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Teenager dies after Australia shark attack

A 17-year-old was killed in a shark attack while on holiday with her family off the coast of Esperance, South Western Australia.

USA

Quantities of prescription drugs found at home of Prince after his death, court documents reveal

Opioid painkillers were found in the late pop star Prince’s home after his sudden death last year, unsealed court documents have revealed.

Syria

More than 60 children among 126 killed in Syria bus bombing

The death toll from Saturday’s bomb attack on a crowded bus convoy outside Aleppo has reached 126 – at least 68 of them children – according to the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human…

Syria

Syria evacuees arrive in shelter near Aleppo

An operation to move Syrian civilians out of two Shi’ite villages besieged by rebels and into government territory resumed overnight.

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Pakistan

Pakistan 'blasphemy killing': murdered student 'devoted to Islam'

Mashal Khan was beaten to death after being accused of blasphemy. But people who knew him say he openly professed devotion to Islam.

USA

Deadly shooting in moving Atlanta metro train

One person is dead and three others were injured after a gunman opened fire on a local metro train in the US state of Georgia on Thursday.

World News

Mexico: More than 20 killed in fuel tanker-bus crash

At least 24 people were killed on Thursday in a crash involving a bus and a fuel tanker in southwest Mexico.

USA

Sheila Abdus-Salaam, first female Muslim judge in US, found dead in river

Sheila Abdus-Salaam, a 65-year-old associate judge on New York State’s highest court, was found dead in the Hudson River in New York City.

World News

Cinematographer Michael Ballhaus dies, 81

World-renowned German cinematographer, Michael Ballhaus, has died at the age of 81.

USA

USA: gunman kills woman and himself at San Bernardino school

The man reportedly targeted a teacher in the California classroom, injuring two children before turning the gun on himself.

USA

Farewell to rock 'n' roll legend Chuck Berry

Family and friends gathered at the Pageant Theater in St.

Spain

Spain's first female defence minister Carme Chacon dies aged 46

Spain’s first female defence minister, Carme Chacon has died at the age of 46.

Vatican

Pope offers condolences after Christian bloodshed in Egypt

Pope Francis has condemned Sunday’s violence against Coptic Christians in Egypt, where deadly double attacks are sure to raise security concerns over his own forthcoming trip to the…

Egypt

Dozens dead as ISIL attacks Coptic Christians in Egypt

ISIL says it was behind two bomb blasts that killed dozens of Coptic Christians in Egypt on Sunday, as they marked Palm Sunday ahead of Easter.

Egypt

Egypt: Coptic Church bombs hit Tanta and Alexandria

Hours after Sunday’s church bombing in Egypt’s northern city of Tanta, came another blast in front of a Christian church in Alexandria.

Egypt

Egypt: ISIL claims deadly attacks on Coptic Christians

At least 25 people are reported dead and dozens more were injured on Sunday in an explosion at a Coptic Christian Church in Egypt’s northern Nile Delta city of…

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Sweden wakes up to the aftermath of truck attack

The people of Stockholm expressed shock and grief on Saturday as they spoke of the deadly truck attack, a day earlier in the city.

USA

A final goodbye to Chuck Berry

Family and friends of revolutionary rock and roll star Chuck Berry are preparing to say a final goodbye.

United Kingdom

Romanian injured in Westminster attack dies

Andreea Cristea has become the fifth victim of the Westminster terror attack.

Sweden

Sweden: suspect arrested after truck kills four and injures 15 in central Stockholm

Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said everything indicates a "terror attack".