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Sturgeon and Cameron to negotiate costs of devolved powers

Scotland's First Minister is to tell David Cameron that agreeing the framework for the devolution of more powers on tax and welfare is "crucial". It is the first time Nicola Sturgeon and the prime minister have met to negotiate the Scotland Bill since May. Ms Sturgeon has said Scotland could be hundreds of millions of pounds a year worse off if the deal is not right. Mr Cameron

File - Secretary General of the United Nations Kofi Annan meets with the chairman of the Expedience council and former president Mr Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani at the foreign ministry in Tehran, Iran, 2 September, 2006.

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Rafsanjani breaks taboo over selection of Iran's next supreme leader

Committee that choses the leader of the Islamic republic is compiling a list of ‘qualified people’ to step into the role when Ayatollah Ali Khamenei dies

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Angela Merkel wants to 'drastically reduce' refugee arrivals in Germany

The German chancellor Angela Merkel has signalled a compromise on immigration to critics of her open-door policy from within her conservative party

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses reporters during a multinational meeting focused on Libya, December 13, 2015, at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Rome, Italy.

John Kerry says Donald Trump’s call to ban Muslims endangers national security

Secretary of State John Kerry says that Donald Trump’s call to ban Muslims from United States "endanger

Far right National Front party regional leader for southeastern France Marion Marechal-Le Pen arrives at a meeting with supporters, after the second round of the regional elections in Marseille, southern France, Sunday, Dec.13, 2015.

France's far-right National Front party fails to capture any region in election

Despite a stunning first-round victory, Marine Le Pen's far-right National Front party failed to capture any French regions in a runoff election Sunday, according to preliminary results released by the Interior Ministry. Political analysts credited tactical voting by supporters of the governing Socialist Party, which withdrew its candidates for key regional councils, clearing

Views from the route of Ny-Alesund to Svalbard . Norway. September 2, 2009 - View from the Polar ice rim during Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's visit to witness firsthand the impact of climate change on icebergs and glaciers

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Scientists May Have Just Solved a Huge Mystery About Sea-Level Rise

Scientists have announced a potential solution to a tantalizing puzzle about sea-level rise that's remained unsolved for more than a decade. In doing so, they've helped confirm scientists' latest esti...

Barack Obama ramps up bid to explain his terror-fighting strategy

Washington: Working to ease public jitters ahead of the holidays, President Barack Obama will use visits to the Pentagon and the National Counter terrorism Centre this week to try to explain his strategy for stopping the Islamic State group abroad and its sympathizers at home. Obama's high-profile visits to agencies charged with keeping the US safe follow an Oval Office address

Government meteorologists monitor from satellite image of Typhoon Melor from the weather bureau center at suburban Quezon city northeast of Manila, Philippines as it slammed into the eastern Philippines, where flood- and landslide-prone communities are bracing for destructive winds, heavy rains and coastal floods of up to 4 meters (13 feet), officials said Monday, Dec. 14, 2015. The government's weather bureau said the typhoon is packing winds of 150 kilometers (95 miles) per hour and gusts of 185 kph (115 mph), and carrying heavy to intense rains within its 300-kilometer (185-mile) diameter. It made landfall Monday morning in tiny Batag Island in the eastern Philippines, and a second landfall is expected in Sorsogon province.

Typhoon Melor makes landfall in Philippines

Hundreds of thousands of people were evacuated from the central Philippines on Monday as a typhoon with winds of up to 150 kph made landfall, dumping heavy rain that could cause flooding, landslides and storm surges, authorities warned. About 40 domestic flights were grounded, while 73 ferries and hundreds of

In this Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012, file photo, Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks speaks to the media and members of the public from a balcony at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London.

Sweden to question Assange

A possible breakthrough has emerged in the deadlocked case of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange . ...

Kogalymavia Flight 9268 (aircraft pictured) crashes in the Sinai Peninsula en route to St. Petersburg, Russia, killing all 224 people on board.

No sign yet of 'terrorist act' in Russian plane crash: Egypt

Cairo: Egypt's chief investigator says a preliminary investigation into the October crash of a Russian passenger plane

Burundian riot police and a police water cannon truck patrol following clashes with opposition protesters in a street in the capital Bujumbura, Burundi Sunday, April 26, 2015.

Burundi starts trial of May coup plotters, days after fighting

NAIROBI (Reuters) - A group of generals and senior officers went on trial in Burundi on Monday accused of being behind a failed coup in May, with the capital still tense after attacks last week by insurgents on military camps in which about 90 people were killed. Former Defence Minister Cyrille Ndayirukiye and five other generals are among 28 people standing trial for their

FILE - In this Jan. 17, 2007 file photo, then Chinese Commerce Minister Bo Xilai, right, with his wife Gu Kailai attends a memorial ceremony for his father Bo Yibo, a late revolutionary leader considered one of communist China's founding fathers, at a military hospital in Beijing. Disgraced Chinese politician Bo was expelled from the ruling Communist Party on Friday, Sept. 28, 2012, and will face corruption and other criminal charges, the latest step in a scandal that has overshadowed a political transition now set to take place in early November

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China court cuts Gu Kailai sentence to life in prison

A court in the Chinese capital Beijing has commuted the suspended death sentence of Gu Kailai, wife of disgraced former Politburo member Bo Xilai, to life in prison. The court said Gu showed repentance and "did not commit any crimes" in jail. Gu was sentenced in 2012 for murdering British businessman Neil Heywood. Her husband was jailed for life in 2013

File - Apple Macbook Air on Wood Tabletop with Espresso Cup, Notepad, Pen, and iPhone.

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The computer virus that blackmails you

Ransomware is the fastest growing form of computer malware, experts warn. It's a malicious virus that locks the user out of their computer and demands a fee to return their files. says 72% of businesses surveyed experienced ransomware incidents in 2015. The figure was just 17% in 2013 . It's also a growing threat for mobile devices as it can be hidden in an app, says Gert-Jan

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Constitutional Rift Sparks Protest Marches in Poland

Reuters WARSAW, POLAND— Tens of thousands marched through Warsaw on Saturday to protest against what they called the "democratorship" of the month-old conservative government, as Poland remained locked in a constitutional crisis. Waving Polish and European Union flags, the protesters chanted: "We want the constitution, not a revolution," demanding that the

French far-right party leader Marine Le Pen visits the Christmas market in Henin-Beaumont, northern France, Friday, Dec. 11, 2015.

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French regional poll to test the strength of far-right

More to this story Marine Le Pen is playing into ISIL's hands France's Le Pen on trial over Muslim comments French voters go to the polls in the second round of regional elections that will show whether the far-right National Front can turn popularity into power. Boosted by fears over Europe's refugee crisis and attacks that killed 130 people in Paris a month ago, Marine Le

File - A resident of Homs, Syria, shows UN observers a building heavily damaged in the renewed rounds of shelling which rained down on the city this weekend, 11 June, 2012.

Syria in 2016 will be like the Balkans in 1914 as explosive violence breaks out on an international scale

The CIA analyst is confident about what is likely to happen in Syria. He says that "Assad is playing his last major card to keep his regime in power". He believes that the Assad government will step up its efforts to prove that its enemies "are being manipulated by outsiders". The probable outcome is a split within Syria's ruling elite leading to Assad being ousted, though he

William Porter, left, one of six Baltimore city police officers charged in connection to the death of Freddie Gray, walks to a courthouse with his attorney Joseph Murtha for jury selection in his trial, Monday, Nov. 30, 2015, in Baltimore.

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Freddie Gray haunts court case – and reveals tale of two Baltimores

As protester Gregory Butler remains in custody on charges stemming from actions during riots after funeral, treatment of officer on trial for role in Gray’s death has some pointing to a skewed system

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry sits with Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni at the Italian Foreign Ministry in Rome, Italy, on December 13, 2015, at the outset of a meeting with their regional counterparts about the future of Libya.

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World Powers Seek Libyan Unity Government to Block Islamic State

World powers sat down with Libya’s sparring factions on Sunday, pushing for the formation of a government of national unity in a bid to block the advance of Islamic State and drag the North African country out of years of chaos. Foreign ministers and senior officials from the five permanent United Nations Security Council

Saudi women vote at a polling center during the municipal elections, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015.

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First women elected to office in Saudi Arabia

(CNN)At least six women have been elected to public office in Saudi Arabia, according to preliminary results published in state media on Sunday. Saturday's historic elections for municipal councils marked the first time women in the country were allowed to vote and to run for office. The female winners include Salma al-Oteibi in the Mecca region, Lama al-Suleiman and Rasha

File - This picture of Eros, taken on February 14, 2001, shows the view looking from one end of the asteroid across the gouge on its underside and toward the opposite end.

Star Wars: How to build a Death Star, according to Nasa

The Death Star, the nefarious cosmic entity that is the center of the evil Galactic Empire’s reign in Star Wars, has always been thought to be solely a facet of science fiction. But with the approach of the newest film in the monstrously successful franchise, The Force Awakens, a chief engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has offered up the idea that one could

San Bernardino Shooter Tashfeen Malik Pledged Support For Jihad on Facebook, Sources Say

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Kosovo parliament hit by fresh tear-gas protest

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Sarah Palin: My political crush on Marion Marechal-Le Pen

Angela Merkel: German Chancellor says multiculturalism is a sham