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Tunisia’s former ruler and his wife have been convicted in absentia on embezzlement and other charges after $27 million in jewels and public funds were found in one of his palaces. They were sentenced to […] […]

PARTS of the east coast were put on alert today for a heatwave as unseasonably high temperatures began sweeping the US. Temperatures were expected to soar up to 20 degrees above average in the northeast […] […]

GERMANY was no closer overnight to discovering the source of the killer E. coli bug that has so far killed 25 people, after tests on a suspected source proved negative. The latest confirmed victims were […] […]

LAWYERS for Muammar Gaddafi’s daughter have filed lawsuits in Paris and Brussels over the alleged assassination in late April of four of the Libyan leader’s relatives in NATO bombing raids over Tripoli. Lawyers for Aisha […] […]

US drone strikes have killed 15 militants in Pakistan’s tribal district of South Waziristan, destroying compounds in twin attacks just minutes apart. The first strike killed seven militants in the early hours of this morning […] […]

THE images grow no less shocking with time – a gaping wound on a tiny skull, the hair matted with blood; a gunshot that pierced the skin of a small torso and went straight toward […] […]

BERLIN—An unusually lethal strain of E. coli bacteria has infected more than 1,500 people in Germany, mystifying public health officials, ravaging Spain’s agricultural heartland, and touching off panic in Europe as people weighed whether it […] […]

LISBON, Portugal—U.S. and European officials say terror groups are becoming more deeply involved in international criminal networks to obtain financing for their operations. The United States and Europe are co-hosting a conference in Lisbon with […] […]

IRISH police said today they had arrested several dissident republican suspects and an Irish-born convert to Islam ahead of historic visits by Queen Elizabeth II and US President Barack Obama. The arrests come as Ireland […] […]