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September 30, 2016

Gas pipeline TAP installs first pipes in Albania

The Trans Adriatic Pipeline has started building its gas pipeline in Albania. The TAP on Friday started putting the first of ...

September 30, 2016

In death, Peres brings Israelis, Palestinians together

Even in death, Shimon Peres managed to bring Israelis and Palestinians together. With peace efforts in a deep freeze, ...

September 30, 2016

Finns: The Dutch asked us to keep Buk missile test secret

Finland's president says the Netherlands had asked the Nordic country to keep secret some tests it made with Russian-built ...

September 30, 2016

Islamic State suspect extradited to Germany from France

A suspected member of the Islamic State group who turned himself in to French authorities and revealed plans of an attack ...

September 30, 2016

4 arrested at German border with possible bomb-making goods

German police say they have arrested four men after finding possible bomb-making material in their car at the border with ...

September 30, 2016

Court says Malta can register child born on migrant boat

A Maltese appeals court on Friday ruled that a Somali woman who gave birth on a migrant smugglers' boat eight years ago can ...

September 30, 2016

Germany: Baby girl found in suitcase beside infant skeleton

A 22-year-old woman is under investigation for manslaughter after German police found a suitcase in her apartment with a ...

Francois Hollande, Laurent Fabius, Christiana Figueres, Ban Ki-moon

September 30, 2016

EU nations approve ratification of climate change pact

The European Union's environment ministers on Friday approved the ratification of the landmark Paris climate change pact, ...

September 30, 2016

UK services sector grew more than expected after Brexit vote

Britain's pivotal services sector has defied expectations in the weeks after the vote to leave the European Union. The Office ...

September 30, 2016

The Latest: UN urges 48-hour humanitarian pauses in Aleppo

The Latest on Syria (all times local): 10:15 p.m. The United Nations is again calling for weekly 48-hour humanitarian pauses ...

September 30, 2016

Global stocks lower on renewed worries about banking sector

Global stock markets were sharply lower Friday as investor sentiment was dented by renewed worries about the financial health ...

September 30, 2016

US rapper Gibbs cleared of sexual abuse charges in Austria

An Austrian court on Friday found U.S. rapper Freddie Gibbs not guilty on charges of sexual abuse, ruling there was not ...

September 29, 2016

Obama welcomes relatives of 1936 African-American Olympians

Relatives of Jesse Owens and America's 17 other black athletes from the 1936 Olympics were welcomed to the White House on ...

September 29, 2016

Italy's Novamont invests $112 million in biochemical plant

The Italian biochemical company Novamont on Thursday unveiled the first plant in the world to make a chemical compound used ...

September 29, 2016

World's first 4-seater fuel-cell plane takes off in Germany

Aircraft engineers in Germany have successfully tested the world's first four-seater plane that uses emission-free hybrid ...

September 29, 2016

Pope visits Georgia, Azerbaijan with peace message

Pope Francis is wrapping up a Caucasus pilgrimage that began in June in Armenia and ends this weekend with a visit to two ...

September 29, 2016

Man City's risk-vs-reward style paying off for Guardiola

Manchester City's risk-versus-reward approach under Pep Guardiola was summed up in one passage of play during a Champions ...

September 29, 2016

Police called as larger-than-life Hitler appears in Berlin

A huge moving image of a laughing Adolf Hitler has prompted a shocked Berlin driver to call police. Police say they received ...

September 29, 2016

Beijing's latest answer to pollution: the Smog Free Tower

In a city where smog routinely blankets the streets, a Dutch artist has offered an eccentric solution: a 7-meter (23-foot) ...