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Afghanistan

Taliban kill nine in Afghanistan bombings

The Taliban killed at least nine people in Afghanistan on Thursday in the group’s first large-scale attacks since its new leader was named. The

USA

Boy, 11, charged with shooting three-year-old

Russia

Historian, who revealed Stalin went to movies after ordering 3,000 deaths, dies aged 98

Robert Conquest, a prominent Anglo-American historian, who documented many aspects of Stalin’s rule, has died aged 98 in California. He wrote poetry

Mexico

Journalists in Mexico rally over press intimidation after photographer murder

Media workers, activists and supporters held a rally in Mexico City protesting over the murder of press photographer Ruben Espinosa. Many carried

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Spain

British singer and TV star Cilla Black dies in Spain

British television personality and singer Cilla Black has died in Spain aged 72, according to police. Officers in Malaga said Priscilla White, her

Spain

British singer and TV star Cilla Black dies in Spain

Mexico

Photojournalist among five found dead at Mexico City apartment

A photojournalist who worked for an investigative magazine has been found dead along with four women at an apartment in Mexico City. Ruben Espinosa

USA

Country legend Lynn Anderson dies aged 67

Grammy award winning country singer Lynn Anderson has died aged 67. Born in North Dakota but raised in California, husky voiced Anderson rose to fame

France

Orthodox Jew 'repeats' Jerusalem Gay Pride stabbing attack

Six people at Jerusalem’s annual Gay Pride have been stabbed, reportedly by an Orthodox Jewish man who police say had launched a similar attack on

United Kingdom

Russia 'involved' in Litvinenko death says Scotland Yard

A UK inquiry has been told that the Russian state must have been involved in the fatal poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexander Litvinenko in London in

Afghanistan

Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Omar is confirmed dead

The Afghan president's office confirms reclusive Taliban leader Mohammad Mullah Omar died around two years ago.

Russia

Russian pensioner charged with gruesome murders suspected of killing 10

Italy

Mediterranean crisis: 14 migrants die as hundreds reach Sicily shores

The bodies of 14 migrants have been brought to shore in Sicily, unloaded from an Irish Navy ship which rescued nearly 500 others seeking a better

Pakistan

Malik Ishaq: Pakistan Sunni militant chief dies in shootout

Police in Pakistan say the leader of the banned Sunni militant group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi has been shot dead. Malik Ishaq was arrested last week in

China

Archaeologists find the remains of 97 bodies in old Chinese house

Mexico

Mexico: confronted by evidence of grisly drugs underworld

Mexico has been confronted with evidence of its grisly drugs underworld. Investigators searching for a group of missing students have so far

India

At least 6 dead in attack on police in India-Pakistan border town

At least six people have been killed and several wounded in an attack on a police station on the Indian side of the border with Pakistan. Police were

USA

Bobbi Kristina Brown, Whitney Houston's daughter, dies

The daughter of the late singer Whitney Houston has died at the age of 22. Bobbi Kristina Brown had been in a medically induced coma for six months

France

Unidentified remains of Germanwings crash victims buried in French Alps

The ceremony comes amid controversy over how Lufthansa, the parent company of Germanwings, has dealt with the crash

USA

Sandra Bland death ruled 'suicide by hanging'

The preliminary results support the medical examiner's initial ruling of suicide in the case of Sandra Bland who died three days after being arrested in a traffic stop.