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Saudi Arabia

More than 700 pilgrims die in stampede at Hajj near Mecca

More than 700 dead and over 850 injured is the sickening death toll following a stampede near Mecca during the Hajj religious festival. Pilgrims were

United Kingdom

British author Jackie Collins dies

Best-selling British author Jackie Collins has died of breast cancer. She was 77. The younger sister of actress Joan Collins passed away in Los

United Arab Emirates

Dubai Ruler Sheikh Mohammed’s son dies

Sport

Dettmar Cramer revered Bayern coach dies at 90

The man with a fully functional football brain Dettmar Cramer has died at the age of 90. Cramer, known as the ‘Football Professor’ led Bayern Munich

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Egypt

Mexico demands explanation from Egypt over tourist deaths

Mexico has been trying to get more details from the Egyptian authorities about the attack on a number of Mexican tourists who were caught in friendly

Egypt

Egyptian forces 'mistakenly kill' 12 in Mexican tourist convoy

Egyptian authorities say the police and military have accidentally killed 12 people, including at least two Mexican nationals. Reports suggest a

Egypt

Mexican tourists accidentally killed by Egyptian security forces

Egyptian authorities say 12 people, Egyptian and Mexican nationals, have been accidentally killed after police and military shot at a Mexican tourist

Greece

34 refugees with many women and children perish in Greek waters

At least 34 people, nearly half of them women, babies and young children, have drowned in the Aegean Sea in the single biggest loss of life in these

Turkey

Drowned Iraqi migrant children laid to rest in homeland

Funerals have been held for two Iraqi migrant children, who drowned near the Turkish resort town of Bodrum last week. Twelve-year-old Zainab Hadi and

Turkey

14 police officers killed by PKK bomb attack in eastern Turkey

At least 14 police officers have been killed by Kurdish militants in a bomb attack in Turkey, widening a conflict with the Turkish state. Tuesday’s

Turkey

Turkey: air strikes launched against PKK targets

The Turkish government has launched air strikes against 13 known targets of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party or PKK, in retaliation for an attack that is

Turkey

Turkish soldiers killed in PKK convoy attack

A number of Turkish soldiers have been killed in a bomb attack on an convoy of armoured vehicles in the southeast of the country. Kurdish rebel

Sport

British sailor dies in Clipper Round The World Yacht Race

British sailor Andrew Ashman has died while taking part in the Clipper Round The World Yacht Race after an accident off the coast of Portugal. The

Greece

Artist pays tribute to Aylan Kurdi and Good Samaritan

Ukraine

Ukraine: death toll after clashes rises to three

The Ukrainian President has visited those injured in Monday’s violent clashes in Kiev. The authorities now say three police officers were killed

USA

Tributes pour in for horror filmmaker Wes Craven

Tributes have been paid to the US horror filmmaker Wes Craven, who’s died in Los Angeles at the age of 76. Twitter has been flooded with comments in

USA

Freddie Krueger creator Wes Craven has died aged 76

US horror film director Wes Craven has died. He was perhaps best known for creating Freddie Krueger’s “Nightmare on Elm Street” and the “Scream”

Austria

Austria and Hungary hope arrests will lead to human trafficking ringleaders

Hungarian police say they have arrested a fifth man, a Bulgarian, in connection with the deaths of 71 people who were found in an abandoned lorry in

Vatican

Vatican: suspect dies before abuse trial

The Vatican says a Catholic former archbishop accused of child sex offences has been found dead from natural causes a month after he was hospitalised

Austria

Arrests made over Austria migrant lorry tragedy

Authorities have confirmed that arrests have been made in connection to the lorry tragedy.