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In US gun control, not all laws are equal
Gun deaths in the United States can be slashed by 90 percent through universal application of laws requiring background checks of buyers.
11 March 2016
'Dentist of horror' on trial for mutilating French patients
A Dutchman dubbed the 'dentist of horror' went on trial after causing horrific injuries to the mouths of more than 100 patients in France.
09 March 2016
Germany stunned by rash of New Year's sex assaults
The German government condemned dozens of coordinated sexual assaults against women on New Year's Eve in Cologne blamed on Arab men.
05 January 2016
Turkey sends corpse of shot down pilot back to Russia: reports
Turkey on Monday sent back to Russia the corpse of a pilot killed when his plane was shot down by the Turkish air force for allegedly violating its air space on the Syrian border.
30 November 2015
Football: Blatter, Platini lose FIFA suspension appeals
A FIFA appeal committee rejected a bid by president Sepp Blatter and UEFA chief Michel Platini to overturn their 90-day bans while Swiss police pursue a criminal inquiry.
19 November 2015
Putin orders action over explosive doping claims
Vladimir Putin ordered an inquiry into allegations of "state-supported" drug abuse in athletics that have left Russia facing a possible Olympics ban, but insisted any punishment should be individual and not collective.
12 November 2015
French footballer Benzema held over sextape blackmail: legal source
French footballer Karim Benzema was arrested in connection with blackmail over a sextape featuring fellow player Mathieu Valbuena, a source close to the probe told AFP.
04 November 2015
Ukraine leader says arrest of oligarch ally just 'the start'
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko warned that the arrest of a millionaire associate of one of the country's most powerful oligarchs was only "the start" of a fight against the corruption plaguing the ex-Soviet country.
02 November 2015
Blatter blames 'bad losers' as seven candidates retained
Outgoing FIFA president Sepp Blatter blamed England, the United States and Michel Platini for the corruption scandal engulfing the organisation.
29 October 2015
CIA chief 'outraged' by personal email hack
CIA chief John Brennan said he was "outraged" that hackers broke into his personal email account, and faulted the media for its coverage of the incident.
28 October 2015
WikiLeaks publishes CIA chief's emails
Anti-secrecy campaign group WikiLeaks published an initial tranche of documents it said were from the personal email account of CIA Director John Brennan.
22 October 2015
FIFA official casts new doubt over Platini bid
A senior FIFA official called into question Michel Platini's bid for football's top job, saying the failure to disclose a multi-million dollar payment could be seen as a "falsification of accounts".
21 October 2015
Pistorius released from jail: official statement
Oscar Pistorius was released from jail late, South African officials said, and will serve his remaining sentence under house arrest after spending a year behind bars for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
20 October 2015
Facebook will warn users of state-sponsored attacks
Facebook followed in Google's footsteps and began warning users when it appears they are targeted by state-sponsored cyber attacks.
20 October 2015
Platini admits no written contract for FIFA payment: report
Michel Platini, president of European football body UEFA and suspended amid a huge corruption scandal rocking the game, admitted there was no written contract for remuneration he received from world body FIFA.
19 October 2015
VW to recall 8.5 mn vehicles in Europe as Italian police raid offices
Volkswagen said it will recall a total of 8.5 million diesel vehicles Europe-wide as police raided the carmaker's office in Italy and those of its sports car unit Lamborghini over a global pollution-cheating scandal.
16 October 2015
UEFA backs Platini's right to defend himself
UEFA said it supports suspended president Michel Platini's right to defend himself against corruption allegations following an emergency meeting in Nyon, Switzerland.
16 October 2015
Platini on tenterhooks ahead of UEFA crisis meeting
Michel Platini will get a strong indication of the level of support from the organisation he heads when UEFA holds its crisis meeting in Nyon.
15 October 2015
Denouncing Erdogan, Turks lay Ankara victims to rest
Grieving loved ones laid to rest some of the victims of the double suicide bombings in Ankara that left 97 dead, denouncing the government in the first funerals from modern Turkey's worst attack.
13 October 2015
Turkey says two male suicide bombers behind Ankara blasts
Two male suicide bombers carried out the devastating twin bombings this weekend in Ankara, the office of the Turkish prime minister said, as the toll rose to 97 dead.
12 October 2015