Migrant group says 3,400 dead or missing so far this year
Wednesday, 15 June 2016, 14:55
Last update: about 11 years ago
Associated Press
More than 3,400 migrants died or were recorded as missing as they tried to cross borders around the globe in the first five months of the year — over 80 percent of them trying to reach Europe by...
French police alerted to possible arrival of extremist fighters
Wednesday, 15 June 2016, 13:43
Last update: about 11 years ago
Associated Press
French police and anti-terrorism investigators have been alerted to the possibility that small groups of extremists have left Syria for France and Belgium with plans to stage attacks. Belgian...
Origin of 'Stairway to Heaven' questioned at copyright trial
Wednesday, 15 June 2016, 06:50
Last update: about 11 years ago
Associated Press
The opening to Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven," one of rock 'n' roll's best-known ballads, was played for jurors Tuesday in a case brought by the estate of a dead musician that claims it was...
Watch: FBI looking at whether Orlando gunman led a secret gay life
Wednesday, 15 June 2016, 06:48
Last update: about 11 years ago
Associated Press
The murky picture of Orlando gunman Omar Mateen grew more complex Tuesday with word that the FBI is investigating whether he had been a regular at the gay dance club he attacked and had been...
Britain's pro-EU side nervous as odds slashed on 'leave'
Wednesday, 15 June 2016, 06:32
Last update: about 11 years ago
Associated Press
Nervous "remain" supporters stepped up campaigning in Britain's European Unionreferendum Tuesday after odds on a vote to leave the bloc dramatically narrowed following a string of polls showing a...