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Angela Merkel says the record influx of refugees to Germany is “an opportunity for tomorrow”
Chancellor Angela Merkel stood firm on her decision to open Germany to refugees despite mounting criticism, telling citizens in her New Year\'s ...Central African Republic votes in election to restore democracy
The Central African Republic votes Wednesday in presidential polls, in which all leading candidates have vowed to reunite a nation torn and ...Turkish Airlines cancels Istanbul flights as snow storms loom
Turkish Airlines canceled 142 flights to and from Istanbul and warned of further disruption in coming days as the city braced on ...Floods claim 19 lives, force evacuation of US town
Federal officials were monitoring 19 vulnerable levees on the rising Mississippi River and its tributaries, warning that hundreds of homes in Illinois ...UK husband and wife convicted of planning bomb attack
A husband and wife interested in helping Islamic State extremists have been convicted of planning a large-scale bombing of civilian targets in ...Belgium arrests two over suspected New Year attack plot
Belgian police have arrested two people suspected of plotting attacks in Brussels during New Year festivities, just weeks after the jihadist bombings ...South Korea, Japan reach agreement on WWII sex slaves
The foreign ministers of South Korea and Japan on Monday reached a deal meant to resolve a decades-long impasse over Korean women ...Germany recruits 8,500 teachers for child refugees
Germany has recruited 8,500 people to teach child refugees German, as the country expects the number of new arrivals to soar past ...US death toll at 43 as wild weather tears across central states
Texas reeled from rare December tornados on Monday as days of storms battering a vast region stretching from the southwestern US to ...China passes controversial counter-terrorism law
China passed a controversial new anti-terrorism law on Sunday that requires technology firms to help decrypt information, but not install security "backdoors" ...