Afghanistan Afghan security forces kill gunmen in battle at a Kabul guest house Police in Afghanistan surrounded a guest house in the Wazir Akbar Khan district of Kabul late on Tuesday night, when heavily armed gunman stormed 27/05/2015
France 6,400 Chinese employees treated to record breaking French holiday A Chinese company has taken 6,400 employees on a four day record breaking trip to France. They rounded off the adventure by creating the world’s 09/05/2015
USA Statue of Liberty 'all-clear' after false bomb alert The Statue of Liberty has been declared safe after a bomb threat closed the iconic New York landmark on Friday. Hundreds of tourists were evacuated 25/04/2015
Dominican Republic Small plane crash in Dominican Republic kills seven Seven people, including two Britons and two Spaniards, were killed when a small plane crashed in the Dominican Republic. Local aviation authorities 21/04/2015
Target Kanazawa: a jewel in Japan's crown In this week’s episode of Target we go to Kanazawa, in the west of the archipelago. It is on UNESCO’s Creative Cities Network for its traditional 13/04/2015
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Denmark Fending off polar bears and freezing temperatures eclipse hunters flock North Eclipse watchers are heading to the Faroe Islands and Svalbard, Norway which will be the only places to see the rare total solar eclipse, if the weather holds out. 20/03/2015
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World Tunisia attack an assault on tourism and Arab world's 'first democracy' The cradle of the Arab Spring, Tunisia is also the only country among all those affected by the movement to have succeeded in its transition to 19/03/2015