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Poland: four hikers killed by lightning in Pieniny mountains
Four people hiking in Pieniny mountains, southern Poland, were killed by lightning, Polish media report. The four, a couple in their 50s, their daughter and...
Ethiopia: more than 20,000 people flee to Kenya after Moyale clashes
Ethnic clashes in Moyale area, southern Ethiopia, are reported to have left at least 18 people dead and 12 others injured. More than 20,000 people...
Syrian army launches Aleppo attack as tanks move in
Syrian army has launched ground and air attacks against rebels in parts of Aleppo, activists say. Rebels with the Free Syrian Army (FSA) say they...
Gu Kailai, Bo Xilai’s wife, charged with murder of Neil Heywood
Gu Kailai, the wife of disgraced Chinese political leader Bo Xilai, has been charged with murder, state news agency Xinhua has reported. Gu Kailai and...
More Syrian diplomats defect as Aleppo fighting intensifies
Two more senior Syrian diplomats have defected amid mounting pressure on the regime of President Bashar al-Assad, the US has confirmed. Syria's representatives in the...
France: six people die in helicopter crash in Provence
Six people have reportedly died in a helicopter crash in a mountainous area of Provence in southeastern France. The aircraft came down at around 13:40...
Ghana’s President John Atta Mills dies from throat cancer at 68
Ghana's President John Atta Mills has died from throat cancer aged 68. A statement from his office said John Atta Mills died in the country’s...
Typhoon Vicente hit Hong Kong overnight
Strong typhoon Vicente hit Hong Kong overnight, leaving scores injured, hundreds of trees felled and many flights cancelled or delayed. Typhoon Vicente hit late on...
Iraq: 82 people killed in Baghdad in a wave of bomb attacks and shootings
Waves of bomb attacks and shootings in north of Baghdad have killed at least 82 people, say security and medical officials. Many of those killed...
Incendiary device dismantled at James Holmes’ flat
Colorado police have entered the flat of James Holmes, the man suspected of shooting dead 12 people at a Batman film screening, and dismantled...
Hisham Ikhtiar, Syria’s national security chief, dies from wounds
Hisham Ikhtiar, Syria's national security chief, has died from injuries he received in a bomb attack in Damascus on Wednesday, state TV has announced. Hisham...
Batman premiere shooting: gunman kills 14 people at Denver cinema
At least 14 people have been killed in a shooting at Batman film The Dark Knight Rises premiere in Denver, Colorado, police say. About 50...
Syrian rebels seize Iraq and Turkey border posts
Syrian rebels have captured a number of positions on the country's borders with Iraq and Turkey. A senior Iraqi official said all the crossings on...
Bulgaria: bus explosion kills 7 Israeli tourists at Burgas airport
Explosion of a bus carrying Israeli tourists in the eastern Bulgarian city of Burgas has killed at least seven people, Israeli officials say. More than...
Tanzanian ferry carrying at least 250 people sinks off Zanzibar
A Tanzanian ferry carrying at least 250 people has sunk near the island of Zanzibar. An operation to rescue passengers has been launched by the...
22 NATO fuel tankers destroyed by Taliban bomb in Samangan province
A bomb planted by the Taliban in northern Afghanistan has destroyed 22 NATO fuel tankers carrying supplies to coalition forces, local officials say. The vehicles...
Syrian ministers Daoud Rajiha and Assef Shawkat killed in sucide attack in Damascus
Syria's defense minister Daoud Rajiha and his deputy Assef Shawkat, President Assad's brother-in-law, have died in a suspected suicide bombing at security headquarters in...
Turkey: large fire swept through Polat Tower skyscraper in Istanbul
A large fire has swept through the Polat Tower, a 42-storey building, in the centre of the Turkish city of Istanbul. Television footage showed the...
Syria: Damascus in the heaviest fighting so far
According to reports from activists and residents, the Syrian capital Damascus has seen some of the heaviest fighting of the conflict so far. Mortar and...
Syria is in civil war, says Red Cross
Fighting in Syria has become so widespread that the conflict is now in effect a civil war, says The Red Cross (ICRC). The change in...
Japan floods: more than 250,000 people ordered to leave their homes
More than 250,000 people have been ordered to leave their homes to avoid floods caused by torrential rainfall in south-west Japan, officials say. Flooding and...
France: American private jet crashes on landing at Castellet Airport
Three people have been killed in the south of France after an American private jet crashed on landing. The twin-engined Gulfstream-IV came down at Castellet...
Mass killing in the Syrian village of Tremseh
About 200 people are reported to have been killed in the Syrian village of Tremseh, in Hama province. Opposition activists quoted residents as saying the...
Nigeria: more than 100 people died in a fuel tanker explosion in Rivers state
At least 100 people have died in Rivers state, south-eastern Nigeria, after a tanker carrying petrol crashed. Nigerian authorities say the vehicle did not immediately...
French Alps avalanche kills six climbers near Chamonix
At least six climbers have been killed and eight injured in an avalanche near the French Alpine ski resort of Chamonix, police say. The alarm...
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