has confessed to sexually abusing students. The abuse took place at a […]

Iran test fired several long range ballistic missiles in an ongoing military drill in different parts of the country on Tuesday. The test was intended “to show Iran’s deterrent power and also the Islamic Republic’s […]

A Canadian boxer died in a car crash with three friends in Dubai after splitting his rented Ferrari in two on impact with a lamppost. Cody Nixon, 24, from Toronto posted an online photo of himself and […]

Tennis star Maria Sharapova announced at a press conference on Monday that she failed a drugs test at the Australian Open. The BBC reports: The Russian, 28, tested positive for meldonium, a substance she has […]

A tank collided with a car in rural Norway on Monday, killing one person. The tank was involved in a major NATO military exercise in rural Nord Toendelag County in central Norway when it collided […]

Scientists have discovered a giant 420m deep sinkhole in China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The rare sinkhole contains a habitat for many species of wildlife and has its own waterfalls and lakes. International Business Times […]

A suicidal Italian pilot about to fly a plane with 200 people on board was arrested by police minutes before takeoff. The Italian man was intercepted by officers at Fiumicino airport after his wife warned the police […]