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Tunisia makes arrests in search for gunman accomplices

Tunisia is to deploy 1,000 troops to protect its tourist resorts as police make several arrests in the search for suspected accomplices of the hotel beach attacker

USA

Charleston church shooting suspect arrested after huge manhunt

The suspect in the Charleston church shooting, Dylann Roof, 21, has been arrested by police in Shelby, North Carolina after a roadside check. Roof

USA

US: at least 9 killed in Charleston church massacre

The search for the killer of nine people at an African American church in Charleston, South Carolina, continues. The police described it as a hate

USA

Mass shooting at a church in South Carolinia

A gunman has opened fire at an African- American church in Charleston, South Carolina. First reports say they are multiple casualties. The suspect

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Yemen

Bomb blasts rip through Sanaa - ISIL blamed

More than 50 people are killed in a series of car bomb attacks in central Sanaa. ISIL militants claim they were responsible.

Kosovo

Kosovo exhibition of dresses and skirts in Pristina to remember women who suffered sexual violence in wartime

Over 5,000 skirts and dresses have been hung out on washing lines in Kosovo in the heart of a male preserve, Pristina’s main football stadium. Many

China

Volunteers help identify victims of Chinese cruise ship disaster

Local people have joined the authorities in China as they deal with the aftermath of the accident on the Yangtze River, when the Eastern Star cruise ship capsized in a storm with the loss of nearly 40

China

Fatal fire sweeps through elderly care home in China

At least 38 people have been killed after a fire swept through a nursing home in China’s central Henan province. Search operations are underway and

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Nepal: one month after the deadly earthquake

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Peru: man shot dead by police during mining protest, says union

A man supporting a strike at a mine in southern Peru has been killed during clashes with police. He was shot dead by officers, who fired pellets and

Brazil

Brazil: Prison riot leaves eight dead

Inmates at a Brazilian prison who had been holding at least 70 people hostage have finally released them after negotiating with police. The

Azerbaijan

Residential building inferno kills 16 in Baku

At least 16 people have been killed and dozens wounded in a fire that ripped through a residential building in Azerbaijan’s capital, Baku. Emergency

Afghanistan

Briton among at least 3 dead in Taliban attack on EU vehicle in Afghanistan

One Briton is among at least three killed in a Taliban suicide bomb attack on a EUPOL vehicle in the Afghan capital, Kabul.

Germany

Germany: Two killed and 20 injured in train crash

Two people were killed on Saturday and 20 more injured in a collision between a packed passenger train and a farm vehicle in western Germany. At

World News

UN appeals to southeast Asian nations to work together to help stranded migrants

With boats full of people believed to be abandoned in the Andaman Sea, the UN urges southeast Asian countries to work together to help migrants.

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Nepal: earthquake recovery process

USA

Victims welcome death sentence for Boston marathon bomber

A jury has sentenced Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death by lethal injection. It rejected the other option of life in prison. Three

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Tracking down earthquake survivors by their sweat

World News

More migrant deaths crossing from Africa to Italy

The perilous crossing from Africa to the shores of Europe has claimed the lives of more migrants. Survivors said around forty people died and were

Nepal

Nepal quake 700 times the power of Hiroshima bomb, says expert

Efthimios Lekkas, Professor of Geology at the University of Athens, and a leading expert in earthquakes and natural disasters. He and his team