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Zoo animals escape as floods kill ten in Georgia
Lions, tigers, bears and other wild animals escaped from a zoo in the Georgian capital Tbilisi Sunday, adding to chaos caused by ...Britain pulls out spies as Russia, China crack Snowden files
Britain has pulled out agents from live operations in "hostile countries" after Russia and China cracked top-secret information contained in files leaked ...China to remove visa requirements for Taiwanese
China will lift a visa requirement for Taiwanese travelling to the mainland, state media reported Sunday, part of a wider plan to ...Hillary Clinton launches Presidential campaign
Hillary Clinton on Saturday launched her bid to become the first woman president of the United States, promising the struggling middle classes ...Morocco arrests 57 in cash-for-answers exam scandal
Dozens of people have been arrested in Morocco for selling answers to high school leaving exams in a racket that even saw ...Six Ukraine soldiers killed in separatist east
Six Ukrainian servicemen have been killed and 14 wounded in separatist eastern territory in the past 24 hours, despite a four-month-old ceasefire ...Suspects open fire on officers outside Dallas police headquarters
Shots were fired early on Saturday from what appeared to be an armored van outside Dallas Police headquarters that was then chased ...European Games kick off in Baku as focus moves to sport
The first European Games opened in Azerbaijan on Friday with an extravagant opening ceremony featuring Lady Gaga, although even her star power ...Swiss flies out opposition journalist hiding at its Baku embassy
Switzerland has flown out of Azerbaijan an opposition journalist who had been sheltering for 10 months at its embassy in Baku, officials ...U.S. sends six Yemeni prisoners from Guantanamo to Oman for resettlement
Six Yemenis held for more than a decade at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo have been flown to Oman for resettlement, ...