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Australian-British academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert is freed by Iran in an apparent prisoner exchange with Australia for three Iranians. Moore-Gilbert had been arrested for espionage. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison calls her release a "miracle".
2020-11-26

Jihadist group Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin releases Malian opposition leader Soumaïla Cissé, who had been held captive since March, and French aid worker Sophie Pétronin, who had been held captive since 2016.
2020-10-6

Two French journalists working for the newspaper "Le Monde" are seriously injured by Azeri shelling, according to an Armenian government source. Two Armenian journalists are also injured in a separate incident.
2020-10-1

Thai King Vajiralongkorn commutes the death sentence of two Burmese nationals convicted of the rape and murder of two British backpackers in 2014 in Ko Tao. The royal decree was issued to commemorate the birthday of the King, on July 28, to "illustrate the king's clemency". The pair now serve life in prison.
2020-08-15

Benoît Maria, a French human rights activist who helped indigenous people in Guatemala, is shot dead while driving near San Antonio Ilotenango in Quiché.
2020-08-11

The Nobel Committee awards Swiss Jacques Dubochet, German Joachim Frank, and British Richard Henderson the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing cryo-electron microscopy for the high-resolution structural determination of biomolecules in a solution.
2017-10-4

U.S. President Barack Obama, in an op-ed in London's "Daily Telegraph", urges Britons to keep the U.K. in the European Union. Tomorrow, Obama is scheduled to have lunch with Prince Philip and Queen Elizabeth, who celebrated her 90th birthday today. He then will hold talks with Prime Minister David Cameron.
2016-04-21

British singer Adele's album "25" is released. [http:--m.billboard.com-entry-view-id-149005 (Billboard)]date=May 2020
2015-11-21

A French air traffic controllers strike causes the cancellation of hundreds of flights throughout Europe.
2015-04-8

Kidnapped British engineer Malcolm Primrose is found safe in Indonesia.
2013-06-13