Billions of dollars have been wiped off stock marketsaround the world because growing concern aboutplunging oil prices and fears about economicslowdown. In New York, the Dow Jones Index close1.5% down. The main European stock exchanges slip to a 15 m
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One of key suspects in the murder in London of Alexander Litvinenko the former Russian spy has told the BBC he had nothing to do with his death by poisoning 10 years ago. A British inquiry has concluded that President Putin probably approved the assa
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The son of the Shiah Muslim cleric Nimr Al-Nimr who was executed by Saudi Arabia has critisizedthe west for failing to put more pressure on the Saudi government. In a BBC interview,Mohamoud Al-Nimr said the US and British alliances with the kingdom w
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The former governor of US state of Alaska Sarah Palin has given her support to Donald Trumpin his campaign to be the Republican Party's presidential candidate. She praised Mr. Trump'svalues as a father and community leader, and said he could change t
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A group with links to so called Islamic State says itcarried out the extended gun and bomb assault inthe center of the Indonesian capital Jakarta. Foralmost 3 hours, police battle militants at locations including a Starbucks cafe, a shopping mall,and
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The suspended head of European football Michel Platini has pulled out of the race to become the next FIFA president. He was banned from the game for eight years last month because of corruption allegations over a payment he received from the former F
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President Putin of Russia says he's ordered his military to start withdrawing most of its forces from Syria. The Russian Defence Ministry said the air campaign had helped Syrian government forces recapture more than 400 towns and villages. x is in Mo
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The US Defense Department has confirmed that American special forces have captured an IS chemical weapons expert in Iraq. The Pentagon said Sulayman Dawud al-Bakkar, who once worked for Saddam Hussein, had now been handed over to the Iraqi authoritie
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The remaining four candidates for the Republican nomination for the US presidency have faced each other in a televised debate in Florida. The frontrunner Donald Trump came under fire for saying that Muslims hate America. He was asked if he thought th
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President Erdo?anof Turkey has promised a relentless fight against terrorism after a car bomb killed at least 34 people in the center of Ankara. Its the third such attack in the capital in recent months. Mr. Erdo?an said terror groups were targeting
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The authorities in Brussel say a man armed with Kalashnikov has been shot dead during a major security operation linked to last year's attacks in Paris. The main part of the operation, a siege in the suburb of the Belgium capital is over. Officers su
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North Korea has fired two ballistic missiles into the sea off its eastern coast days after the country's leader Kim Jung-un ordered more nuclear warhead on missile tests.The United States has responded with a call to Pyongyang to refrain from raising
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There have been further clashes in the French port of Calais as demolition teams destroyed hundreds of makeshift shelters for migrants trying to reach Britain in the camp known as Jungle. French riot police fired teargas at people who were hurling st
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The challengers for the US presidency have been addressing large rallies as they try to maximize their support on Super Tuesday. Eleven US states are choosing Democratic and Republican Party candidates for November's election.The Republican Donald Tr
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The Republican Party candidates for the last two US presidential elections, Mitt Romney and John McCain, have denounced the frontrunner for this year's nomination, Donald Trump. Mr Romney described him as a bully and a conman who was unfit to lead th
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There have been heated exchanges during the latest televised debate between the main US Republican presidential hopefuls. It was dominated by attacks on the frontrunner Donald Trump by his two biggest rivals. Senator Ted Cruz questioned Mr Trump's rh
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Efforts to stem the flow of migrants to Europe are gathering momentum. NATO is expanding its mission in the Aegean Sea to try to help stop the smuggling of people from Turkey to Greece. The alliance's secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg said more ship
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European Union leaders say they have agreed at a summit with Turkey the outlines that are planned for coping with the massive influx of migrants across the Aegean Sea. The details of an agreement with Turkey will be moved to a further meeting of EU l
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Slovenia is the latest European Union member to have closed its border to migrants. The Slovenian government said restrictions came into effect from midnight local time. The Interior Ministry said that entry would be considered only for migrants wish
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A senior Vatican official is giving evidence from Rome via video link to an Australian inquiry into child sex abuse. Cardinal George Pell, a former archbishop of Sydney, is being asked whether he knew if pedophiles were active in churches under his w
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