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As protesters faced off against heavy-handed police in Kenya's capital, members of parliament passed the tax bill that pushed them into the streets.The financial bill will impose new levies on essential goods and push the burden of external debt repayment on the country's increasingly unemployed and struggling citizens. When the marchers made it into the parliament chambers they had vowed to occupy, their rage and betrayal was on full show.Flags […]

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has pleaded guilty to one count of espionage as part of a plea deal with US authorities. His court appearance took place on the US territory of Saipan. He left the UK on Monday after being released on bail from Belmarsh high security jail. Addressing the court, Assange said that he broke US law by encouraging classified leaks, but said he believed the Espionage Act violates […]

Afghans flooded the country's streets in their thousands on Tuesday to rejoice in their men's cricket team reaching the T20 World Cup semi-finals for the first time.Celebrations erupted throughout the Taliban-run country as people in Kabul, Khost, Jalalabad and beyond enjoyed the dramatic victory over Bangladesh. Rashedullah, a resident of the southeastern Khost province said: "This event has given reason for hope for the youth who were previously disappointed". Image: […]

Specialist search dogs have been drafted in from the Spanish capital Madrid to help in the hunt for missing British teenager Jay Slater.The 19-year-old, from Oswaldtwistle near Blackburn in Lancashire, was last seen in Tenerife in the morning of Monday 17 June. Mr Slater had travelled to the northwestern mountain village of Masca after attending the NRG musical festival on Sunday night.The apprentice bricklayer phoned a friend he had been […]

China's lunar probe has returned to Earth, making the country the first to bring back samples from the moon's far side.The re-entry capsule of the Chang'e probe touched down in the northern Chinese region of Inner Mongolia at about 2pm Beijing time (7am UK time), carrying lunar soil collected earlier in June. At the start of the month, the probe had successfully landed at the moon's South Pole, in the […]

US authorities have agreed to drop their demand for Julian Assange to be extradited from the UK after reaching a plea deal with the WikiLeaks founder.In return for pleading guilty to one count of conspiracy to obtain and disclose national defence information, Assange will be sentenced to time served, 62 months - the time he has already spent in a British prison, according to court documents. Once the guilty plea […]

The prime suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann could be freed from jail in a matter of months if a challenge by his lawyers is successful.The British girl went missing when she was three years old during a family holiday in Portugal in May 2007. Later, convicted child abuser Christian B was accused of being responsible - an allegation he denies.The 47-year-old man, who has never been formally charged […]

A family from Florida is suing NASA after their home was damaged by debris which fell to Earth from the International Space Station.Law firm Cranfill Sumner, acting for the family, said the case against the agency is the first of its kind - and will "form the foundation" for similar claims in the future as space debris had become a "real and serious issue". The object smashed into the home […]

Vogue World took over a square for the last day of Paris Fashion Week on Sunday night, putting on a spectacle themed around the Olympics.One month ahead of the opening of the Games in Paris, the show marked 100 years since the last Olympics in Paris in 1924. It also nodded to 23 June 1894, the day the founder of the modern Games French nobleman Pierre de Coubertin launched the […]