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UCLA campus shooting: First pictures of Mainak Sarkar who killed mentor over stolen computer code

Mainak Sarkar, one of William Klug's PhD students, took his own life after shooting the academic.

Battle for Fallujah: Mothers kill their children as 50,000 civilians become human shield for Isis

Children as young as 12 risk being forced to fight for Islamic State as Iraqi forces advance into the city.

Actress known as the Natalie Portman of Iran causes uproar with woman power tattoo

The feminist symbol caused Taraneh Alidoosti to be criticised on social media

Beautiful photos of Tibetan nomads' search for a prized fungus used in Chinese medicine

The caterpillar fungus germinates in living moth larvae, killing and mummifying them, then growing out of its head.

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El Salvador baby switched at birth finally returns home with biological parents

Ordeal of Briton, Richard Cushworth, and his Salvadoran wife, Mercedes Casanellas, comes to an end.

Somalia: At least 16 killed in Al-Shabaab car-bomb attack on Mogadishu hotel used by government

The al-Qaeda-affiliated militant group remains a threat to Somalia and neighbouring Kenya and Uganda.

'Free Palestine' speech by London schoolgirl Leanne Mohamad 'censored' claim supporters

Leanne's speech about children in Palestine drew complaints from pro-Israel bloggers.

Modi in US: India to discuss human rights issues with White House but won't accept judgment

Narendra Modi is expected to discuss human rights in India with President Obama during his visit on 7 June.

The Purge murders: Indianapolis teen's four-day killing spree 'inspired by horror film'

Jonathan Cruz, 19, allegedly boasted 'I purge every night now' before gunning down three people on 12-15 May.

Patrick Rock: Cameron's former internet porn adviser escapes jail over indecent images of girls

Former aide to PM given two-year conditional discharge for downloading images of young girls.

Flash floods leave 4 dead in Germany and 1 in France

River Seine in Paris bursts its banks and floods riverside highways.

EgyptAir MS804: Doomed plane made 3 emergency landings in day before crash reports France 3 TV

French news channel claims plane reported problems to ground staff on at least three occasions.

Nigeria: President Muhammadu Buhari plans talks with Delta leaders amid increasing pipeline attacks

Nigeria: President Buhari cancels trip to Ogoniland after Avengers' death threat

Reasons behind last-minute cancellation not yet clear, as violence in oil-rich Niger Delta continues.

Spain: Man strangles girlfriend to death for missing flight

The 34-year-old left his girlfriend's body in an abandoned car in the parking lot of San Pablo Airport in Seville.

Gambia must end 'brutal crackdown' or face Ecowas expulsion, says Amnesty International

Dozens arrested amid intimidation and allegations of torture ahead of presidential election.

South Africa tops 'Good Country' survey of African nations – which were the worst?

DRC, Rwanda and Burundi in the Great Lakes region are in the bottom third of the table.

Germany declares second disaster area as floods kill at least four and devastate towns in Bavaria

Flooding caused by heavy rain has devastated the towns of Triftern and Simbach am Inn.

£10,000 Lego model of Disney Zootropolis character destroyed by boy hours after going on display

'The child did not intend to break it' the artist is reported to have said after incident in Beijing, China.

Air France pilots' union to go on strike day after Euro 2016 kicks in

Spaf or Syndicat des Pilotes d'Air France has warned of a 'two to four day walk-out' over upcoming pay cuts.

Saudi Arabia due to make record by executing at least 95 people in first half of the year

Saudi Arabia hands 14 convicts death sentence as total executions near 100

On 1 June, it was reported that the kingdom had handed 14 people the death sentence for attacking police officers.

Royal Marine attacker Ben Scott hauled back to court and jailed over 'gloating' Facebook post

Marc Jolly said he 'felt safer in Afghanistan' than England after Scott attacked him in a car park.

War on Isis: Fallujah operations stalled over civilian safety concerns

50,000 families trapped inside Isis stronghold of Fallujah is prime reason for military operations slowing down.

M5 horror crash: 2 dead in smash near junction 8 in Gloucestershire

Road between Strensham and Tewkesbury closed after crash in early hours of Thursday morning.

Women in Lahore protests against honour killings

Pakistani teenager burnt to death for rejecting marriage proposal

The school teacher was beaten up and then doused in petrol before being immolated.

2016 Rio Olympics: Amnesty warns Brazil against human rights violations

Rights watchdog reports mass evictions, forced labour and curbs on freedom in Rio.

Parents of 'Jihadi Jack' charged with terrorism offences

Jack Letts left home to allegedly join the Isis when he was 18.

Google celebrates Lotte Reiniger, the German film-maker who 'continues to inspire animators and artists'

Lotte Reiniger's 117th birthday is being celebrated with an animated doodle by the tech giant.

Letter from Gaza: Hamas executions divide Palestinians amid the suffocation of Israel's siege

This week two men were executed by firing squad and the third, a policeman, was hanged by Hamas.

Syria crisis: Daraya gets humanitarian aid for first time since 2012, but no food

The Russian Defence Ministry announced a temporary 48-hour ceasefire in the area from 1 June.

New Yorker Mamadou Diallo beats wife's would-be rapist to death say police

"If anybody touches my family I fight for my family," says Bronx cab driver.

UCLA campus shooting: Victim revealed as William Klug as suspect in murder-suicide remains unnamed

The murder-suicide left two dead and forced the Los Angeles university to go on lockdown.

13-year-old Detroit boy abducted at gunpoint, police say

An Amber Alert was released on 1 June for Deontae Mitchell, who was taken late on 31 May.

Missing MH370: Search for missing aircraft delayed as bad weather stops ships from scouring ocean

The search is scheduled to end the middle of the year but it has been pushed further to July/August.

Somalia: MPs among 15 dead in hotel blast and gun raid claimed by al-Shabaab

Islamist militants stormed a hotel in the centre of Mogadishu leaving at least 50 wounded.

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