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Pope praises Jordan's King Abdullah as 'an artisan for peace' during his Middle East tour.

The US celebrates Memorial Day to remember the men and women who died serving the country.

The explosion occurred at an open air venue, where soccer fans were watching the Champions League football final.

Police have confirmed Elliot Rodger went on a shooting rampage as revenge against women after years of rejection.

Remains of 23-year-old Australian backpacker Matthew Allpress identified in Nepal.

Bosses at museum say the fossilised remains of Ebenezer the allosaur prove Biblical story of Noah's flood 4,300 years ago.

Holidaymaker drowns after stag party in Costa del Sol resort of Puerto Banus.

Body of woman, 86, was so badly decomposed it took days to identify.

Students from Cairo's Al-Azhar University given five-year prison sentences for rioting during pro-Morsi protests

Three dead, one injured in shoot-out in central Brussels.

Elliot Rodger, reportedly son of Hunger Games director, believed to be responsible for mass killing.

Brazil's largest city with a population of 11.32 million faces an epidemic of dengue fever, an infectious disease.

Lawsuit claims that sisters were targeted while enrolled in high-school Spanish class.

Dominique Leboucher stabbed and castrated by electrician who suspected politician of having affair with his girlfriend.

A network of religious orders against human trafficking says the World Cup in Brazil will encourage an increase in child prostitution.

Electrocution mandatory if lethal injection drugs prove impossible to find, rule lawmakers.

Heavily armed riot police in tense stand-off with 200 protesters in Bangkok, Thailand.

Gunman in BMW opens fire in residential student area near Santa Barbara campus in California.

Mahafarid Amir Khosravi swindled billions from leading banks to purchase over 35 companies.

Report finds 'respectable' female members of German neo-Nazi groups responsible for 10% of violent attacks.

Shiite pilgrimage at the Imam Kadhim shrine in Iraq continues despite attacks by Sunni militants.

Eyewitness reports suggest militant group al-Shabaab is behind bomb attacks near Somalia's parliament building.

Washington nun Sosefina Amoa receives four-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to voluntary manslaughter.

The couple had claimed that placing the children with a gay couple failed to respect their religious background.

Uighur separatists influenced by radical religious beliefs blamed for attack in Xinjiang province.

US Navy divers find cabin flooded and life-raft unused aboard capsized yacht Cheeki Rafiki.

Pope breaks with tradition by travelling with rabbi and imam and flying directly to Bethlehem.

Ministry of Justice unveils plans for compulsory lie detector tests and chemical castration for high-risk sex offenders.

Rupesh Paul said he has had interest from investors for the film titled 'Vanishing Act.'