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Picasso 'national treasure' rescued

[2015-08-05 07:46]

A Picasso worth 25 million euros ($27.4 million) and considered a national treasure by Spanish authorities - who had barred it from being exported - has been seized from a boat docked in Corsica, French authorities said on Tuesday.

Giraffe killing puts another hunter under fire

[2015-08-05 07:46]

A big-game trophy collector from Idaho has been criticized by animal-rights activists for flaunting online images of herself posed with the carcasses of a giraffe and other wildlife she killed during a recent guided hunt in South Africa.

Last of WWII Dambusters raid pilots dies

[2015-08-05 07:46]

The last surviving pilot of the top-secret World War II Dambusters raid on Germany has died aged 96, the New Zealand Bomber Command Association said on Tuesday.

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[2015-08-05 07:46]

An Iranian government official says the Islamic Republic will allow some BBC journalists to report there for a week. The BBC had no immediate comment in London.

US aircraft defend beleaguered rebel groups

[2015-08-05 07:46]

The United States said on Monday it has used air power in Syria in defense of allied rebel groups, signaling deeper involvement in the country's four-year civil war.

Report: Airstrikes in Iraq and Syria kill 459 civilians, 15,000 militants

[2015-08-05 07:46]

US-led airstrikes targeting the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria have likely killed at least 459 civilians and more than 15,000 militants in the past year, a report by an independent monitoring group said on Monday.

PM's critics unbowed despite anti-graft agency's findings

[2015-08-05 07:46]

Malaysian opposition parties and activists kept up pressure on Prime Minister Najib Razak on Tuesday, undeterred by an anti-corruption agency statement apparently clearing him of receiving nearly $700 million from a debt-laden state fund.

Executed man was convicted as minor, family says

[2015-08-05 07:46]

Pakistan executed a man on Tuesday who was convicted of killing a 7-year-old boy in 2004 - when his family and lawyers say he was just a teen - despite protest over his sentence, officials said.

Chinese company to salvage sunken ferry

[2015-08-05 07:46]

South Korea said on Tuesday that it had agreed to an 85.1 billion won ($73 million) deal with a Chinese-led consortium to salvage a ferry that sank in an accident that killed more than 300 people in April 2014. A formal contract may be signed as early as Wednesday.

Crews gain ground against North California wildfire

[2015-08-05 07:46]

A wildfire that has devoured drought-parched terrain in northern California with remarkable speed raged on for a sixth day on Monday as evacuations expanded and firefighters began to gain some ground against the flames.

Country needs to reboot, experts say

[2015-08-05 07:46]

Greece is now facing how to get its economy back on its feet, but the scale of the country's financial problems is mind-boggling.

US to speed up its arms sales to Gulf

[2015-08-05 07:46]

Washington has agreed to speed up arms sales to Gulf states, US Secretary of State John Kerry announced on Monday after talks in Doha on concerns about the Iran nuclear deal.

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