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Iraq

Fatal bomb blasts cause carnage in Baghdad scores dead and injured

At least 23 people have been killed and scores injured following two seperate bomb attacks in the Iraqi capital Baghdad. The first bomb went off in

Syria

ISIL claims US hostage killed in bombing raid Washington seeks proof

ISIL militants claim that US hostage, Kayla Mueller, has been killed during a Jordanian air strike. The group announced she died in Raqqa, an

Jordan

Pro-air strikes, anti-ISIL: Thousands attend rally in Jordanian capital

Thousands took to the streets of Amman on Friday (February 6) to protest at the murder of Jordanian pilot Mouath al-Kasaesbeh. He was filmed being

Mexico

Dozens of bodies found in Mexican abandoned funeral home

Police in Mexico have opened an investigation after dozens of rotting bodies were found in an abandoned crematorium near Acapulco. The grim discovery

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Mexico

Police discover 61 bodies in Mexican crematorium

Russia

Russian woman, 81, dies after being arrested for stealing butter

Media reports say the pensioner was accused of taking three packets of butter without paying

Sport

German football loses a giant with the death of Udo Lattek

The most successful club manager in German football history, Udo Lattek, has died aged 80. He was one of a select few managers to win all three major

Chad

Chadian forces kill hundreds of Boko Haram militants in north east Nigeria

Chad’s army claims it has killed some 200 Boko Haram militants in the towns of Gambaru and Ngala near the border with Cameroon. Around 2,000 Chadian

Jordan

Jordan's King Abdullah pledges 'relentless war' against ISIL militants

Demands for revenge against ISIL militants have replaced the criticism levelled at King Abdullah, in response to the brutal killing of a captured

Jordan

King Abdullah says killing will unite Jordanians but faces protests at home

Jordanians have been shocked and saddened by the grisly death suffered by one of their pilots at the hands of the ISIL extremists. King Abdullah was

Jordan

Jordan mourns pilot killed by ISIL militants

These were the scenes in Amman as the news on State TV broke that Jordanian pilot Moaz al-Kasasbeh had been killed by ISIL militants. The government

Ukraine

In Eastern Ukraine killing of civilians worse

War in the east of Ukraine jumped to a deadlier level with the shelling of Mariupol on Saturday 24 January. Rockets hit a market, schools, homes and

Netherlands

Top UN court rules Serbia and Croatia not guilty of genocide during Balkans conflict

International Court of Justice says neither Serbia nor Croatia committed genocide during Balkan wars

Ukraine

Civilians suffer as Ukraine rebels step up battle for Debaltseve

Rebel rockets were seen streaking across the eastern Ukrainian sky on Monday, as the pro-Russian separatists continued to pound the strategic town of

Germany

Richard Von Weizsacker, Germany's reunification president, dies at 94

The former president of Germany, Richard Von Weizsacker, has died aged 94. He steered the country through its reunification in 1990, 11 months after

Philippines

44 police commandos killed in anti-terror op mourned in Philippines

The Philippines president on Friday told relatives of 44 police commandos killed during an anti-terror operation that went wrong that he understood

Mexico

Babies found alive in rubble after deadly hospital blast

Two babies and a female nurse are now known to have died after a maternity hospital in Mexico was completely destroyed by a powerful gas explosion

Mexico

Mexico gas blast devastates maternity hospital killing two

A tanker truck making a routine gas delivery has exploded at a maternity hospital in Mexico City. At least two people have been killed with 66

Egypt

At least 27 dead in militant attacks in Egypt's North Sinai province

Militant attacks in Egypt's troubled North Sinai province have left at least 27 people dead

World News

Sydney cafe siege inquest hears that one hostage was killed by a police bullet

The inquest into last month’s Sydney cafe siege has opened in Australia On day one the court heard that hostage Katrina Dawson (38) was killed by