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Cyclone Mahasen hits Bangladesh’s southern coast killing at least two people
Cyclone Mahasen has stricken Bangladesh's southern coast, as people packed into evacuation shelters. The storm hit Patuakhali district on Thursday with winds of up to...
Texas tornado kills six people in Granbury
A tornado has ripped through Texas town of Granbury resulting in six deaths, officials say. Homes were destroyed when the tornado hit Granbury, 70 miles...
Cyclone Mahasen prompts massive evacuation from Bangladesh coastal areas
Bangladesh has ordered the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people from its coastal areas threatened by Cyclone Mahasen. The Bangladeshi authorities have raised the...
Taiwan suspends hiring Filipino workers and recalls its envoy over fisherman Hung Shih-cheng killing
Taiwan is suspending hiring Filipino workers and recalling its envoy amid a row over the killing of fisherman Hung Shih-cheng. Taiwan said the move showed...
Nigeria: President Goodluck Jonathan declares state of emergency in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has declared a state of emergency in three states after a spate of deadly attacks by Islamist militant groups. In a...
Rohingya Muslims boat sinks off western Burma while evacuating people ahead of Cyclone Mahasen
A boat carrying about 200 Rohingya Muslims has capsized off western Burma, aid agencies say. The boat was evacuating people ahead of Cyclone Mahasen, which...
New Orleans Mother’s Day parade shooting: 19 people wounded including two kids
Nineteen people have been wounded after three gunmen opened fire at New Orleans Mother’s Day parade, police says. The victims included two children, a 10-year-old...
Andrew Moran: Most wanted fugitive in UK arrested in Spain
Andrew Moran, one of Britain's most wanted fugitives, has been arrested in a raid on a luxury villa on Spain's Costa Blanca. Andrew Moran, 31,...
Astronauts Chris Cassidy and Tom Marshburn perform emergency spacewalk to fix ammonia leak
US astronauts Chris Cassidy and Tom Marshburn are carrying out an emergency spacewalk to fix a leak of ammonia from the International Space Station's...
Reyhanli explosions kill at least 40 people in Turkey
At least 40 people have been killed and other 100 are injured after two car bombs exploded in the Turkish town of Reyhanli, near...
Michelle Knight is released from hospital and she will stay with Gina DeJesus after refusing to see her mother
Michelle Knight has finally been released from hospital and is staying at the home of fellow captive Gina DeJesus after she refused to see...
Reshma: Woman pulled alive from Rana Plaza ruins in Dhaka
A woman, named Reshma, has been pulled alive from the ruins of a building that collapsed in a suburb of Bangladesh's capital, Dhaka, 17...
Tamerlan Tsarnaev buried at midnight in secret ceremony outside Worcester
Tamerlan Tsarnaev has been buried in a secret midnight service at an undisclosed location after a mystery benefactor came forward - ending weeks of...
Ali Haider Gilani: Son of Pakistan’s former PM Yousuf Raza Gilani kidnapped by gunmen in Multan
Ali Haider Gilani, the son of Pakistan's former PM Yousuf Raza Gilani, has been kidnapped by unidentified gunmen during an election rally, his father...
Imran Khan injured after falling on stage during Pakistani election rally in Lahore
Former cricketer and leading Pakistani politician Imran Khan has been injured after falling off a makeshift lift that was taking him onto a stage...
Mayon volcano eruption kills 4 German climbers and their guide in Philippines
Mayon volcano has erupted in the Philippines, killing four German climbers and their guide. Mount Mayon at 206 miles south-east of the capital Manila sent...
Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michele Knight: Missing women found alive after decade in a house in Cleveland
Three young women – Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michele Knight - who vanished in separate incidents about a decade ago in Ohio have...
Lauryn Hill sentenced to jail for tax evasion
Lauryn Hill has been sentenced in New Jersey to three months in jail for tax evasion. Lauryn Hill, 37, also faces three months of home...
Robel Phillipos released on bail under house arrest and wearing electronic monitoring bracelet
Robel Phillipos, friend of the Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev who is accused of lying to FBI investigators, will be released on bail...
Hans Lipschis: Former Auschwitz guard arrested in Germany
Hans Lipschis, a 93-year-old alleged former guard at the Auschwitz extermination camp, has been arrested in southern Germany. Hans Lipschis was taken into custody in...
Bangladesh: At least 3 people die during clashes between police and Hefajat-e-Islam protesters in Dhaka
At least three people died and other 60 have been injured during clashes between police and Islamist protesters of Hefajat-e-Islam in the Bangladeshi capital...
San Mateo bridge stretch limo fire kills five women and injures other four
Five women died and four were injured when a stretch limo caught fire on the San Mateo bridge near San Francisco on Saturday night. Only the...
Israel bombs Syria: Israeli rockets hit Jamraya army research centre near Damascus
Syrian state television has reported that Israeli rockets have hit Jamraya army research centre near Damascus. Witnesses heard huge explosions near the Jamraya facility, and...
Ghent toxic train explosion kills two people and injures other 14 in Belgium
Two people died and other 14 were injured after a train carrying toxic, flammable chemicals derailed and caused a major fire near the Belgian...
US cargo plane crashes in Kyrgyzstan near Chaldovar
A US tanker aircraft has crashed after taking off from the Manas airbase in Kyrgyzstan, local reports say. The cargo plane had left the US Manas airbase...
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