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Turkey points finger at Russia over Syria hospital attacks

Visiting Ukraine, Turkey’s prime minister pointed the finger at Russia over the strikes in Azaz. Earlier he’d warned Kurdish rebels of a harsh

Syria

Syria hospital and school strikes kill 'up to 50' - UN

The United Nations says up to 50 people have been killed in missile attacks on hospitals and schools in northern Syria. Médécins Sans Frontières –

France

Flu and weather made 2015 the deadliest year in France since World War II

The year 2015 has been the deadliest in France since the end of World War II according to official figures, a toll attributed to the weather and

Greece

Lesbos opens new cemetery for refugee victims

A cemetery has been opened in Lesbos for refugees and migrants who have died trying to cross from Turkey. The overcrowded rubber and wooden boats

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Sport

Former Russian anti-doping agency head Nikita Kamayev dies

Syria

'Up to 50 dead' including children in hospital strikes in Syria

The United Nations says up to 50 people have been killed in missile attacks on hospitals and schools in Syria. Médécins Sans Frontières reports seven

World News

Ex-Russian athletics' anti-doping chief Nikita Kamayev dies of 'heart attack'

RUSADA's former executive director is the second senior official to die following a recent corruption scandal.

World News

Judge's death sparks battle for US Supreme Court

Control of the US Supreme Court has taken centre stage in the country’s presidential campaign with the death of one of its most conservative judges

Afghanistan

Women and children bear the brunt of violence in Afghanistan

Civilian injuries in Afghanistan’s long war with the Taliban rose last year, with women and children again bearing the brunt of the violence, the

Egypt

Cairo: Italian student Regeni showed signs of electrocution - forensic source

There are claims that shop surveillance video is likely to show two men, believed to be Egyptian security agents, leading an Italian student away on

Taiwan

Taiwan quake: baby rescued 30 hours after building collapses, scores still inside

Rescue teams were continuing to search on Sunday evening for around 120 people believed to still be trapped inside a collapsed apartment block in the

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Quake-hit Taiwan tower

Drone footage shows the collapsed Wei-guan Golden Dragon Building, an apartment tower in Tainan, Taiwan. The building was toppled by a 6.4 magnitude

Taiwan

Taiwan quake: young man pulled alive from rubble, as survivor search continues

More than 24 hours after a deadly earthquake hit Taiwan, a young man has been pulled alive from a toppled, high-rise apartment block. The 20-year-old

Austria

Five killed in 'massive' avalanche in Austrian Alps

Five people have been killed in what has been described as a “massive” avalanche in the Austrian Alps. Police say it struck skiiers from the Czech

Pakistan

Suicide bomber attacks Pakistani military convoy

At least nine people died and 35 were wounded when a suicide bomber blew himself up near a military convoy outside the city of Quetta. The Pakistani

Taiwan

Taiwan: at least 18 killed as earthquake brings down several buildings

At least 18 people have been killed in southern Taiwan, after 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck early on Saturday. Fifteen of the dead, including a

Taiwan

At least five dead as powerful quake hits southern Taiwan

What we know so far A powerful earthquake has toppled a 17-storey apartment block in southern Taiwan, killing at least five people, including a

Haiti

Former soldier stoned to death in Haiti clashes

There have been dramatic scenes on the streets of the Haitian capital, with anti-government protesters reportedly stoning an unarmed man to death

Taiwan

Ten-day-old baby among dead after powerful quake hits southern Taiwan

What we know so far A powerful earthquake has toppled a 17-storey apartment block in southern Taiwan, killing at least five people, including a

Pakistan

At least two die as airline sell-off protests turn violent in Pakistan

The months of protests around the Pakistani government’s plans to privatise the ailing national airline came to a head on Tuesday as two people died