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Mecca crane collapse highlights city's development boom The deadly collapse of a construction crane in Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca has highlighted the controversial pace of high-end urban development in the birthplace of Islam.

14 September 2015

Crane collapse kills 107 at Mecca's Grand Mosque ahead of hajj At least 107 people died when a massive construction crane crashed into Mecca's Grand Mosque, with scores more injured, Saudi authorities said, days before the annual hajj pilgrimage.

12 September 2015

1.4 mn people at Catalan independence demo: city police Some 1.4 million people joined a march demanding independence for the Catalonia region from Spain, Barcelona city police said.

12 September 2015

Hungary PM defends police handling of 'rebel' migrants Prime Minister Viktor Orban defended Hungarian police against accusations of maltreating refugees, saying the migrants had "rebelled" against Hungarian law.

12 September 2015

Amal Clooney downplays husband George's concern over Maldives Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney downplayed her actor husband George's fears for her safety, after he voiced his concern on a US talk show following an attack on one of her co-counsel in the Maldives.

12 September 2015

No 'specific or credible threats' linked to 9/11 anniversary: FBI chief The Federal Bureau of Investigation said that it has picked up no "specific or credible threats" linked to the anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States.

11 September 2015

Bin Laden doctor languishes in Pakistan prison as appeal lingers The lawyer for a Pakistani doctor who was jailed after helping the CIA find Osama bin Laden accused the government of deliberately delaying his appeal after the case was adjourned for the sixteenth time.

10 September 2015

Floods spark evacuations as Japan is deluged Tens of thousands of people were ordered to flee homes across Japan as heavy rain pounded the country, sending radiation-tainted waters into the ocean at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant.

10 September 2015

Migrants breach Hungary police lines as army prepares for action Hundreds of migrants broke through police lines in Hungary near the Serbian border for a third day running, as the army began mobilising for a possible role in guarding the frontier.

10 September 2015

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Turkey hunts PKK in Iraq as nationalist violence spreads Turkish forces crossed into Iraq to pursue Kurdish militants after dozens were killed in the deadliest attacks for years, as protesters assailed offices of the main pro-Kurdish party in a night of nationalist-tinged violence.

09 September 2015

Amal Clooney visits ex-leader Nasheed in Maldives jail Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney spent hours in a high security prison island in the Maldives consulting with former president Mohamed Nasheed.

09 September 2015

Denmark sends first group of refugees back to Germany Denmark has sent back a first group of refugees who arrived from Germany, Danish police said Tuesday, with others expected to follow.

09 September 2015

Russian journalist names attackers in 2010 near-fatal beating Russian journalist Oleg Kashin released the names of three men charged with carrying out a savage beating that left him close to death in 2010.

08 September 2015

Greece's Lesbos 'near explosion' with over 15,000 refugees: minister The Greek island of Lesbos is "on the verge of explosion" with violence erupting as the more than 15,000 mainly Syrian refugees push local resources to the limit.

08 September 2015

Prince Ali says FIFA leaders knew of corruption Prince Ali bin al Hussein, who led a challenge against Sepp Blatter this year, hit out at FIFA leaders links to corruption ahead of his entry into the FIFA presidential race.

08 September 2015

Australia court adjourns Johnny Depp dog case The court case against actor Johnny Depp's wife Amber Heard for allegedly smuggling two dogs into Australia -- dubbed the 'war on terrier'.

07 September 2015

Thousands of Palestinian structures under Israeli demolition orders: UN Some 13,000 Palestinian structures in the West Bank are currently under Israeli demolition orders, leaving residents and homes "in a state of chronic uncertainty and threat".

07 September 2015

Between hope and despair, migrants board buses for Austria "According to the Hungarian government, there will be free buses to take you to the last town before the border," shouts a man urgently in Arabic through a megaphone.

05 September 2015

Prosecutor seeks death penalty for Charleston shooter South Carolina prosecutors said they intend to seek the death penalty for Dylann Roof, the white alleged supremacist charged with killing nine black churchgoers in June.

04 September 2015