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Moderate 5.8-magnitude quake strikes Papua New Guinea

A moderate 5.8-magnitude earthquake struck Papua New Guinea early Tuesday, US seismologists said.

Russian UN envoy accuses Kiev over crash site takeover

UNITED NATIONS (AFP) - Russia's envoy to the United Nations accused Ukraine of violating a…

Countries with MH17 victims agree prosecution team

THE HAGUE (AFP) - Ukraine and 11 countries that lost citizens in downed Malaysia Airlines…

Israel must be ready for long Gaza campaign: Netanyahu

TEL AVIV (AFP) - Israel must be ready for a "lengthy" military campaign in the…

US weapons for Afghans may end up with Taliban: audit

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Washington and Kabul have failed to keep track of hundreds of thousands…

Libya oil depot fire raises fears of major disaster

A huge fire at an oil depot on the outskirts of Tripoli was out of…

Tribute bid for 1.1m CWealth WWI dead

The Royal British Legion on Monday launched a campaign for each of the 1,117,077 Commonwealth…

Tripoli airport fuel fire 'out of control'

A huge fire at a fuel depot near Tripoli's international airport is raging "out of…

US slams release of Venezuelan ex-intel chief

The United States said Monday it was "deeply disappointed" after Aruba released a former Venezuelan…

Lloyds bank fined £218m over Libor rigging

Britain's Lloyds Banking Group is to pay £218 million ($370 million, 276 million euros) in…