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France

Fashion designer Madame Carven dies aged 105

French fashion designer “Madame Carven“http://www.harpersbazaar.com/fashion/designers/news/a11127/madame-carven-dies/ has died at the age of 105 in

Germany

Playmobil boss dies aged 81

The man behind Playmobil, the small plastic figures loved by children the world over, has died. Horst Brandstätter, who was 81, launched the iconic

Malaysia

19 Climbers killed in quake near Malaysia's highest mountain

A 5.9 magnitude earthquake has hit near Malaysia’s highest mountain. The quake by Mount Kinabalu in Sabah state killed at least 19 climbers

Sport

Collins dies in car crash

Former All Black Jerry Collins and wife Alana Madill have died in a crash after their car was struck by a bus outside the southern French town of

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Iraq

Tariq Aziz, Iraq's former deputy PM in Hussein regime, dies

Tariq Aziz, former deputy prime minister and foreign minister of Iraq during the Saddam Hussein regime, has died at the age of 79. It is being

China

Stricken Chinese cruise ship righted in Yangtze as dozens of bodies brought ashore

Chinese rescue teams have successfully righted a battered cruise ship which capsized Monday on the Yangtze river. The Eastern Star overturned in a

New Zealand

New Zealand rugby star Jerry Collins killed in France road smash

United Kingdom

Scientists develop tests that predict your chances of dying

China

China ship disaster: 65 confirmed dead, hundreds still missing

Sixty-five people are now confirmed dead, after a cruise ship capsized on China’s Yangtze river. More than 370 people are still missing, three days

China

Relatives wait anxious for news after China ferry capsizes

The fate of those onboard a capsized cruise ship in China remains unclear, as rescuers race against time to save people believed to be trapped

Nigeria

Scores killed in Nigeria market bomb blast

A bomb blast has hit a busy meat market in Nigeria’s northeastern city of Maiduguri, killing as many as 50 people, according to eyewitnesses. So far

United Kingdom

Charles Kennedy, former Lib Dem leader, dies

China

Chinese ferry sinks on Yangtze River with over 450 on board

Rescuers have been working to bring over 450 people to safety after a passenger vessel sank on Monday in poor weather.

USA

US Vice-President Joe Biden's son Beau dies of brain cancer

The son of the US Vice-President Joe Biden has died after a battle with brain cancer. Beau Biden, who was 46, was a former Attorney General in

Saudi Arabia

IS militants claims deadly Saudi Arabia mosque attack

Islamic State militants have claimed responsibility for a bombing that killed four people at a Shi'ite Mosque in Saudi Arabia, the second attack claimed by the Sunni extremist group in a week.

India

India's soaring temperatures leave 1,800 people dead

More than 1,800 people have died in India’s heatwave in just one week. Most of the deaths have occured In central and southern areas where

Iraq

Twin car bombs at top Baghdad hotels kill 10, wound 30

Car bombs exploded in the parking lots of two luxury hotels in central Baghdad late on Thursday, killing at least 10 people and wounding 30. The

Malaysia

Malaysia: Police officials arrested as over 100 'migrant graves' discovered

Malaysia’s deputy home minister says 139 uncovered graves, which are believed to contain the corpses of trafficked migrants, appear to hold one body

Iraq

Iraq 'exhumes 470 bodies', thought to be victims of ISIL-led massacre

Iraqi forces said to have exhumed nearly 500 bodies from a mass grave near Tikrit. Those buried are believed to be victims of the 2014 ISIL-led Speicher massacre

India

India's poor suffer under an unforgiving sun

India is suffering under a stifling heatwave, which has left more than 1,000 people dead in the past week. The states of Andhra Pradesh on the