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Eight missing after cement freighter capsizes off coast of Scotland Lifeboats crews are waiting to resume a search for the crew of an overturned cargo vessel spotted off the northeast coast of Scotland. Eight people were aboard the ship, which issued no distress call. Lifeboat crews called off their search for the crew late on Saturday, after the boat's predicament had...

US drone 'kills militants' in Pakistan At least six militants have been killed in a suspected US drone strike, Pakistani officials have said. Another 31 were killed hours earlier in airstrikes along the Afghan border. According to two Pakistani intelligence officials, the US drone fired missiles which struck a militant compound in the Datta Khel area of North Waziristan early on...

Germany expects Greece to continue to meet obligations Germany has said that it expect Greece to continue to comply with the terms of its international financial bailout. The statement comes in response to a report that Germany was now prepared to accept a "Grexit." German government spokesman Georg Streiter said on Sunday that Berlin expected whichever party takes power following Greece's...

Swedish juniors to world ice hockey semifinals In Montreal Friday, Sweden’s junior national ice hockey team Juniorkronorna won their quarterfinal match in the World Junior Championships, defeating Finland 6-3. The Swedes came back after falling behind 1-0 in the first period. In the semifinals the Juniorkronorna will face Russia, who narrowly knocked out the United States 3-2. In the other semifinal match...

Erdogan’s daughter Sumeyye may step into political limelight Sumeyye Erdogan is reported to be a close advisor and confidante to her father, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s daughter may be assuming a more prominent role in Turkish politics, a high-ranking member of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) suggested Friday. Sumeyye Erdogan, the Hurriyet Daily News reported,...

Steven Gerrard to leave Liverpool at end of the season Steven Gerrard has decided not to sign a contract extension with Liverpool and is set to announce he will be leaving his boyhood club at the end of this season. Liverpool’s captain of the past 11 years is expected to confirm on Friday that his glittering 17-year career at Anfield will...

Renowned sociologist Ulrich Beck has died Renowned German sociologist Ulrich Beck, famous for creating the term "risk society" (Riskiogesellschaft) has died at the age of 70. His books have been translated into 35 languages. According to the newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung on Saturday, Beck passed away on January 1 following a heart attack. Ulrich Beck became one of the world's most famous and...

ISIS seizes dozens of northern Iraq residents A resident from Gharib said they took around 90 people from that village, and that the fighters said they were searching for 15 men who burned their flag there. The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militant group seized dozens of men from two villages in northern Iraq on Friday while searching...

Pakistan issues death warrants for six more militants: official Mother (L) and grandmother of Muhammad Ali Khan, a student who was killed during an attack by Taliban gunmen on Army Public School, mourn during the visit of Imran Khan, chairman of Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) political party, at the school in Peshawar December 22, 2014. (Reuters) Pakistan Saturday issued orders to hang...

Police in India arrest suspects in Japan tourist rape case Indian police have made arrests in connection with the alleged kidnapping and gang-rape of a Japanese woman. This is the latest case of sexual violence in India to make international headlines in recent years. At least two suspects were in custody on Saturday, accused of holding a Japanese woman hostage in...

Four large parts of crashed AirAsia jet found on sea floor (Reuters) - Search teams hunting for the wreck of an AirAsia passenger jet that crashed with 162 people on board have found four large parts of the plane on the sea bed, the head of Indonesia's search and rescue agency said on Saturday. A multi-national task force of ships, planes...

Boko Haram kidnaps 40 boys and young men in northeastern Nigeria Suspected Boko Haram gunmen have kidnapped 40 boys and young men aged between 10 and 23 in the northeastern Nigerian state Borno. In 2014, the militants abducted about 200 girls from a boarding school in the same state. Residents fearing another abduction fled the isolated village of Malari and reported...

Thousands flee homes as bushfires rage in southern Australia Firefighters in southern areas of Australia are struggling to contain several major blazes fanned by high winds. The state of South Australia is facing its worst fire threat since deadly bushfires in 1983. Several houses were burnt out in southern Australia on Saturday as fire services battled a number of blazes across...

(CNN) -- The police chief in an upscale community outside Atlanta said he was sleeping when he moved a gun in the bed and accidentally shot his wife in the back,according to a 911 tape released Friday. "Who shot her?" the 911 operator asked William McCollom, the police chief in Peachtree City, Georgia. "Me," McCollom replied. "How did you shoot her?" "The gun...