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Copenhagen attacks: terror into the night Saturday's twin attacks on a cultural centre and synagogue in Copenhagen left two people dead and five police officers wounded before the assailant himself was gunned down.

16 February 2015 12:23

Death toll in Pakistan Shiite mosque attack rises to 21 The death toll in a militant attack on a Shiite mosque in northwest Pakistan rose to 21 after an injured person died of his wounds.

14 February 2015 15:16

Thousands at US funerals of Muslim 'hate crime' victims The families of three Muslim students shot dead by a white neighbor in the US said an emotional farewell to their loved ones.

13 February 2015 13:10

Legendary US newsman Bob Simon killed in car crash Bob Simon, an award-winning war reporter and longtime correspondent for the "60 Minutes" news show, died in a car.

12 February 2015 18:43

SwissLeaks whistleblower says tried to report tax evasion in 2008 A former HSBC employee who leaked documents alleging the bank helped wealthy customers dodge tax said he had tried to alert British authorities about evasion in 2008.

12 February 2015 13:03

Mexico defends probe of 43 missing students The Mexican attorney general's office hit back at mounting criticism of its conclusion that 43 missing students were slaughtere.

10 February 2015 13:52

British singer Gary Glitter found guilty of child sex crimes British former glam rocker Gary Glitter could spend the rest of his life in prison after being found guilty at a London court.

06 February 2015 12:20

Japan PM condemns 'unforgivable' IS execution of Jordanian pilot Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe condemned the apparent execution by the Islamic State group of a Jordanian pilot as "unforgivable".

04 February 2015 15:57

Pistorius stripped of degree by Scottish university Jailed Paralympian Oscar Pistorius has been stripped of an honorary degree awarded to him by Strathclyde University in 2012.

03 February 2015 15:03

French economy minister says received death threats over reforms France's economy minister said he had received death threats from "certain officials" furious over his plans to reform parts of the closed-shop economy.

03 February 2015 11:56

China cult pair executed for McDonald's killing: Xinhua A father and daughter who belonged to a fringe Chinese religious group were executed for beating a woman to death at a McDonald's restaurant.

02 February 2015 15:23

Ex-IMF chief Strauss-Kahn goes on trial for 'pimping' The sexual proclivities of ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn come under the spotlight again when he goes on trial in France for "pimping".

02 February 2015 14:40

UN Security Council demands Islamic State hostages freed The UN Security Council demanded the immediate release of all hostages held by the Islamic State group.

02 February 2015 14:19

UN council condemns 'heinous' Japanese hostage murder The UN Security Council condemned the "heinous and cowardly" murder of a Japanese journalist, after Islamic State militants claimed his beheading.

02 February 2015 13:33

1979 New York child murder trial gets under way A mentally unstable man accused of killing a six-year-old boy in one of America's most famous missing child cases went on trial, 36 years after the crime.

31 January 2015 13:50

Twelve people, including seven civilians, killed in east Ukraine: officials Twelve people, including seven civilians, were killed in the past 24 hours in clashes between government forces and pro-Russian rebels in east Ukraine.

30 January 2015 15:52

Extradite or prosecute: Deputy Prosecutor General of Kazakhstan on Ablyazov's case Deputy Prosecutor General of Kazakhstan speaks about the possibilities of prosecuting fugitive Kazakh billionaire Mukhtar Ablyazov in accordance with the international law.

29 January 2015 23:45

Amal Clooney in court to condemn Armenia genocide-denier A long-running battle over one man's denial of the Armenian genocide returned to the European Court of Human Rights.

29 January 2015 12:05

Mexico 'certain' that missing students dead: minister Authorities in Mexico can now say with "legal certainty" that the 43 students who went missing in September were murdered by hitmen working for a drug gang.

28 January 2015 14:27

Taylor Swift shakes off hacking on social media Taylor Swift scoffed at a hacker who took over her social media accounts and threatened to release nude pictures, with the pop star saying none existed.

28 January 2015 14:05

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