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Number of missing in California fire declines, search continues   The death toll from the California wildfire rose to 77 while a vigil to honour the victims was held in Paradise city. A search and rescue dog...

Death toll rises as California wildfire spreads   Three firefighters, a 70-year-old woman and her two great-grandchildren are among seven people killed by wildfires in northern California. Underbrush burns on the south edge of the Carr Fire...

Fear as South Africa meat recall over listeria spreads     The outbreak that claimed the lives of 180 people is the worst outbreak ever recorded globally. Several countries have banned imports of processed meat from South...

Prisoners of Greek Islands   Refugee families trapped in Greek Islands are surviving various odds — from tackling violence to rape threats — with the hope that the European Union may agree to assimilate them into...

Q&A: Catalonia's independence push explained   MADRID -- The most serious threat to Spain's national unity in decades is likely to come to a head in the coming days with attention focused on whether Catalonia will...

French ex-president Sarkozy held in Libya financing probe   Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been placed in custody as part of an investigation that he received millions of euros in illegal financing from Libya. Libyan leader...

US chefs put northern snakehead on the menu Authorities say the best way to control the invasive species of fish, is to eat them. The northern snakehead, or Channa argus, has joined a tankful of invasive...

Ex-Spain PM Rajoy steps down as party leader   Mariano Rajoy, who lost a no-confidence vote after the People's Party (PP) was hit by a massive corruption scandal, says his decision to step down as party...

Bomb at market in Thailand's south kills three, wounds 22   A motorcycle bomb exploded in a market in Thailand's southern Yala province on Monday, killing three people and wounding 22, a spokesman for the Internal...

Sanchez succeeds Rajoy as Spain's prime minister   Socialist party head Pedro Sanchez becomes Spain's seventh prime minister after outgoing leader Mariano Rajoy lost a parliamentary confidence vote triggered by a long-running corruption trial. Spain's Socialist (PSOE)...