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United Kingdom

Questions raised over Westminster security after attack

Britain’s security level remains at “severe”, its second highest state of alert, following the Westminster terror attack.

France

French student in custody after Grasse school shooting

A teenage student has opened fire at a high school in southern France, injuring several people including his head teacher.

France

Shooting at high school at Grasse in southern France

At least three people have been injured in a shooting at a secondary school in Grasse, southern France, on Thursday lunchtime.

Guatemala

Guatemala in shock after fire horror at children's home

The country has declared three days of national mourning after at least 22 young girls died in a fire at a home for vulnerable teenagers and children. Police are investigating claims of arson.

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Syria

Syria: airstrikes hit rebel-held areas east of Damascus despite ceasefire

In Syria warplanes have bombed rebel-held towns east of Damascus, striking residential areas where less than 24 hours earlier Russia declared a ceasefire.

Afghanistan

Patients, doctors and nurses among dozens killed in Kabul hospital attack

Gunmen dressed as doctors have attacked a military hospital in an area close to the US embassy in Kabul. They are fighting with security forces inside the building in the Afghan capital.

Iraq

Iraqis treated for chemical weapons agents, as Mosul civilian exodus intensifies

As the battle for Mosul rages, tens of thousands of civilians flee the bloodshed.

Turkey

Car bomb kills young child in Turkey's south east

A three-year-old boy has been killed and 15 others wounded by car bomb attack in southeastern Turkey.

France

France: Three family members killed in Alpine avalanche

Three members of the same family and their snowboarding instructor were killed in an Alpine avalanche on Monday – the worst such accident since the start of the ski-ing season in…

World News

Trump honours return of fallen Navy seal

US President Donald Trump and his daughter Ivanka returned to Washington on Wednesday night following a trip to honour the returning remains of a navy officer killed in a weekend raid in…

Italy

Italy: Avalanche death toll rises as quake-hit Italians protest

More bodies have been found in the buried ruins of a hotel in central Italy, razed by an avalanche a week ago today.

Italy

Italy holds first funerals for avalanche dead

The first funerals for victims killed in the hotel Rigopiano in central Italy, which was destroyed by an avalanche last week, have been held.

Italy

Six killed in Italy after rescue helicopter crashes

Six people have been killed in central Italy after a rescue helicopter crashed.

Italy

Desperate search for survivors of avalanche-hit hotel in Italy continues into the night

Rescue workers face treacherous conditions as they fight against time and the elements to find survivors after an avalanche struck a luxury mountain hotel in central Italy, hours after a series of str

Italy

Italy: hotel rescuers find no sign of life after avalanche

Impossible to reach by car, emergency workers have been trying to access the Hotel Rigopiano by alternative methods.

USA

Mass murderer Charles Manson 'seriously ill' in hospital

Mass murderer Charles Manson is reportedly seriously ill in hospital.

Turkey

Who were the victims of the Istanbul terror attack?

As police in Turkey extend their manhunt for the gunman who attacked a nightclub, details have emerged about some of the 39 people killed that night.

Indonesia

Search resumes for Indonesia ferry fire victims

The search has resumed for 17 people reported missing after a ferry fire off the coast of Indonesia. At least five ships and a number of smaller craft have been deployed in the search, according to of

Turkey

Nightclub killings: "I pretended to be dead, so he wouldn't keep shooting at me"

Some survivors of the Istanbul nightclub shooting rampage say they were lucky to escape

Turkey

Reina club massacre: When laughter turned to tears

Revellers at the Reina club, one of Istanbul’s best known nightspots, had no idea of the horror that was to follow as they counted down to 2017.