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Turkey: Fire at schoolgirls' dormitory kills 12

A fire at a dormitory for schoolgirls in southern Turkey on Tuesday left twelve people dead, eleven of them teenagers.

Cuba

Leftist Latin American allies honour Castro in Cuba

International friends and admirers of Fidel Castro were in Havana on Tuesday to pay their last respects to the leader of Cuba’s revolution.

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Flags fly at half-mast across Havana

Cuba honoured former leader Fidel Castro with troops at Havana’s Morro Castle fort firing 21 salvos of a cannon on Monday.

Cuba

Cubans queue to pay their respects to Fidel Castro

Tens of thousands of Cubans have queued to pay their respects to the former leader and father of the island nation’s revolution, Fidel Castro.

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Cuba

Thousands gather in Havana's Revolution Square as Cuba bids farewell to Fidel Castro

A 21-gun salute echoed across the Havana, as thousands of Cubans started gathering in Revolution Square to bid farewell to Fidel Castro.

North Korea

Kim Jong Un expresses condolences over death of Fidel Castro

North Korea’s Kim Jong Un has expressed his condolences over the death of Fidel Castro, in a letter to the revolutionary leader’s brother, Cuban President Raul…

Cuba

Cubans prepare for Castro homage

Preparations have begun across Cuba for citizens to pay homage to Fidel Castro, the former leader held in high-esteem by much of the island nations population.

USA

Sorrow and celebration - mixed reactions to Castro death

One man’s tyrant is another’s freedom fighter the old adage goes, and the death of Fidel Castro has sparked as much celebration as it has sorrow in many of his former…

USA

Barack Obama and Donald Trump offer contrasting responses to the death of Fidel Castro

The death of Fidel Castro brought a wave of reactions from politicians in the United States, including President Barack Obama, who offered condolences to the Castro family and extended “a hand of frie

Cuba

Cuba announces nine days of mourning for Fidel Castro's death

One of the defining figures of the twentieth century, Fidel Castro has died at the age of 90.

Cuba

Cuban revolutionary leader and ex-president Fidel Castro dies

Cuban revolutionary leader and ex-president Fidel Castro has died aged 90.

Greece

Greece: woman and child die in migrant camp fire

A 66-year-old woman and a six-year-old child have died in a blaze at a refugee camp in Greece.

Greece

Greece: migrants set fire to Lesbos refugee camp after two die in gas blast

A woman and a child are said to have died in an explosion at the Moria refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos.

Iraq

Hundred Shi'ite pilgrims killed by Islamic State in Iraq

Around one hundred people, most of them Shi'ite pilgrims from Iran, have been killed in the Iraqi city of Hilla by a suicide truck bomber.

Yemen

Airstrike kills 12 civilians in Yemen

Twelve civilians have been killed in Yemen in another airstrike carried out by the Saudi-led coalition that’s been fighting Shiite Houthi rebels since March…

Pakistan

Kashmir bus shelling: Pakistan blames India for deadly attack

Cross-border shelling from India has killed at least nine passengers on a bus in Kashmir, Pakistani officials claim.

Spain

"The Mayoress of Spain" Rita Barbera dies

Known as "the Boss" and "the mayoress of Spain", Barbera, a prominent politician, has been in the public eye over the last year in connection with a corruption investigation.

Greece

Former Greek president Stephanopoulos dies

Constantine Stephanopoulos dies at the age of 90 after contracting a lung infection. He was taken into hospital on Sunday and his condition is said to have deteriorated rapidly.

USA

Soul music icon Sharon Jones dies at 60

The vocalist gained notoriety and a Grammy nomination with her band the Dap-Kings, died after battling pancreatic cancer.

United Kingdom

'Right to be frozen' ruling for UK teenager triggers concern

Is it a scientific way of cheating death?