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Mexico

Gunmen abduct suspected drug cartel members from top Mexico tourist resort

In Mexico, around a dozen suspected members of the Sinaloa drug cartel have been kidnapped in the tourist resort of Puerto Vallarta.

Nepal

Nepal bus slips off mountain road killing at least 33

A bus in Nepal has slipped off a narrow mountain road killing at least 33 people and injuring 28 others.

Thailand

Thailand mourns as police hunt for bomb blast suspects

The usually bustling streets of Hua Hin are almost empty.

Thailand

Thailand steps up security after attacks

Offering words of consolation, Thailand’s Tourism Minister visits those wounded in a string of bomb attacks.

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Thailand

Explosions rip across Thailand, killing at least four

A series of blasts hit localities including Hua Hin, Surat Thani and Phuket. Police suspect local dissidents, not international terrorism.

Iraq

12 babies die in Iraq hospital fire

The blaze broke out late on Tuesday inside the maternity unit at the Yarmouk Teaching Hospital in the west of the Iraqi capital.

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…

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.

Afghanistan

First burials for victims of Kabul suicide attack

More than 80 people were killed and 200 injured in a suicide attack in the Afghan capital on Saturday. The twin bombing targeted a peaceful protest by members of the Hazara minority.

Germany

German machete attack "no link to terrorism" - police

A machete attack by a Syrian asylum seeker in the German town of Reutlingen had no apparent connection to terrorism.Police say the incident which left one woman dead and two others injured happened

Germany

Mourners pay respects at scene of Munich shooting rampage

Mourners have been laying flowers and lighting candles at the scene of Friday’s attack in Munich.

Afghanistan

Bloodshed in Kabul as ISIL murder scores of minority Hazara

As many as 80 people have been killed and around 230 injured in a suicide bomb attack in the Afghan capital Kabul.

Germany

Merkel in mourning over Munich murders

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has addressed the country following the killing spree in Munich that left nine innocent people dead.

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Amateur video shows chaotic scene after Munich attack

Video taken from the scene shows panic and people sprinting away after shooter opens fire at Munich shopping centre.

Germany

'He was a really quiet boy' neighbours describe suspected Munich murderer

Neighbours of the 18-year-old suspected of killing nine people in a mass shooting in Munich have described the teenager as a quiet loner.

Germany

Munich: police rule out ISIL link

However, officers say the 18-year-old attacker did have an obsessive interest in mass shootings.

Germany

Munich: what happened and when

How Germany's third-largest city went into lockdown when the shooting rampage began at around 6pm on Friday evening.

Germany

Police raid Munich apartment

The operation came early on Saturday morning, hours after the shooting rampage in the city's Olympia shopping mall.

Germany

Amateur video shows Munich gunman at mall

Police are looking for a motive for Friday's attack. A spokesman for Chancellor Angela Merkel would neither confirm nor deny a link to terrorism.

Norway

Remembering the victims of the Utoya massacre five years on

A remembrance service has been held on the island of Utoya, where 69 people were gunned down by Anders Behring Breivik five years ago.