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January 15, 2016

Possible Olympic bribery to become focus of new investigation

The IOC is ready to examine allegations of possible bribery in the bidding for the 2020 Olympics.

January 14, 2016

London police put hundreds more armed officers on the streets

London has put more armed police officers on the streets -- a direct consequence of the attacks on a nightclub and restaurants in Paris last year.

January 12, 2016

Anglican split over homosexuality would be 'failure,' church leader says

The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has said that the possible split in the Anglican Communion due to "profound disagreement" over homosexuality would set a bad example for the world.

January 12, 2016

FedEx mistakenly delivers tumor specimen instead of Kindle

A British man said he figured out something was wrong when he opened a FedEx package expecting an Amazon Kindle, but instead got a box marked “Human Specimen.”

January 12, 2016

European village gets 'biblical' amounts of rain for more than two straight months

So much rain has drenched a village in Wales that if Noah were there, he’d need two arks, a local official said.

January 7, 2016

Recordings reveal Qaddafi foretold rise of radical Islam, Euro invasion

The Libyan dictator Muammar Khadafy delivered a prophetic warning in 2011, saying Islamic terror would spread across North Africa and hit Europe if he was removed from power, newly released phone transcripts revealed Thursday.

January 5, 2016

Wanted British terrorist reportedly sold bounce houses, then joined ISIS

The terrorist who appeared in an Islamic State video showing the killing of five accused spies is believed to be a British man who left his job selling bouncy castles to join the insurgency.

January 5, 2016

ISIS has 50 British children under its control, report finds

The Islamic State terror group has as many as 50 British children in its grip, with some kids just one year old, The Times of London reported Tuesday.

December 31, 2015

Married terror plotters given life sentences for planning London bombing

A husband and wife convicted for conspiring to bomb civilian targets in London have been given hefty prison sentences.

December 28, 2015

UK's Cameron: More money to be spent on flood defenses

British Prime Minister David Cameron put on his waterproof boots Monday and waded into controversy, challenging critics who said his government has done too little to combat flooding in northern England.