World News Update, What you need to know

World News Update, What you need to know

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.

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.


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