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Five confirmed dead after Russian helicopter shot down in Syria

A Russian helicopter carrying five military personnel has been downed in Northern Syria after coming under hostile fire from the ground, killing everyone on…

Afghanistan

Taliban claim Kabul truck bomb blast

Three assailants and one policeman were killed in the attack on a compound housing foreign contractors in the Afghan capital.

USA

Trump insults killed Muslim soldier's parents

Donald Trump is no stranger to controversy, and this weekend the Republican candidate for President of the United States has outraged many by insulting the mother of a Muslim-American soldier, killed

Russia

Abkhaz writer Fazil Iskander dies, aged 87

Abkhaz writer Fazil Iskander has died at the age of 87, his family has confirmed.

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Somalia

Somalia: at least seven dead in al Shabaab-claimed bomb and gun attack

The al Shabaab Islamist group has claimed responsibility for a deadly car bomb and gun attack in Mogadishu.

USA

One dead, five injured in two isolated shootings in Austin, Texas

Emergency service officials in Austin say a woman in her 20s has died and at least five people have been injured in isolated shootings in the Texas capital.

USA

Sixteen killed in Texas hot air balloon crash, says police

Police in Texas say 16 people have been killed after a hot air balloon caught fire and crashed.

Armenia

Policeman shot dead as Armenia hostage siege escalates

An Armenian policeman was killed on Saturday as chaos gripping Yerevan spirals increasingly out of control.

France

Slain French priest remembered in his Normandy town

Several thousand people gathered on Thursday in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, in Normandy, to pay tribute to Jacques Hamel, the priest murdered by Islamist militants this…

Russia

Moscow airport workers plead guilty over Total CEO's fatal jet crash

Two Moscow airport workers plead guilty to causing the jet crash that killed Total's CEO Christophe de Margerie in 2014.

USA

Charges dropped against police officers involved in death of Freddie Gray

US prosecutors in Baltimore have dropped charges against three officers awaiting trial over the death of a black detainee whose his neck was broken while being transported in a police van.

Syria

ISIL says it targeted Kurds in car bomb in Qamishli, Syria

A huge car bomb killed at least 48 people when it exploded near a Kurdish security forces headquarters on Wednesday (July 27) in the Syrian city of Qamishli.

United Kingdom

Alleged gay serial killer facing seven new rape charges

China

[video] Siberian tiger kills woman at Beijing wildilfe park

USA

USA: two people dead, others seriously injured in Florida nightclub shooting

Police in Florida have confirmed that two people have been killed in a shooting at a nightclub in Fort Myers.

Afghanistan

First burials for victims of Kabul suicide attack

More than 80 people were killed and 200 injured in a suicide attack in the Afghan capital on Saturday. The twin bombing targeted a peaceful protest by members of the Hazara minority.

Germany

Germany: Syrian migrant kills woman in machete attack - police

A woman has been killed and two people injured in a machete attack in southern Germany.

Syria

Syria: hospitals targeted in besieged eastern Aleppo

Four hospitals in besieged eastern Aleppo have reportedly been hit by air strikes.

Germany

Munich gunman planned had been planning attack 'for a year'

The teenage gunman who killed nine people and wounded 35 more in Munich on Friday had been planning the attack for a year.

Germany

Shooting victims were not classmates of Munich gunman

Those gunned down in Munich last Friday were not former classmates of the killer, nor were they specifically targeted.