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1 hour 13 min ago
A security alert in south Belfast on Friday night was a viable pipe bomb which had partially exploded, police say.
1 hour 16 min ago
A suicide bomber has blown herself up close to an interior ministry building in the southern Russian republic of Dagestan, officials say.
1 hour 38 min ago
Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg sets a scintillating pace in an incident-packed final practice at the Monaco Grand Prix.
1 hour 52 min ago
More than 50,000 people attend the beatification in Sicily of Don Giuseppe Puglisi, a Roman Catholic priest murdered by the mafia in 1993.
2 hours 16 min ago
Ethiopia's prime minister opens a ceremony of Africa's 54 leaders celebrating the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Organisation of African Unity.
2 hours 24 min ago
At least 16 children and a teacher have been killed in a fire on their school bus in the eastern Pakistan of Gujrat, police say.
2 hours 24 min ago
The 70th anniversary of the Battle of the Atlantic is commemorated in Liverpool.
3 hours 28 min ago
Seven marines and at least four militants are killed as troops tackle Abu Sayyaf militants in the southern Philippines, the military says.
3 hours 39 min ago
France begins the first major stage of its military withdrawal from Mali, four months after sending troops to push Islamist rebels out the north.
4 hours 9 min ago
The area of Scampia outside Naples, has the infamous reputation of being one of the biggest drug-trafficking sites in Europe.
4 hours 20 min ago
The woman who has supplied the wheel of cheese for Gloucester's famous annual cheese-rolling event has been told by police she may be liable for legal action.
4 hours 26 min ago
A zoo keeper has died after being attacked by a Sumatran tiger in the big cat enclosure at South Lakes Wild Animal Park in Cumbria.
7 hours 40 min ago
More than 30 of the coalition's flagship schemes, including the West Coast Main Line scheme, are at serious risk of failure, a government report warns.
Fri, 2013-05-24 22:21
Motorists in Saudi Arabia have developed a new way of driving cars, which uses only two wheels.
Fri, 2013-05-24 22:11
The reason we struggle to recall memories from our early childhood is down to high levels of neuron production during the first years of life, say Canadian researchers.
Fri, 2013-05-24 21:56
Syria's main opposition coalition says it is willing to attend an peace conference next month only if President Bashar al-Assad agrees to step down.
Fri, 2013-05-24 20:58
A memorial dedicated to 79 people who lost their lives in four oil industry-related air accidents around Shetland is due to be unveiled.
Fri, 2013-05-24 20:35
How safe are road bridges in the US?
Fri, 2013-05-24 20:12
What we have learnt from Martian probes
Fri, 2013-05-24 19:44
The 'safety belt' for the walking texter