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Eight policemen killed in Tajikistan, U.S. embassy shut
Eight policemen were killed in Tajikistan on Friday in attacks the authorities in the Central Asian nation blamed on gunmen loyal to ...Morocco votes in test for Islamist government
Some 15 million Moroccans go to the polls Friday for local elections seen as a gauge of the popularity of the government ...Angry farmers hold massive tractor protest in Paris
Angry French farmers blocked the streets of Paris with more than 1,500 tractors Thursday to protest against plunging food prices and soaring ...Migrants storm re-opened Budapest train station
Several hundred migrants stormed into Budapest\'s main international train station early Thursday after police re-opened it following a two-day standoff, an AFP ...At least 14 killed as boat capsizes off Malaysia
A boat believed to be carrying dozens of Indonesian illegal immigrants capsized off the coast of Malaysia on Thursday, killing at least ...China holds massive military parade, to cut troop levels by 300,000
President Xi Jinping announced on Thursday he would cut troop levels by 300,000 as China held its biggest display of military might ...France, Germany and Italy call for reform of asylum rules
Germany, France and Italy called for an overhaul of laws on the right of asylum and a fairer distribution of migrants throughout ...4,300 migrants arrive in Athens as govt holds crisis talks
The Greek government was set to hold talks Wednesday on the huge numbers of migrants landing on its shores, as 4,300 more ...Soyuz rocket with three astronauts blasts off for ISS
A Soyuz spacecraft with three astronauts on board, including the first Dane to fly into space, blasted off towards the International Space ...Turkey confirms 18 construction workers kidnapped in Baghdad
Turkey on Wednesday confirmed that 18 Turkish construction workers have been kidnapped by unknown individuals in the Iraqi capital Baghdad.