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Germanwings Flight 9525 crashes into French Alps, 15...
Germanwings Flight 9525, an Airbus A320 carrying 150 passengers and crew, crashed into the French Alps yesterday betwee...

Singapore's 'founding father' Lee Kuan Yew dies aged 91
Lee Kuan Yew, the first Prime Minister of Singapore, has died at the age of 91. Considered the "founding father" of Sin...

RTVE's US correspondent gets condemnation for 'false...
The Association of Latin Entertainment Critics of New York published Thursday and updated yesterday, at its official websites, a press release condemning Spanish RTVE's United States correspondent and bureau chief Almudena Ariza, asking RTVE's Ethics Department to "dismiss the correspondent and remove the correspondent from the US". The journalistic associatio...

Lindt cafe in Sydney reopens after siege
The Lindt cafe in Sydney, Australia reopened on Friday, after a siege at the cafe three months ago killed one of its employees, Tori Johnson, and a customer, Katrina Dawson. On December 15, the cafe was taken hostage by a gunman, Man Haron Monis. The siege lasted for over sixteen hours until the gunman was taken down. On Friday the cafe had its reopening wi...

Suicide bombers attack mosques in Sanaa, Yemen
Two mosques in Sanaa, Yemen's capital, were attacked by suicide bombers yesterday, killing over 100 and injuring over 250 more. The attacks targeted mosques used by supporters of the Houthi rebel movement, who reportedly support former president Ali Abdullah Saleh and now control Sanaa. The elected president, Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, has moved to Aden, to th...

Johan Paalzow sculpture Moby Dick, in Stockholm. Image: Bengt Oberger.

Supreme Court of Sweden agrees to try Bildkonst Upph...
The highest court in Sweden, the Supreme Court of Sweden, agreed on Monday to try the case "Ö 849-15" between Bildkonst Upphovsrätt i Sverige (BUS, Visual Arts Copyright Society in Sweden) and Wikimedia Sverige (Wikimedia Sweden). The jurisprudence could result in Freedom of Panorama being effectively overturned in Sweden, requiring websites such as Wikimedia ...

Binyamin Netanyahu (Image: US State Dept.)

Netanyahu's Likud party wins election in Israel
The right-wing Likud Party won a relative majority in yesterday's elections in Israel. With 30 seats in the Knesset, Benjamin Netanyahu is likely to be able to form the next government as a coalition of right-wing parties after beating out the centre-left alliance, Zionist Union. Netanyahu described the victory as being "against all odds". Netanyahu stated he...

Xu pictured at the Pentagon in October 2009. (Image: R. D. Ward.)

Xu Caihou, former Chinese general, dies aged 71
Xu Caihou, a former Chinese general who was once the second in command within the People's Liberation Army, died yesterday, according to Chinese state news agency Xinhua. Xu, 71, was due to be prosecuted over bribery charges. The cause of death was announced as bladder cancer. In 2012 Xu resigned from the executive committee of the Communist Party. In 2013 he...

54 dead after bus crash in southern Brazil
A bus carrying 60 passengers to a religious event in the Santa Catarina state of Brazil plunged over a cliff on Saturday evening. The driver reportedly lost control whilst approaching a curve, leading the bus to fall 400 metres into a wooded area just ten kilometres away from Joinville, the final destination. Whilst the cause of the accident is not yet confirm...

Simon died at San Quentin State Prison on Thursday (Image: Jjz3d83.)

Convicted murderer J.C.X. Simon dies in prison, aged 69
J.C.X Simon, one of the convicted 'Zebra Killers', has died at the age of 69 in San Quentin State Prison. His death came shortly before midnight on Thursday, with the cause remaining unknown. Simon was convicted alongside three others for the killing spree known as the 'Zebra Killings' in San Francisco in the 1970s. A statement released by prison officials sa...

Best selling British author Sir Terry Pratchett dies...
British author Terry Pratchett, best known for the Discworld series of fantasy novels, has died at the age of 66. Pratchett was diagnosed with a rare form of Alzheimer's in 2007, following his diagnosis he donated to Alzheimer's charities and became a public face of the disease Pratchett spoke out for the right of an individual to assisted suicide. However,...

Mvoko was broadcasting for SABC at the time of the mugging (Image: Zaian.)

South African TV journalist mugged while preparing f...
On Wednesday, Vuyo Mvoko, a television journalist, was mugged moments before he was due to start a live broadcast in Johannesburg, South Africa. During the incident, two men approached Mvoko and demanded his mobile phone while he stood near the Milpark hospital. When Mvoko refused to hand over the phone he was reportedly threatened with a gun. Video footage ca...

File photo of a 'Eurocopter', similar to the aircraft involved in the collision. (Image: Elisabeth Klimesch.)

Ten killed in helicopter crash in Argentina, French ...
Three French sport stars are among the dead following a helicopter crash on Monday in Villa Castelli, Argentina. In total, ten people died after the crash, which involved two helicopters. The dead included passengers and both pilots in the mid-air collision. The victims were taking part in the French reality television show 'Dropped' when the accident happened...

Ecstasy is among the drugs temporarily legal in Ireland (Image: DEA, US.)

Hard drugs temporarily legal in Ireland due to const...
The drug possession case of Stanislav Bederev led to the legal loophole; his lawyers arguing the 2010 addition of several drugs to the country's controlled substances list, governed by the Misuse of Drugs Act, 1977, was unlawful. They contended it was unconstitutional to add these substances to the list without consulting the Oireachtas — i.e., parliament. Th...

Clarkson is one of the presenters of motoring programme 'Top Gear' (Image: Ed Perchick.)

BBC suspend presenter Jeremy Clarkson over 'fracas' ...
Jeremy Clarkson, one of the presenters on the BBC's motoring programme 'Top Gear' has been suspended by the corporation. Clarkson, responsible for several prior controversies, was suspended Tuesday, after allegedly 'punching' a producer last week. The next two episodes of 'Top Gear' have been pulled from broadcast, with a third — the season finale — also unlik...

Simon pictured in 2008 at the 2008 World Series of Poker (Image: Matt Waldron.)

Sam Simon, 'The Simpsons' co-creator, dies aged 59
Sam Simon has died, at the age of 59, on Sunday of colon cancer, a disease he was diagnosed with in 2012. One of the co-creators of the television series The Simpsons, Simon helped create the hugely successful series in 1989 alongside Matt Groening and James L. Brooks. He left the show in 1993 after roles as writer and character developer among others. Before...

Edgar Lungu was elected President of Zambia in January (Image: US Embassy Addisababa.)

Zambian President Edgar Lungu to undergo treatment a...
Edgar Lungu, the current President of Zambia, is to undergo medical treatment aboard after collapsing while on stage in Lusaka on Sunday during a ceremony for International Women's Day. The Presidency announced yesterday that Lungu will have throat surgery abroad. Doctors on Sunday diagnosed him with malaria. Lungu spoke to the press from hospital on Sunday s...

The attack took place in the capital city of Bamako (Image: Arensond.)

Five dead after bar attack in Bamako, Mali
Five people, including two Europeans, have been killed by gunmen during an attack on a bar in Bamako, the capital city of Mali, early on Sunday morning. At least nine others were injured during the attack in which the assailants used machine guns and grenades. Three Malians, a French national, and a Belgian security official who was working for the European U...

Nigeria allies join fight against Boko Haram
Military forces from Chad and Niger yesterday engaged Boko Haram militants within the borders of Nigeria. This follows African Union endorsement on Friday of the creation of an 8000-plus strong regional force to combat the threat posed by the militant group. Along with Cameroon, both Chad and Niger have previously engaged Boko Haram forces who have crossed ...

Delta Air Lines jetliner skids off New York airport'...
A Delta Air Lines passenger jet skidded off the runway at New York City's LaGuardia Airport in snowy weather on Thursday, causing a shutdown of the airport, according to officials. The jetliner was carrying 127 passengers and five crew. The MD-88, operating as flight 1086, was flying in from Atlanta when it lost control after landing. There were a few minor...

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