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Famed Galapagos tortoise `Pepe the Missionary` dies at 60

Last Updated: Saturday, August 23, 2014, 08:01

Quito: "Pepe the Missionary," a giant tortoise who rose to fame as one of the most photographed animals on Ecuador`s Galapagos Islands, has died at age 60, officials have said.

EU deplores Russia`s humanitarian convoy into Ukraine

Last Updated: Saturday, August 23, 2014, 06:26

The European Union (EU) Friday deplored as illegal Russia`s decision to send humanitarian consignment into Ukrainian territory without escort of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) or consent of the Ukrainian government.

US, EU warn Russia of further sanctions, ask to withdraw convoy from Ukraine

Last Updated: Saturday, August 23, 2014, 09:22

The West rebuked Russia for sending scores of trucks from a controversial aid convoy to east Ukraine`s rebel-held Lugansk in a move Kiev decried as an "invasion."

Ebola death toll rises to 1,427: WHO

Last Updated: Saturday, August 23, 2014, 06:25

The death toll from the Ebola outbreak sweeping through west African countries has risen to 1,427 out of more than 2,600 cases, the World Health Organization said Friday.

Spanish woman fakes kidnapping to get cash to record album

Last Updated: Saturday, August 23, 2014, 06:24

A 22-year-old young Spanish woman faked her own kidnapping to try to get ransom money from her father to record a music album, police said on Friday.

170 migrants feared lost at sea off Libya: Coastguard

Last Updated: Saturday, August 23, 2014, 06:24

A Libyan coastguard official said on Friday a boat carrying 200 illegal migrants from sub-Saharan Africa was feared lost at sea off the capital Tripoli, with 170 people still missing.

Morocco says it has arrested two IS jihadists

Last Updated: Saturday, August 23, 2014, 06:23

Rabat: Morocco said on Friday it had arrested two Islamic State jihadists who had been planning to leave for IS training camps in Syria and Iraq to prepare attacks at home.

Two French girls probed as would-be jihadis

Last Updated: Saturday, August 23, 2014, 06:08

Paris: Two French girls, aged 15 and 17, have been captured by a security net that authorities are using to ferret out citizens who are considering travelling to other countries to join jihads.

Shiite militiamen kill 70 at Iraq Sunni mosque

Last Updated: Saturday, August 23, 2014, 06:06

Baquba: Shiite militiamen gunned down 70 people in an apparent revenge attack at an Iraqi Sunni mosque Friday, as Washington declared the beheading of an American journalist a "terrorist attack."

Retired cops side with Ferguson protesters

Last Updated: Saturday, August 23, 2014, 06:06

Ferguson: Retired Philadelphia police captain Ray Lewis cut an arresting figure in his crisp uniform, dark blue cap -- and a sign demanding "the truth" about the fatal police shooting of an unarmed black youth.