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Lepage had posted a picture on Instagram saying she was touring the war-torn region.

PM Erdogan's party dismissed 29 April motion to investigate accidents in Soma mines.

Madoff Victim Fund receives over 51,700 claims from 119 countries.

China charged former boss of GSK's China unit, Mark Reilly, and two other executives with corruption

Rescue workers are racing against time to reach hundreds of miners trapped underground after an explosion.

Eastbound carriageway has been shut between junction 11 at Birchwood and junction 12 at Eccles.

More than 1,000 people are believed to have lost their lives during the Andijan massacre.

Death toll following explosion has crossed 200 and hundreds remain trapped in Soma mine.

Two Chinese executives, Zhang Guowei and Zhao Hongyan, are also suspected of bribing officials.

Authorities and trade union leaders fear the death toll could rise, making it the worst mining disaster in the country's history.

Jurors at child abuse trial see letters he sent to alleged victim and her father

Second female passenger dead following coach crash along A387, near Looe, in Cornwall

Tributes paid for family members who drowned in Northumberland river

Joseph Eid's photos of people returning to their homes in Homs.

A trip down red carpet history as 67th Cannes Film Festival opens at the Palais des Festivals et des Congres.

Unesco Bangkok has launched Sai Fah – The Flood Fighter to train children about flood dangers.

Anti-Semitic attitudes shared by quarter of respondents in global poll

Polish act Donatan & Cleo were all too much for a British judge but the lads lapped it all up back home.

Groundswell of anger over unknown substances used for lethal executions in US states

Skyscanner reveals the oddest requests and complaints made by hotel guests.

Judge adjourns murder trial to consider whether psychoanalysis is necessary for Reeva Steenkamp defendant

The top 10 countries that drink the most alcohol according to a WHO report

Star witness Gerhard Gribkowsky agreed to take money from F1 boss but unsure of what he would get

Two of the four 'pings' picked up by the US Navy's Bluefin-21 submarine were too weak to have been from a man-made device.

BREAKING: One person dead in fatal coach crash near Looe in Cornwall

IBTimes UK looks at the story of a Boko Haram attack survivor.

Third of British believe torture acceptable to protect the public

Man in China falls ill after taking radioactive pellet home

Bacon's triptych celebrates one of the artist's most important relationships.