Dutch relatives of those killed when flight MH17 was shot down over Ukraine a year ago have attended an emotional memorial service as calls mounted for a UN-backed tribunal to prosecute those responsible.
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BAQUBA, Iraq - A car bomb blast has ripped through the centre of Khan Bani Saad, a town north of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, killing at least 35 people, local officials and medical sources say.
ATHENS - Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has axed ministers who rebelled over draconian bailout terms, putting his house in order before a fresh round of tough negotiations with creditors including EU hawk Germany, which has approved the deal.
CHATTANOOGA, United States - Investigators trying to determine why a 24-year-old Kuwait-born Tennessee man gunned down four Marines are looking at his travel to Jordan last year to see whether he was in contact with extremists, reports say.
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LONDON - A boomerang, spear throwers and firesticks are among artefacts from the 1868 Aboriginal cricket tour of England rediscovered at a museum in the UK.
LONDON - Buckingham Palace has defended footage from 1933 that shows a young Princess Elizabeth, the future Queen, performing a Nazi salute with her family at Balmoral.
MIAMI - Smooth, icy plains have been spotted on the surface of Pluto, in the latest images released from a NASA spacecraft that flew by the dwarf planet this week.
LONDON - A can of fizzy drink contains more than the recommended daily amount of sugar for children under 11, according to new guidelines from British scientific experts.
LONDON - The Queen has awarded actor John Hurt a knighthood for services to drama in his 40-year career.
