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Sweden: assailant now dead after double-fatal school sword attack

Police investigating a sword attack at a school in Sweden say the attacker is now dead. A masked man wielding a sword killed a teacher and seriously

Saudi Arabia

Last month's Hajj stampede becomes 'deadliest in history'

Almost a month after the Hajj stampede, the Associated Press reports the death toll has passed 2,000, making it the deadliest crush in the

Egypt

Egyptian novelist Gamal Al Ghitani dies

Israel

Israeli-Palestinian unrest and violence multiply

A terror crisis holds Jerusalem, the West Bank and central Israel in its grip, people not knowing where or when the next attack will happen. A man

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Israel

Abbas slams Israel as deadly violence continues

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has lashed out at Israel, as a wave of deadly violence shows no signs of abating. He claims its actions are

USA

Texas carries out 12th execution this year

Texas has executed a 33-year-old man, the 12th execution held in the state so far this year, more than any other in the USA. In total 24 people have

Israel

Three Israelis killed in Jerusalem in day of violence

The moment a Palestinian rammed his car into a bus stop in an ultra-Orthodox Jewish area of Jerusalem was caught on video from a security camera

Israel

Palestinian 'knife rebellion' in Israeli-occupied West Bank

The recent storm of violence in Jerusalem and the Israeli-occupied West Bank began on this road between the Jewish settlements of Itamar and Elon

Israel

At least five dead, 20 wounded in "Day of Rage" in Israel

Men wielding guns and knives killed at least 3 Israeli and wounded 20 more in a spate of attacks, on a "Day of Rage" called by Palestinian groups.

Turkey

Turkey buries its dead after Saturday's deadly terror attack

As Turkey continues to bury its dead after Saturday’s double suicide bombing , people want to know who to blame. The government is targeting

World News

Nobel prizewinning scientist dies in poverty

After years of illness that left him nearly penniless the 2010 Nobel Chemistry prizewinner Richard Heck has died aged 84 in Manilla. Famous for his

Yemen

Yemen wedding brothers killed in rocket strike

Three brothers getting ready for a joint wedding have been killed in a rocket attack in the southwest of Yemen. Locals say Saudi-led coalition jets

Israel

Netanyahu bans al-Aqsa visits from ministers to ease tensions

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has banned cabinet ministers from visiting the al-Aqsa mosque compound, in a bid to ease tensions around

Israel

More unrest in Jerusalem and the West Bank

The situation remains tense in east Jerusalem and the West Bank where more people have been injured in outbreaks of unrest. A man and woman are in

Hungary

Hungary's first democratic president Árpád Göncz, dies 93

Hungary’s first democratically elected president Árpád Göncz, has died aged 93. He was elected twice by parliament and is credited with steering the

Sweden

The Swedish crime writer Henning Mankell creator of Inspector Kurt Wallander has died

The Swedish crime writer Henning Mankell has died of cancer at the age of 67. The author revealed he had the illness in a newspaper column last year

Guatemala

Death toll rises in Guatemala landslide

Authorities in Guatemala say there is little hope of finding any more survivors from last Thursday’s landslide which swept down on to a town near the

USA

US: Multiple deaths in school shooting in Oregon State

USA

Shooting in Oregon college, at least 15 dead

Saudi Arabia

Hajj: Saudi authorities reject queries over death toll

The Saudi authorities have denied suggestions that more than a thousand people died in the tragedy last week – and say the death toll stands at 769