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The Marburg virus, a deadly cousin of Ebola, has been isolated in fruit bats in Sierra Leone, marking the first time it has been found in West Africa. Five bats caught in three health districts tested...

The recent attempts by migrants to cross the English Channel into Britain is to be treated as a major incident, the UK’s Home Secretary Sajid Javid said. Javid said he has taken control of the response...

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – German authorities on Friday gave their approval to an $8 billion (6.30 billion pounds) rail and road tunnel linking Denmark and Germany, despite environmental objections. The 19 km (11.8 mile) Fehmarnbelt link, connecting...

Two Vietnamese tourists were killed and 12 other passengers were injured when a blast hit their bus in Giza, Egypt, authorities said. The country’s Interior Ministry said an explosion from an improvised device hidden near a...

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic would be wise to listen to the demands of protesters who have taken to the streets of the Serbian capital three weeks in a row, angry at his rule, opposition leader and...

Kosovo’s state healthcare workers are ending the year with a two-day country-wide strike, demanding higher salaries. Public health institutions in Kosovo started a strike on Wednesday, demanding a pay rise. The strike is continuing on Thursday....

In April, the UN court in The Hague partially overturned Serbian Radical Party leader Vojislav Seselj’s acquittal on appeal and sentenced him to ten years in jail for wartime crimes in Serbia. Seselj was found guilty...

No one told them to look for the Earth. It was Christmas Eve 1968 and the first manned mission to the moon had reached its destination. As Apollo 8 slipped into lunar orbit the crew prepared...

Jürgen Klopp has said Liverpool should “enjoy the ride” of pursuing a first Premier League title since 1990 and not fear the pressure of leading the race at Christmas. Liverpool have a four-point advantage following Manchester City’s surprise...

On 27 October, Donald Trump told a rally in Indianapolis that perhaps he should have cancelled that campaign stop. Why? Out of respect for the 11 victims of the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre who had been gunned...