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Canada

Gaga and Marc Quinn muse Zombie Boy dies

Rick Genest, a Canadian fashion model, artist and actor famed for his heavily-tattooed body, has died, six days before his 33rd birthday.

Spain

Watch: Spanish town hosts annual Festival of Near-Death Experiences

A small Spanish village known as Santa Marta de Ribarteme near the border with Portugal hosted its annual Festival of Near-Death Experiences on Sunday.

Greece

'Serious indications' wildfires were caused by arson in Greece

Some residents had built houses illegally between wooded areas which effectively blocked off escape routes

Greece

Who are the victims of Greece’s wildfires?

A local chef, an Irish honeymooner and a newly-retired Belgian tourist are among the victims of Greece’s deadly wildfires.

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Netherlands

Viagra trial for pregnant Dutch women shut down after 11 babies die

The trial was immediately shut down when early results showed that sildenafil “may be detrimental to the baby after birth" as 11 died from lung conditions.

World News

Male suicide rate in EU member states remains high

The rate of suicide dropped slightly in 2915 as just over 56,000 deaths were due to intentional self-harm, a report by Eurostat has found.

World News

Record downpour kills 200 in Japan

Municipal workers in western Japan struggled on Friday to restore water supplies a week after floods caused by a record downpour killed more than 200 people in the worst such disaster in 36 years.

World News

Parents should access dead daughter's Facebook account: German court

Germany’s top court ruled on Thursday that Facebook should give two parents access to their deceased daughter’s account.

United Kingdom

Girl dies after bouncy castle ‘explodes’ on beach

A six-year-old girl has died after the bouncy castle she was playing on ‘exploded’ according to witnesses on a beach in Norfolk in eastern England.

Mali

Deadly attack on Mali military base leaves six dead

Islamist militants armed with rockets and explosives raided the headquarters of an African military taskforce in central Mali, leaving at least six people dead on Friday, a spokesman for the force said.

Afghanistan

Afghan cameraman learns of nephew's death in suicide attack

"Last year he got married. This year his wife fell pregnant. He was the only son in the family: Him, his mother and his wife."

Indonesia

Indonesia calls off search for nearly 200 missing ferry passengers

Officials announced on Monday they were calling off the two-week long operation.

Japan

Japan earthquake kills at least three and injures hundreds

The quake struck Japan's second largest city on Monday morning with a reported magnitude of 5.9.

Venezuela

17 die in Caracas nightclub stampede

At least seventeen people died at a Caracas club early on Saturday morning when a person activated a tear gas grenade inside, Venezuela's interior minister Nestor Reverol said.

Guatemala

The search for missing continues in Guatemala

Forensic experts begin the grim task of identifying bodies of some of the 109 victims after the Fuego Volcano erupted several times

Tunisia

Tunisian Interior Minister fired after deadly migrant boat accident

The boat packed with some 180 migrants sank on Sunday off Tunisia’s coast. The death toll has risen to at least 68, with dozens still missing. Euronews reporter Anelise Borges is in the Italian port town of Catania in Sicily where she is about to join a Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) rescue mission.

USA

Cougar mauls cyclists, kills one in Washington

One man has died and another has been left seriously injured after they were confronted by a cougar while cycling in Washington state on Saturday.

Israel

Angry exchanges at the United Nations Security Council emergency meeting

Exchanges were between Israel and Palestinian envoys. A number of nations also expressed concern at the level of violence during Monday's protests

Democratic Republic Of Congo

DR Congo confirms new outbreak of Ebola virus

The Democratic Republic of Congo has confirmed the first death in a new outbreak of the Ebola virus in the central African country. Health Minister Oly Ilunga said that a further 11 people had been infected, including three medical staff.

World News

Spanish lawmakers vote to debate euthanasia

Euthanasia — or assisted dying — is currently illegal in Spain but lawmakers have approved a motion to debate a bill which would make it legal to cause or help cause the 'painless' death of people in certain cases.