UN: Satellite photos show ISIS levelled ancient temple

Worst fears apparently confirmed for 2,000-year-old Temple of Bel in ISIS-controlled Syrian city of Palmyra

• Sep 1, 2015

Grenade blast in Ukraine protest violence kills 1

At least 100 others were wounded during demonstrations over separatist powers in the eastern area of the country

• Aug 31, 2015

Desperate migrants doing whatever it takes to reach Europe

Emergency meeting being called to try and solve the worst refugee crisis since WWII; hundreds of thousands fleeing war and poverty

• Aug 31, 2015

Petition: Stop council-ordered rape of Indian sisters

Petition, signed by over 175K, aims to protect two Indian girls allegedly threatened with rape after their brother eloped with a higher caste, married woman

• Aug 31, 2015

Ukrainian schoolchildren attend military camp

As Ukraine fends off Russian-backed separatists and troops, kids aged 11-15 get a taste for war training in the summer

• Aug 31, 2015

Trump tower building malfunction closes down streets

Unstable antenna forces police to close off a number of blocks in financial district for an "extended period of time"

• Aug 31, 2015

Migrants find unlikely route - and mode of transport - to Norway

Funneling of migrants over remote border crossing may be organized and could possibly be classed as human trafficking

• Aug 31, 2015

Experts hunt origin of new Ebola case in Sierra Leone

County declared itself Ebola free last week after battling the rare, deadly disease, only to see a new case pop up

• Aug 31, 2015

Massive explosion at fireworks factory kills 5

Spanish TV says blasts in the aftermath of the main explosion initially hindered a search operation for missing people

• Aug 31, 2015

Silence for ex-Vatican diplomat at his funeral

Jozef Wesolowski went on trial in a Holy See courtroom not long before he died on child sexual abuse charges

• Aug 31, 2015

Indian critic of religious superstition assassinated

Author and scholar, 77, became third critic of superstitions and idol worship in three years to be killed in India

• Aug 31, 2015

Flood at Russian zoo traps animals in half-submerged cages

Video shows bears standing on hind legs and clinging to bars to stay above muddy water; brown bears and a lion trapped

• Aug 31, 2015

Alleged Facebook mention in call to prayer sparks outrage

Investigation launched after Egyptian cleric is accused of changing a line in the traditional Islamic call to prayer

• Aug 31, 2015

Reports: Israelis shocked by misting showers at Auschwitz

Nazi concentration camp museum's attempt to cool down visitors at the entrance on a hot day was not particularly well thought-out, some say

• Aug 31, 2015

U.S. national faces "blood diamonds" charges

American-Belgian businessman suspected of enslavement and pillaging diamonds during Sierra Leon's civil war agrees to extradition

• Aug 31, 2015

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