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US seeks extradition of FIFA officials from Switzerland
Switzerland said Thursday the United States had formally requested the extradition of seven FIFA officials arrested in May in a wide-ranging probe ...WikiLeaks claims NSA targeted German ministers beyond Merkel
WikiLeaks published a list of German phone numbers Wednesday that it claimed showed the U.S. National Security Agency eavesdropped on senior German ...Fears 11,000 Australian dental patients exposed to HIV
Up to 11,000 Australian dental patients were urged to see their doctors Thursday over fears they may have been exposed to HIV ...Saudi prince Alwaleed bin Talal promises $32 billion fortune to charity
Saudi Arabia\'s billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, one of the world\'s richest people, announced Wednesday that he will donate all of his ...UN declares highest-level aid emergency in Yemen
The United Nations on Wednesday declared Yemen a level-3 humanitarian emergency, the highest on its scale, to step up urgently-needed international aid ...BBC announces it will cut more than 1,000 jobs
The BBC said Thursday that it is cutting more than 1,000 jobs, mostly in management, as part of a long-term drive to ...Russia blasts Finland for barring parliament speaker
Moscow on Wednesday slammed Finland for refusing entry to the speaker of Russia\'s parliament in the latest high-profile spat between the Kremlin ...Greek PM makes new bailout offer after IMF default
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras made a fresh reform proposal to eurozone ministers on Wednesday after Greece became the first advanced economy ...Video shows Syria rebel group executing 18 IS fighters
A Syrian rebel group operating around Damascus has executed 18 alleged members of the Islamic State group in a video mimicking the ...Greece misses IMF payment as crisis deepens
Greece has missed its deadline to make a €1.6 billion repayment to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), placing it in arrears. It ...




