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Syrian refugees find son's grave in Italy, thanks to TV show - 04/13/2016

ROME, ITALY- An Italian TV show has helped a Syrian refugee couple finally find the grave of their 4-year-old son, after losing all four of their children when a boat carrying them to Europe sank off...

Brussels bomber 'had cleaning job' at European Parliament - 04/07/2016

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM- One of the jihadists who blew themselves up in Islamic State attacks in Brussels on March 22 briefly worked as a cleaner at the European Parliament several years ago, the EU body...

Facebook tests tech to help blind people enjoy photos - 04/05/2016

MENLO PARK, UNITED STATES- Facebook on Monday began using artificial intelligence to help people with visual impairments enjoy photos posted at the leading social network. Facebook introduced machine...

'Panama Papers' revelations trigger global probes - 04/05/2016

PARIS, FRANCE, David Williams- Several countries have launched tax evasion probes after a massive leak of confidential documents lifted the lid on the murky offshore financial dealings of a slew of...

Mobile messages tell stories of refugees fleeing war - 04/04/2016

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, Karim Abou Merhi- "Daddy, where are you now? In Turkey or Sweden?" a Syrian girl asks her father in her first voice message to him since he joined hundreds of thousands...

Huge tax leak exposes Putin aides, world leaders, stars - 04/04/2016

PARIS, FRANCE, David Williams- A massive leak of 11.5 million tax documents on Sunday exposed the secret offshore dealings of aides to Russian president Vladimir Putin, world leaders and celebrities...

Satirical TV song about Erdogan sparks Turkey-Germany row - 04/03/2016

ANKARA, TURKEY- A song lampooning Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that was broadcast on a German public television satirical show has sparked a diplomatic spat between Berlin and Ankara,...

Google unveils landline phone, which lives in cloud - 04/03/2016

SAN FRANCISCO, UNITED STATES- Google on Tuesday unveiled a new landline telephone service aimed at helping consumers stay connected in the Internet cloud. The new Fiber Phone service will be made...

Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya television shuts Lebanon offices - 04/02/2016

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES- The Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya news channel has shut down its offices in Lebanon, it said on Friday, in a new sign of tensions between the kingdom and the Iran-backed...

UK tabloid censured over story of Muslims' IS support - 03/27/2016

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM- Britain's press regulator on Saturday censured Rupert Murdoch's The Sun tabloid for a "significantly misleading" story claiming one in five British Muslims sympathise with...
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