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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.

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Los Angeles mourns Hugh Hefner

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

India

Stampede at Indian railway station kills 15

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

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.

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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.

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

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"

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.

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'

Romania

Romania battered by deadly storm

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

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

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

Sweden

Suspect in death of journalist Kim Wall denies killing her

Suspect in death of journalist Kim Wall denies killing her

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.

United Kingdom

Former Catholic Archbishop of Westminster Cormac Murphy O'Connor dies

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

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

Sudan

Russian ambassador to Sudan found dead at his home

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

Tanzania

Tanzania charges 32 people with killing, burning five 'witches'

A Tanzanian court has charged 32 people with murder after five women suspected of witchcraft were beaten to death, and their corpses burned, in a move which could help to deter such killings.

United Kingdom

Princess Diana's sons speak about losing their mother

Princes William and Harry have given the latest in a series of emotional interviews ahead of the 20th anniversary of Diana's death

Nigeria

Girl and baby blown-up in ‘appalling increase’ of human bombs in Nigeria

The number of children blown-up has quadrupled so far in 2017.