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Switzerland

Owner of 'world's best' restaurant in Switzerland found dead

A three-star chef, whose restaurant in Switzerland was recently ranked the world’s best, has been found dead. Benoit Violier is believed to have died

United Kingdom

Tributes pour in as BBC broadcasting legend Sir Terry Wogan dies aged 77

A president, a prime minister and a host of stars from the entertainment world have paid tribute to veteran BBC broadcaster Sir Terry Wogan who has

El Salvador

Former El Salvador President Flores dies facing corruption charges

El Salvador’s former President Francisco Flores has died after suffering a stroke while awaiting trial on corruption charges. He was accused of

World News

Cinema bids farewell to new wave maestro Jacques Rivette, 87

The last of the great French film directors of the New Wave, Jacques Rivette, has died aged 87 after suffering from Alzheimer’s disease for several

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USA

Challenger disaster: space crew remembered 30 years on

Hundreds have gathered at the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida to remember the victims of the Challenger shuttle disaster, 30 years on. Six

United Kingdom

Polar explorer Henry Worsley dies trying to reach his dream

Tributes have poured in for the British explorer Henry Worsley who has died after falling ill just 50 km short of attempting to become the first

World News

More than 40 refugees drown as their boats capsize off Greece

This month is already the deadliest January on record for migrants crossing the Aegean

World News

Probable Russian state involvement in Litvinenko murder 'deeply disturbing'

The British government says probable Russian state involvement in the murder of former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko is “deeply disturbing.” It

World News

Italian director Etorre Scola has died in Rome aged 84

The Italian screen writer and director Ettore Scola has died in Rome at the age of 84. Scola, was considered one of the last greats of Italian

United Kingdom

ISIL confirms death of 'Jihadi John'

The Islamic State (ISIL) militant known by the media as “Jihadi John” and notorious for his filmed beheadings of hostages, has been confirmed dead

Italy

The last great master of Italian cinema, Ettore Scola dies aged 84

The Italian screen writer and director Ettore Scola has died in Rome at the age of 84. Scola, was considered one of the last great masters of

Turkey

Hundreds pay tribute to slain Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink

Hundreds marched in Istanbul on Tuesday in tribute to Hrant Dink, a Turkish-Armenian journalist shot dead nine years ago.

World News

Photographer Leila Alaoui latest victim of Hotel Splendid attack

The death has been announced of Franco-Moroccan photographer Leila Alaoui, who succumbed to the wounds she received in the Hotel Splendid attack in

USA

Eagles guitarist and co-founder Glenn Frey dies aged 67

Tributes have poured in after the announcement that American guitarist Glenn Frey who was a founding member of the Southern California rock group

France

Avalanche kills five soldiers in French Alps

An avalanche has claimed the lives of five soldiers who were training off piste at the Valfréjus station in the French Alps, not far from the Italian

France

France: Volunteer left brain dead after clinical drug trial dies in hospital

A man left brain dead after a clinical trial in France has now died. He was one of dozens of volunteers at a private facility to have tested an

Syria

Syria: 'Hundreds of civilians' seized by ISIL in Deir al-Zour

ISIL is said to have kidnapped 400 civilians in an attack on a city in eastern Syria. The families of pro-government fighters were among those seized

France

Patient dies following clinical drug trial in France

A patient has died after falling into a coma following a medical trial in Rennes, northwest France. Five other people were hospitalised following the

Afghanistan

Afghanistan: suicide bomb 'kills man celebrating release from Taliban'

At least 13 people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad. The blast appears to have targeted the home of

Burkina Faso

Death toll from islamist militant attack on hotel rises

The death toll from Friday night’s attack by islamist militants on a hotel in Burkina Faso has risen to twenty-nine. Thirty people were also injured