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Forceful placement angers NY homeless
The homeless in New York may be subject to “involuntary placement” as part of a measure to deal with them during the cold season.

The homeless in New York may be subject to “involuntary placement” as part of a measure to deal with them during the cold season.

The US Justice Department has filed a lawsuit estimated to worth $48 billion against German automaker Volkswagen for violating environmental laws.

Four Iranian companies have been given the authorization to export dairy products to Russia as of 20 January 2015.

The UN says talks on the conflicts in Yemen and Syria are still on schedule despite a row between Saudi Arabia and Iran.

The US response to Saudi Arabia’s execution of prominent Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr Baqir al-Nimr was “weak,” says an analyst.

Judges question the leader of France’s far-right National Front party in a corruption probe.

Spain's national police seize over three tonnes of cocaine in the northern region of Galicia.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says Tehran supports peace and stability in Afghanistan.

Niger army chief says his country is close to winning the war against Takfiri Bako Haram terrorist group.

British health secretary warns that the strikes by junior doctors in England could be very damaging.

The UN says its investigative teams have found remnants of cluster bombs in Yemen’s northwestern region.

Armed anti-government protesters in the US state of Oregon have vowed to continue their occupation of a federal building.

US President Barack Obama has made a passionate plea about the urgency to fight gun violence in the country.

Tehran dismisses media reports that there has been a downgrade in the Iran-Kuwait diplomatic relations.

Concerns are rising in Iran’s media that Saudi Arabia could press Djibouti to increase the costs for Iran to get its tankers through the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait.

Turkish forces kill 14 PKK militants in the mainly Kurdish southeastern region.

Catalan regional leader Artur Mas says he is ready ‘against his will’ to call fresh parliamentary elections in Catalonia.

Bahraini forces arrest 35 people during a protest against Saudi Arabia’s execution of a top Shia cleric.