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Californian fires leave behind apocalyptic scenes

The wildfires raging since Sunday in the north of the US state are leaving a trail of destruction.

11/10/2017

Cult

American rock icon Tom Petty dies aged 66

American musician Tom Petty has died aged 66. Petty was the lead singer of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and had hits such as American Girl and Learning to Fly.

03/10/2017

World

At least 8 dead in Cameroon Anglophone independence protests

Soldiers shot dead at least eight people and wounded others in Cameroon’s restless English-speaking regions on Sunday during protests by activists calling for its independence.

02/10/2017

World

Plague spreading rapidly in Madagascar- WHO

The World Health organisation has warned that a deadly plague has been spreading rapidly since august in Madagascar calling for a quick action.

01/10/2017

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Los Angeles mourns Hugh Hefner

Tributes pour in for magazine founder and entrepreneur, Hugh Hefner.

29/09/2017

India

Stampede at Indian railway station kills 15

A rush hour stampede has killed 15 people at Elphinstone railway station in Mumbai, India.

29/09/2017

USA

Hugh Hefner to be buried next to Marilyn Monroe

The Playboy founder will lie for eternity next to the magazine's first cover girl.

29/09/2017

Cult

Hugh Hefner: a life spent in the naked eye

Tributes pour in from far and wide for Hugh Hefner, the founder of adult magazine Playboy, who has died at the age of 91.

28/09/2017

USA

11 things you didn’t know about Hugh Hefner

From political connections to an obsession with scrapbooks, here's 11 things you didn't know about the founder of Playboy

28/09/2017

USA

How Playboy founder Hugh Hefner changed the western world

"In terms of pop culture and sexual attitudes, we do live in a Playboy world now"

28/09/2017

France

L'Oréal heiress Liliane Bettencourt dies aged 94

The elderly widow was the world's richest woman, with a net worth of more than 37 billion euros, according to Forbes.

21/09/2017

Cult

Visitors laugh in the face of death at Romania cemetery

While some cemeteries can be a grey affair, graves in Romania's 'Merry Cemetery' makes visitors 'laugh at death'

21/09/2017

Romania

Romania battered by deadly storm

At least eight people killed and dozens more hurt as severe weather hits Romania, Serbia and Croatia

18/09/2017

Democratic Republic Of Congo

UN wants inquiry after Burundi migrants are killed in DR Congo

Activists say police and soldiers opened fire as refugees protested plans to send them home

16/09/2017

USA

Doctors describe battle to save nursing home victims trapped by Irma

Eight people die in a Florida nursing home after Hurricane Irma cuts air conditioning

13/09/2017

Sweden

Suspect in death of journalist Kim Wall denies killing her

Suspect in death of journalist Kim Wall denies killing her

06/09/2017

India

Blue Whale Challenge: Crackdown in India after surge in interest

It comes after Google revealed there had been huge interest in the suicide game.

05/09/2017

United Kingdom

Former Catholic Archbishop of Westminster Cormac Murphy O'Connor dies

Former Catholic Archbishop of Westminster Cormac Murphy O'Connor dies aged 85

01/09/2017

World News

Asia floods leaves millions homeless

While all eyes have been on the havoc wreaked by Hurricane Harvey, more than 1,000 people have been killed as a result of devastating floods across Asia

01/09/2017

Sudan

Russian ambassador to Sudan found dead at his home

Mirgayas Shirinskiy's body was discovered in a swimming pool.

24/08/2017