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GREEK police announced that a 14th parcel bomb had been intercepted and detonated after staff at the French embassy raised the alarm over a package delivered to them. The device was ostensibly sent from the […] […]

SINGAPORE—Qantas grounded all six of its Airbus A380 superjumbos after one blew out an engine Thursday, shooting flames and raining large metal chunks before the world’s largest airliner made a safe emergency landing in Singapore […] […]

PARIS—One of two mail bombs sent from Yemen last week was disarmed just 17 minutes before it was set to go off, the French interior minister said Thursday. Brice Hortefeux provided no other details in […] […]

SINGAPORE—A Qantas superjumbo jet made an emergency landing Thursday in Singapore with 459 people aboard, after one of its four engines failed over western Indonesia and following witness reports of a blast that sent debris […] […]

California voters have rejected Proposition 19, a proposal that would have legalised recreational use of marijuana. A day after the “no” vote, marijuana advocates wondered how they failed in trendsetting, liberal California. It may have […] […]

BOGOTA, Colombia—Colombian officials said Tuesday they are investigating the government office that manages assets seized from drug gangs over the last two decades, saying there are suspicions some of the assets are missing. Interior Minister […] […]

A rogue wheel-clamper whose staff used threats and intimidation to bully motorists into paying hundreds of pounds in charges and fines has been ordered to pay his victims back in one of the first court […] […]

A BABY who was born to a ten-year-old Roma girl in Spain was fathered by a boy aged 13, it has been revealed. The boy, who has not been identified, is still living in Romania […] […]

A SENIOR Palestinian militant from a radical Islamist group was killed overnight when his car exploded outside Hamas police headquarters in Gaza City in an attack blamed on Israel. Hundreds of supporters promised revenge at […] […]

JERUSALEM—Israel has suspended a special strategic dialogue with London as long as Israeli officials visiting Britain face possible arrest for suspected war crimes against Palestinians, officials said Wednesday. The announcement came as British Foreign Secretary […] […]