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Alasdair Sandford

Italy

UN Security Council to discuss Mediterranean migrants crisis

The European Union is working on proposals to put to the Security Council early next week, as the EU seeks international backing for its plan to tackle human traffickers.

United Kingdom

Miliband's EdStone: election masterstroke or a future Labour tombstone?

A few days before the UK general election, the Labour leader Ed Miliband sought to prove his commitment to the party's election promises by carving them on a large stone tablet.

Nepal

Nepal vows to rebuild historical sites left in ruins by earthquake

The Nepalese government and UNESCO are assessing the damage to ancient monuments, temples and artefacts after the earthquake of April 25.

United Kingdom

After almost voting to leave UK, Scottish voters are now set to decide its future

The Scottish National Party under its charismatic leader Nicola Sturgeon looks set to win a landslide victory in Scotland in Thursday's vote - giving the SNP potentially powerful leverage should the o

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USA

Texas police probe identity of Prophet cartoon contest suspects

Texas police shot dead two gunmen who opened fire on Sunday outside an exhibit of caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad, organized by an anti-Islamic group and billed as a free-speech event.

Italy

Milan Expo opens as Pope Francis warns it must 'globalise solidarity'

Italy's six-month global fair has opened in Milan under the slogan 'Feed the Planet, Energy for Life'. Among protesters who see the event as a front for big business, some turned violent outside.

France

Femen protest disrupts Marine Le Pen's May Day rally

The Front National leader was taken aback by three topless activists who interrupted her annual speech in Paris, making Nazi salutes from a nearby balcony.

Spain

Spain's Podemos tackles first major crisis after co-founder Monedero resigns

The resignation of the co-founder of Podemos has plunged Spain’s young left-wing party into its first serious crisis in an important election year

Libya

Mogherini, Renzi and Ban Ki-moon visit migrant rescue operation

Leaders from Italy, the EU and UN boarded an Italian naval vessel off the coast of Sicily to see at first hand the Mediterranean operation to deal

Nepal

Fears for remote areas as Nepal quake toll tops 4,000

The scale of Nepal's earthquake tragedy is becoming apparent as bodies are pulled from the rubble and people prepare for a third night outdoors.

World News

Mixed reaction from rights groups and NGOs to EU migrant plan

International organisations and rights groups have given a mixed reaction to the European Union’s plan to triple the size of its naval search

Turkey

'Turkey shares your pain', Erdogan tells Istanbul Armenians

The Armenian community in Istanbul commemorated the 1915 mass killings of their ancestors by Ottoman Turks at a religious memorial service, stressing reconciliation and avoiding the term "genocide".

World News

'Stop TTIP': Protests in Europe and beyond against US-EU trade pact

Hundreds of demonstrations have taken place worldwide against a planned free trade agreement between the US and the EU – in one of the largest series

Italy

Italy: Migrant burns victims crossed Mediterranean after gas explosion

Several African migrants are being treated in Lampedusa and Sicily after being injured in a gas explosion in Libya. They were refused treatment by human traffickers before they embarked on their journ

Germany

'Game of Drones': heart of US strike operations 'in Ramstein, Germany'

New evidence purporting to detail how the large U.S. military base at Ramstein provides crucial relay information for drone operators in America's Southwest could embarrass the German government.

Yemen

Calls grow for humanitarian access as Yemen casualties rise

As civilian casualties mount in Yemen's civil war, international calls grow for humanitarian aid to be allowed in.

Turkey

Turkey suspends top football fixtures after Fenerbahçe bus attack

The Turkish Football Federation has suspended top division league and cup matches for a week after a gunman shot at the Fenerbahçe team bus on

Kenya

'We are here to kill': Garissa survivor depicts horror of Kenya massacre

For the relatives of students missing after the attack on Garissa University College, the slow pace of the identification process and some confusion

Syria

Palestinians put pressure on Damascus over Yarmouk crisis

The desperate plight of Palestinians trapped amid fighting in Syria prompted dozens of people to demonstrate outside the UN headquarters in Gaza. One

Syria

Palestinians mobilise to save Yarmouk refugees after ISIL attack

A video posted online on Sunday purported to show militants from the self-proclaimed Islamic State advancing into the mostly Palestinian refugee camp

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