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Spain rescues 224 migrants from five boats in Mediterranean

Saturday, 24 June 2017, 16:32 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

Spain's maritime rescue service says it has rescued 224 migrants from five different boats trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea. The rescue service says it reached two boats, carrying 66 and 77...

Huge, homely mastiff named Martha wins world's ugliest dog

Saturday, 24 June 2017, 06:46 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

Martha (above) is big, ugly, lazy and gassy. And a world champion. In a competition annually dominated by the old, the tiny, and the hairless, the 3-year-old, 125-pound Neapolitan Mastiff used...

Suicide bomber blows himself up as Saudis foil Mecca plot

Saturday, 24 June 2017, 06:32 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

A suicide bomber blew himself up near the Grand Mosque at Mecca as police disrupted a plot to target the holiest site in Islam just as the fasting month of Ramadan ends, Saudi security forces said...

EU leaders boost support for Libya to halt migrant exodus

Friday, 23 June 2017, 17:36 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

European Union leaders pledged today to boost their support for conflict-ravaged Libya as the number of people fleeing Africa on crowded, unsafe boats for better lives in Europe continues to...

Brexit: May offers hope for EU citizens, wins guarded praise

Friday, 23 June 2017, 06:10 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

British Prime Minister Theresa May promised Thursday that EU citizens will not be immediately kicked out of Britain when it leaves the union and says their fate will be a top priority in Brexit...

'Imagine' if Britain stays in EU? Discord at EU summit

Thursday, 22 June 2017, 19:10 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

While European Union chief Donald Tusk may still be "a dreamer" hoping that Britain is having second thoughts on leaving the EU, other leaders at Thursday's EU summit tried to shake him back to...

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