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Bulgaria gripped by mysterious deaths of six people in mountains

Case is shrouded in fevered speculation as prosecutors say autopsies show two of the deceased were “probably” murderedIt has been dubbed Bulgaria’s “Twin Peaks”: a grim saga involving the mysterious deaths of six people in the middle of the mountains that has gripped the eastern European country.Zahari Vaskov, the director of the national police general directorate, told a press conference on Monday that the deaths were “a case without comparison in our country”. Continue reading...

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Colombia's president urges court to allow raising taxes by decree as floods hit northern region

Colombian President Gustavo Petro is urging the nation's highest court to lift a suspension on an economic emergency decree

EU moves closer to creating offshore centres for migrants and asylum seekers

MEPs vote to allow people to be deported to places they have never been to, as NGOs express fears over new ‘safe third countries’ listThe EU has moved closer to creating offshore centres for migrants and asylum seekers, after centre-right and far-right MEPs united for tougher migration policies.MEPs voted for legal changes that will give authorities more options to deport asylum seekers, including sending people to countries they have never been to. Continue reading...

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'They have a mystical value': Why Iran won't budge on its prized ballistic missiles

Convincing the Islamic republic to rein in its ballistic missile program could be next to impossible, with the weapons having achieved an almost "mystical" reputation among some Iranian military leaders.

Passenger plane in Somalia overshoots the runway into shallow seawater near the airport

A passenger aircraft carrying 55 people veered off the runway at Somalia’s main airport and ended up on in shallow water at a nearby beach