The best photographs of 2015
The GuardianBlood moon eclipses, volcano eruptions, Usain Bolt’s Segway crash and Caitlyn Jenner’s Vanity Fair cover ... photographers explain how they got their shots:Remains of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17
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Afghanistan: Suicide bomber blows himself up, kills 1, injures 13
Libyan News + Other AgenciesThe head of Kabul police, Abdul Rahman Rahimi, said one person had been killed and 13 wounded, including three women. He said the aim of the attack in an overwhelmingly civilian area had been to create…
South Korea, Japan strike agreement on “comfort woman”
CNNJapan and South Korea have reached an agreement over the long-standing issue of "comfort women" -- the term used to describe sex slaves used by the Japanese military during World War II.Japanese Foreign Minister…
El Salvador’s national team footballer shot dead
IndependentA former El Salvador national football team player has been shot and killed by gunmen at a petrol station.Alfredo Pacheco, who played for the small Central American country from 2005 to 2013, was approached…
A bunch of European fancy capitals under terrorist threats
IndependentA “friendly” intelligence service has warned several European capitals of the possibility of fresh terror attacks being carried out before the New Year, in the form of shooting or bomb attacks, police in Austria…
Eastern tribes conditionally recognize Serraj government
Libyan NewsEastern region elders and notables said they would back up the Serraj government only if a number of preconditions were granted.In a statement in Al-Bayda, the elders conditioned recognizing the Serraj…
Afghanistan pours in bad omens
IndependentThe news from Afghanistan is very bad. No one says that, of course. President Ghani has a “national unity government” that “supports a strong partnership with the United States”, according to Barack Obama two…
Evacuation in British homes due to disturbing floods
BBCSome 500 soldiers have now been brought in to deal with "unprecedented" flooding in Yorkshire and Lancashire.A thousand more are on stand-by after David Cameron vowed to help people in "their hour of need".…
Canadian National Tried Joining Libyan IS, arrested in Tunisia
Vice NewsReports are circulating in Tunisia that a Canadian man was arrested last week in the southern desert city of Tataouine for trying to join Islamic State forces — but he was not trying to reach Syria and Iraq, where…
Iraqi forces in full control of ISIS’s Ramadi
BBCIraqi officials say the army is now in "full control" of central Ramadi, where so-called Islamic State (IS) has been resisting an army offensive.However there were still "pockets of resistance", a spokesman for the…