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Strong earthquake hits Chile
A shallow earthquake measuring 6.4 magnitude struck off Chile on Friday. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.Thousands demand Honduras leader resign in latest protest
Thousands of angry protesters marched in the Honduran capital Friday for the fourth week in a row to demand President Juan Orlando ...Global terror death tolls soared in 2014
Islamic jihadists fuelled a huge spike in terror attacks last year with the global death toll soaring 81 percent in more than ...High-profile LGBT event staged in Latvian capital
Up to 5,000 people have participated in a high-profile gay pride event in the capital of Latvia, a former Soviet country.Germany detains Al-Jazeera journalist at Egypt request
Police on Saturday arrested Al-Jazeera\'s Ahmed Mansour at a Berlin airport, the journalist said via Twitter, after Germany acted on an international ...Website shows alleged racist rant by US murder suspect
Dylann Roof, the suspect in Wednesday\'s church massacre in Charleston, appears to have written a racist manifesto and posed in photographs with ...Malian rebels sign landmark peace deal with government
Mali\'s Tuareg-led rebel alliance signed a landmark deal on Saturday to end years of unrest in a nation riven by ethnic divisions ...Obama calls for gun action after Charleston shooting suspect held
U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday expressed anger over the "senseless" shooting in a black church in South Carolina and said Americans ...Greece hopeful of last-ditch deal despite default warnings
Greece on Friday insisted a last-ditch deal on its debt was possible and dismissed "terror scenarios" of a default that is looking ...UN says South Sudan children raped, castrated, thrown into fires
Warring forces in South Sudan have carried out horrific crimes against children, including castration, rape and tying them together before slitting their ...