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Portugal : Firefighters association blames politicians

The story is the same each year.

Yemen

Coalition airstrikes kill 20 in Sanaa after four-month respite

At least 20 people, mostly young women, have been killed following Saudi-led coalition airstrikes in Yemen.

United Kingdom

Iconic Northern Irish Bishop Edward Daly dies aged 82

He was only a simple Catholic parish priest when in 1972 former Bishop Edward Daley, who has died aged 82, had his photo splashed onto front pages around the…

Pakistan

Death toll rises to 70 in bomb attack on hospital in Pakistan

At least seventy people are now confirmed dead with over 100 injured following a suicide bomb attack at a hospital in Quetta, Pakistan.

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Iran

Iran hangs nuclear scientist over US 'treason'

Iran has executed a nuclear scientist accused of providing the US with information about the country's nuclear programme.

Belgium

ISIL claims machete attack against Belgian policewomen

The group calling itself Islamic State, or ISIL, claims responsibility for Saturday's machete attack in the Belgian city of Charleroi.

France

France: explosion in Rouen bar kills 13, wounds six

A fire in a bar in Rouen, France, has left at least 13 people dead and six injured, one seriously, according to Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve.

Spain

Scores evacuated, one dead as Canary Islands 'toilet paper' blaze rages on

Burnt toilet paper sparks devastating wildfire: one dead, 2,500 evacuated and 3,000 hectares of forest ravaged.

Spain

Wildfire claims life in Canary Islands

Over 700 people have been evacuated to safety from the path of a wildfire that has claimed one life on the Spanish island of La Palma.

United Kingdom

London attack: Russell Square suspect is a Norwegian of Somali origin

A 19-year-old Norwegian man of Somali ancestry remains in police custody in London on suspicion of murdering an American woman in her 60s after a deadly assault in Russell Square last…

World News

Five Olympic moments that shocked the world

The Olympic Games never fails to inspire.

Romania

Former Queen Anne of Romania dies at 92

She was married 68 years to Romania's last monarch, King Michael.

Syria

Five confirmed dead after Russian helicopter shot down in Syria

A Russian helicopter carrying five military personnel has been downed in Northern Syria after coming under hostile fire from the ground, killing everyone on…

Afghanistan

Taliban claim Kabul truck bomb blast

Three assailants and one policeman were killed in the attack on a compound housing foreign contractors in the Afghan capital.

USA

Trump insults killed Muslim soldier's parents

Donald Trump is no stranger to controversy, and this weekend the Republican candidate for President of the United States has outraged many by insulting the mother of a Muslim-American soldier, killed

Russia

Abkhaz writer Fazil Iskander dies, aged 87

Abkhaz writer Fazil Iskander has died at the age of 87, his family has confirmed.

Somalia

Somalia: at least seven dead in al Shabaab-claimed bomb and gun attack

The al Shabaab Islamist group has claimed responsibility for a deadly car bomb and gun attack in Mogadishu.

USA

One dead, five injured in two isolated shootings in Austin, Texas

Emergency service officials in Austin say a woman in her 20s has died and at least five people have been injured in isolated shootings in the Texas capital.

USA

Sixteen killed in Texas hot air balloon crash, says police

Police in Texas say 16 people have been killed after a hot air balloon caught fire and crashed.

Armenia

Policeman shot dead as Armenia hostage siege escalates

An Armenian policeman was killed on Saturday as chaos gripping Yerevan spirals increasingly out of control.