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RBS Agrees $5.5 Bn Subprime Charge With US Regulator
Royal Bank of Scotland on Wednesday agreed to pay a US regulator $5.5 billion (4.8 billion euros) over its role in the...
Two Australian Crown Resorts Staff Finally Freed From Jail In China
China has released 10 Crown Resorts employees, including two Australians, after they spent nine months in prison on...
France To Boost Refugee Aid, Deport Economic Migrants
France will cut processing time for asylum requests and boost housing for refugees while "systematically" deporting...
Fed’s Yellen Still Sees Only ‘gradual’ Rate Hikes
Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said Wednesday she still foresees only "gradual" interest rate increases in the few...
Trillion-Tonne Iceberg Breaks Off Antarctica
An iceberg the size of Delaware, one of the largest on record, was set adrift after snapping off a West Antarctic ice...
Four Suicide Bombers Kill 15 In Maiduguri, Nigeria
At least 15 people were killed when four female suicide bombers detonated their explosives in Maiduguri, northeast...
Gunmen Kidnap Afghan Bus Passengers, Killing At Least Seven
Afghan authorities on Wednesday recovered the bullet-riddled bodies of seven passengers kidnapped by gunmen in the...
Tillerson To Meet Arab Ministers Over Qatar Boycott
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, touring the crisis-hit Gulf for a round of intense shuttle diplomacy, arrived in...
Fast-Growing Pakistan Aims To Raise Contraception Use
Pakistan will raise the rate of contraception use to at least 50 percent within the next three years, the health...
Journalist Killed In DR Congo
A Congolese journalist working for state broadcaster RTNC was killed by an unknown assailant at his home in the...
11 Migrant Workers Die In Saudi House Fire
Eleven migrant labourers died of asphyxiation in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday in a fire that engulfed the windowless house...
Kremlin Denies Reaching Out To Trump Jr. Via Developer
The Kremlin has denied reaching out to a Moscow-based property developer and his son who arranged a meeting between a...
US Laptop Ban Lifted In Egypt, Morocco
Egypt and Morocco's airlines have said a ban against carry-on laptops on US-bound flights has been lifted, leaving only...
Germany Says Ready To Treat China’s Liu Xiaobo
Germany said Wednesday it was ready to treat terminally ill Chinese Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo, and urged Beijing to let...
Elephant Has ‘miraculous Escape’ After Being Swept 5 MILES Out To Sea
The Sri Lankan navy has rescued an elephant after it was spotted desperately keeping its trunk above water while...
Russia Magnate Calls Trump Jr Emails ‘fiction’
A Russian billionaire on Wednesday dismissed as "fiction" emails released by Donald Trump's eldest son which identify...
Group To Patrol Mediterranean To Stop Migrants Reaching Europe
A group of far-right activists has hired a boat to patrol the Mediterranean and prevent would-be migrants from reaching...
Nigeria’s Buhari ‘recuperating Very Quickly’
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari is recovering fast from an undisclosed illness and should be back in Nigeria soon,...
Sri Lankan Navy Rescues Elephant Washed Out To Sea
Sri Lanka's navy has rescued an elephant that got into difficulties after being washed out to sea, a spokesman said...