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Italy arrests captain, crew member of deadly migrant boat
Italian police have arrested two suspected people traffickers among the survivors of the migrant boat that capsized off Libya on Sunday, as ...Saudi-led coalition announces end to operation in Yemen
The Saudi-led coalition bombing Yemen for almost a month announced on Tuesday the end to its military operation, but a Saudi spokesman ...Mediterranean migrant deaths soar in 2015
More than 1,750 migrants have perished in the Mediterranean since the start of 2015, a 30-fold increase over the same period last ...40 killed in fresh Saudi-led airstrikes in Yemen
Two air strikes in Yemen on Tuesday killed at least 40 people, most of them civilians and wounded dozens of others, medical ...Egypt sentences ousted President Mohammed Mursi to 20 years in prison
Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Mursi was sentenced to 20 years in prison without parole on Tuesday, nearly three years after he was ...Norway shutting down FM radio stations
The Norwegian Ministry of Culture plans to shut down FM in January 2017 and the government is confident of ensuring a smooth ...China unveils $46 billion super highway to Pakistan
China and Pakistan launched a plan on Monday for energy and infrastructure projects in Pakistan worth $46 billion, linking their economies and ...EU holds migrant boat crisis talks as more deaths reported
European Union foreign ministers met on Monday under pressure to produce more than words and save desperate migrants drowning in the Mediterranean, ...Lebanon receives French arms for anti-jihadist fight
The first shipment of French weapons and military equipment arrived in Lebanon on Monday under a Saudi-funded deal worth $3 billion to ...Powerful quake hits Taiwan and Japan, tsunami warning lifted
One man died and another was hospitalised Monday after a fire caused by a powerful quake off Taiwan that also set buildings ...