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6,000 migrants rescued in Mediterranean as traffic grows

More than 6,000 migrants have been rescued on the central Mediterranean route from Libya to Italy in the last few days, as greater numbers take to the sea in warmer weather, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Tuesday. Some 500 migrants are believed to have drown so far...

US envoy says US-EU trade deal still alive

Negotiations for a mega U.S.-EU trade deal are still alive after they were suspended over elections and public opposition on both sides of the Atlantic, a senior U.S. diplomat said Tuesday. EU officials had feared U.S. President Donald Trump would abandon the four-year talks for the...

Australian probe clears World Vision over Gaza case

An Australian government probe has found no evidence taxpayer money was misused by the World Vision NGO in the Gaza Strip, after Israel alleged millions of dollars were diverted to Hamas. In August 2016, Israel accused World Vision's Gaza head Mohammed al-Halabi of siphoning off millions of...

Martin McGuinness, Irish rebel turned politician, dies at 66

Martin McGuinness, the Irish Republican Army commander who led his underground, paramilitary movement toward reconciliation with Britain, and was Northern Ireland's deputy first minister for a decade in a power-sharing government, died Tuesday, his Sinn Fein party announced. The party said...