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US tightens its Visa Waiver Programme fearing possible terror attacks

The VWP currently permits visa free travel for 20 million visitors each year to the US for citizens of 38 programme partner countries.

Dec 1, 2015

Deaths of teenagers from AIDS nearly quadruples in South Asia

Adolescent deaths from AIDS tripled over the last 15 years; 26 new infections every hour.

Dec 1, 2015

Isis bans Syrian banknotes, may be ready to issue its own currency

The move affects businessmen, store owners and employees who put all their savings into the high value notes.

Dec 1, 2015

Turkey allowing Isis industrial scale oil sales via its territory, charges Putin

US refuses to attack Isis oil trucks claiming they are 'civilian targets'.

Dec 1, 2015

Clashes force 40,000 people out of homes in Somalia: UN relief agency

More than 30 people are estimated to have been killed.

Dec 1, 2015

Moldova arrests paramilitaries who 'planned pro-Russian uprising'

Moldova has a history of pro-Russian separatism.

Dec 1, 2015

Russian Su-34 fighter bombers in Syria now equipped with air-to-air missiles [VIDEO]

They made their first sortie equipped not only with bombs but also short- and medium-range air-to-air missiles on Monday

Nov 30, 2015

Watch Spanish firefighters save a cat with the help of a tiny oxygen mask

Nov 30, 2015

Migrant Crisis: Hundreds protest border controls on Greek border

Hundreds of migrants from Pakistan, Iran, Morocco and other countries have been left stranded on the Greece/Macedonia border

Nov 30, 2015

Isis executes 18 Syrian soldiers in ancient city of Palmyra

They were executed for being part of the "infidel army" of the Syrian regime, Isis said,

Nov 30, 2015

COP21: Barack Obama says Paris climate conference â€˜a turning pointâ€™

President Barack Obama said on Monday (30 November) the Paris climate conference was a turning point to address the growing threat of climate change and that the United States, as the worlds second biggest emitter of greenhouse gases, recognised its role in creating the problem of global warming and embraced its responsibility to help fix it.

Nov 30, 2015