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Justice
Nobel laureate and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel dies
Agence France-Presse
July 02, 2016
The renowned writer and Nobel peace laureate worked to keep alive the memory of Jews slaughtered during World War II.
Politics
Austrian far-right gets election defeat annulled
Agence France-Presse
July 01, 2016
The Constitutional Court ruled procedural irregularities were sufficiently widespread for the May 22 to be held again.
Conflict
Belgium, France face 'imminent' terror attacks
Agence France-Presse
June 15, 2016
'Fighters travelling without passports left Syria about a week and a half ago in order to reach Europe by boat via Turkey and Greece.'
Agence France-Presse
Olympics: IOC names first-ever refugee team
Agence France-Presse
June 03, 2016
It includes two Syrian swimmers, five track athletes from South Sudan, two judokas from the Democratic Republic of Congo, and an Ethiopian marathon runner.
Agence France-Presse
EgyptAir victims' relatives give samples for DNA tests
Agence France-Presse
May 24, 2016
The DNA will help identify body parts retrieved from the Mediterranean where the aircraft crashed with 66 people on board.
Agence France-Presse
Satellite spots possible oil slick near EgyptAir crash site
Agence France-Presse
May 20, 2016
Greek officials also said that a body part, seats and some items of luggage had been found off the coast of Alexandria.
Agence France-Presse
EgyptAir crash: US Navy joins search for Airbus A320 wreckage
Agence France-Presse
May 19, 2016
The airliner crashed between Paris and Cairo with 66 people on board.
Business, Finance & Economics
Iceland's prime minister quits over Panama Papers scandal
Agence France-Presse
April 05, 2016
Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson has become the first major political casualty of the massive document leak.
Lifestyle
Muslim students at a Swiss school don't have to shake hands with female teachers
Agence France-Presse
April 04, 2016
Students argued that Islam does not permit physical contact with a person of the opposite sex, with the exception of certain immediate family members.
Agence France-Presse
Iceland's prime minister is in the hot seat over Panama Papers leak
Agence France-Presse
April 04, 2016
'The prime minister should immediately resign,' ex-prime minister Johanna Sigurdardottir said.