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Pearl Harbour survivors remember the fallen on 73rd anniversary of attack
For the fifth year in a row, Lou Conter made the trip to Honolulu from his Alta Sierra, California, home to remember his USS Arizona shipmates who died in the surprise air attack on Pearl Harbour on Dec. 7, 1941.
Typhoon howls through Philippines, more than one million flee
A powerful, slow-moving typhoon pounded through the central Philippines on Sunday, bringing howling winds that toppled trees and power lines and cut off communications to areas still scarred by a super-storm just over a year ago.
Fifteen Indians blinded after surgery with suspected infected tools
Fifteen Indians lost their sight after a doctor used suspected infected equipment to remove cataracts at a free eye surgery camp.
'Black lives and brown lives matter as much as white lives.' New York Mayor speaks as Eric Garner protests continue
Protesters swarmed streets to denounce a New York grand jury's decision to spare a white police officer from criminal prosecution in the choking death of an unarmed black man.
Philippines: Thousands evacuate, shelter in churches as typhoon Hagupit advances
Tens of thousands of people fled coastal villages and landslide-prone areas in the central Philippines.
Kenya: Christians urged to leave northern region following spate of terrorist attacks
Kenyan trade unions have urged non-Muslim public sector workers including teachers and doctors to leave the country's lawless northern region.
Vatican finds hundreds of millions of euros 'tucked away': cardinal
The Vatican's economy minister has said hundreds of millions of euros were found "tucked away" in accounts of various Holy See departments without having appeared in the city-state's balance sheets.
Conservative MP Mark Pritchard arrested on suspicion of rape
Mark Pritchard, a Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party, has been arrested on suspicion of rape, according to official parliamentary records and police.
Irish Catholic Church mobilises for fight against gay marriage
Most Irish people support same-sex unions, Church faces an uphill struggle.
India parliamentarian stokes sectarian fears with attack on non-Hindus
Minister levels "illegitimate" jibe at religious minorities.
Protests erupt in New York police chokehold death case
In what are claimed to be echoes of Ferguson, a white police officer will not be charged for the death of an unarmed black man.
'Wild' filmmaker Jean-Marc Vallee: Honouring Cheryl Strayed was a 'moral responsibility'
When Jean-Marc Vallee went to accept the breakthrough director honor at the Hollywood Film Awards last month, the French Canadian laughed about being a breakthrough at the age of 51.
Civil rights campaigner Rev Al Sharpton calls for Washington march after Eric Garner ruling
Civil rights activist Al Sharpton on Wednesday called for a protest march in Washington following a New York grand jury decision not to indict a white policeman in the chokehold death of an unarmed black man.
Iraq says woman detained in Lebanon is not wife of Islamic State leader
Iraq's Interior Ministry has said that a woman detained by Lebanese authorities was not the wife of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, but the sister of a man convicted of bombings in southern Iraq.
Lebanese army detains wife and daughter of Islamic State leader
The Lebanese army detained a wife and daughter of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as they crossed from Syria nine days ago, security officials said on Tuesday.
Somali al Shabaab gunmen kill 36 non-Muslims in Kenya quarry
Somali al Shabaab militants killed at least 36 non-Muslim workers at a quarry in northeast Kenya.