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Internet to 'disappear', Google boss tells Davos

Major tech leaders say connectivity creates jobs and promotes greater global equality

Survivors relive atrocities, 70 years on

The piercing screams of a woman electrocuted on a barbed wire fence, children sent to the gas chambers and the constant threat of death: Auschwitz survivors recall life in the world's most notorious death camp with remarkable clarity.

Authorities tackle 'witchcraft' killings

It was a hyena that killed the boy, but four elderly women got the blame. Villagers slashed them with machetes, then set fire to their bodies for casting spells on the wild animal.

Scientists: Doomsday getting closer

Rising threats from climate change and nuclear arsenals prompted the scientists who maintain the Doomsday Clock, a symbolic countdown to global catastrophe, to move it two minutes closer to midnight on Thursday, its first shift in three years.

King Abdullah dies at age 90

State TV announces end of decadelong reign; brother Salman takes over as ruler

New monarch served as royal family's 'referee'

Saudi Arabia's new king, Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud, is a veteran of the country's top leadership, versed in diplomacy from nearly 50 years as governor of the capital Riyadh and known as a mediator of disputes within the sprawling royal family.

Al-Saud dynasty gave its name to a nation

The Al-Saud dynasty, to which the late King Abdullah belonged, gave its name to the Gulf Arab monarchy of Saudi Arabia ruled by the sons of founder Abdul-Aziz bin Saud.

Leading anti-graft official arrested

An official of Indonesia's top corruption-fighting body was arrested on Friday, days after he said a national police chief hopeful was a graft suspect, sparking public demands for the country's president to defend the body.

Yingluck banned from Thai politics for 5 years

Thailand's military-appointed legislature on Friday voted to impeach former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra for her role in overseeing a government rice subsidy program that lost billions of dollars.

'Countdown' begins for IS killings

Warning posted online shows gruesome images as deadline to pay $200m ransom expires

Talks highlight 'profound differences'

The United States and Cuba fell short of setting dates to reopen embassies but agreed to meet again to overcome deep rifts after they wrapped up historic talks on Thursday aimed at normalizing relations.