USA Robin Williams' final tweet pledges love to his daughter In his final posting on Twitter, actor Robin Williams – found dead on August 11 in an apparent suicide – wished his daughter Zelda Rae a happy 25th 12/08/2014
Nigeria Dozens dead in Boko Haram attack Residents from Gwozo City, north-east Nigeria, have accused the Islamist group Boko Haram of killing dozens in an attack early on Wednesday. The 07/08/2014
United Kingdom Marianne Faithfull: 'My ex-boyfriend killed Jim Morrison' British singer Marianne Faithfull has said she knows who was responsible for the death of The Doors frontman Jim Morrison. Morrison died of a drug 06/08/2014
world news Ebola scare at London's Gatwick airport after passenger dies A passenger who died at London’s Gatwick airport shortly after arriving from The Gambia has tested negative for the Ebola virus, according to 04/08/2014
South Africa Giraffe dies after 'hitting its head on motorway bridge' A young giraffe died after hitting its head on a motorway bridge, according to an animal welfare charity. The accident happened as two giraffes 01/08/2014
Gaza IDF releases video of Hamas rockets The Israel Defense Force has released a video that claims to show Hamas rockets being fired from populated areas. The 40-second clip with the 31/07/2014
Gaza ICRC criticises attacks on Gaza power plants The International Committee of the Red Cross has hit out at Israel’s policy of targeting power plants on the Gaza strip. The International aid 31/07/2014
India Twenty-one confirmed dead in Indian mudslide Twenty-one people are confirmed dead after a landslide buried the entire Indian village of Malin. Workers and rescue teams have been desperately 31/07/2014
Japan Japan schoolgirl admits dismembering classmate A Japanese schoolgirl who killed and dismembered her classmate has allegedly confessed to the crime, according to reports. A local news agency 29/07/2014
Russia Two detained following deadly Moscow metro derailment Two people have been arrested in connection with the derailment of an underground train in Moscow. As the Russian capital began a day of mourning 16/07/2014
USA When fiction becomes reality: preteen “Slender Man” stabbings shock America In a country that sadly has become used to gun-related mass killings, a harrowing crime without even a dead body shocks America. It involves three 04/06/2014
USA American author and poet Maya Angelou dies at age 86 U.S. author and poet Maya Angelou has died at age 86 in North Carolina, local media reported on Wednesday, citing her agent and a local 28/05/2014
United Kingdom Actor Bob Hoskins dead at age 71 British actor Bob Hoskins, who rose to fame for his performance in the film “Who Framed Roger Rabbit” and dozens of others, has died after a bout of 30/04/2014
United Kingdom UK: Teenager arrested after teacher stabbed to death A female teacher was stabbed to death at a British school this morning (April 28), police say. The woman, 61, was attacked at Corpus Christi 28/04/2014
PuertoRico Puerto Rican salsa star Jose Luis "Cheo" Feliciano 'killed in car crash' - reports Puerto Rican salsa music singer Jose Luis “Cheo” Feliciano was killed in a car crash in Puerto Rico early Thursday morning, according to local media 17/04/2014
South Africa Pistorius tells court: "I regret not telling her I loved her" Oscar Pistorius has denied prosecutors’ claims he had been “picking on” his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp prior to her death, as his trial over her 10/04/2014
Norway Mother and lover on trial over toddler's drowning in bucket during online chat Prosecutors have urged long prison sentences for a mother and her lover who stand accused of drowning a toddler in a bucket. Norwegian Yasmin 09/04/2014
North Korea Official 'executed by flame-thrower' over links to Kim Jong-un's purged uncle A senior government minister in North Korea has been “executed by flame-thrower”, according to media reports. O Sang-hon was killed, a source told 08/04/2014
United Kingdom Peaches Geldof dies, aged 25, in "unexplained and sudden" circumstances Peaches Geldof, daughter of Band Aid founder and Boomtown Rats singer Bob Geldof has died, aged 25. The mother of two was reportedly found dead at 07/04/2014
USA German skydiver Diana Paris dies in bid to smash world record A skydiver trying to break a world record died when her main parachute failed, police said. Diana Paris, from Berlin, was one of 222 trying to beat 04/04/2014
Yemen Al-Qaeda behind deadly attack on Yemeni army base Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), Al Qaeda’s affiliate in the region, has claimed responsibility for Wednesday’s deadly attack on a Yemeni 03/04/2014
world news Charting the deadly waters of migration to Europe A human tide washes over European shores every year, with only a few would-be migrants surviving the dangerous journey to what they hope will be a 31/03/2014
USA Actress Patrice Wymore, widow of Errol Flynn, dies at age 87 Actress Patrice Wymore, the wife of late actor Errol Flynn, died after suffering from pulmonary disease, a family spokesman said on Monday. She was 25/03/2014
Yemen Yemen: 20 soldiers killed at a military checkpoint Twenty Yemeni soldiers have been killed and several others injured during a terrorist attack on a military checkpoint in eastern Yemen, said state 24/03/2014
USA 'Homeland' actor James Rebhorn dies at 65 James Rebhorn, the tall, lanky character actor who appeared in dozens of movies and television shows, including the Showtime political thriller 24/03/2014
Russia Islamist website says North Caucasus rebel leader Umarov is dead A website sympathetic to Islamist militants fighting Russian rule in the North Caucasus said on Tuesday the insurgency’s leader, Doku Umarov, had 18/03/2014