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A, 58-year-old woman and a 71-year-old man, die of MERS in South Korea as outbreak fear grips.

Captain and chief engineer detained by police for questioning as President Xi Jinping urges all-out efforts.

The US State Department has said that the rebels are holding several Americans hostage.

212 slaves died in 1794, shackled in the bowels of the vessel off South Africa

Greece due to pay back €300m loan by Friday but says demands are 'absurd'.

Woman loses vision after pet cat licked her infecting her with 'cat scratch' disease.

Coalition government draws up new legislation that will remove Australian citizenship from dual nationals who take up arms or support militant groups.

The ship, the Dongfangzhixing or Eastern Star, was travelling from Nanjing to Chongqing when it sank

An Indian LBGT organisation has said that parents are trying to turn their gay children straight by encouraging family members to rape them.

The South Carolina senator announced his presidential bid on 1 June, becoming the ninth GOP candidate.

Las Vegas meeting aimed at Israel divestment push at US universities

Leaders of middle-of-the-road and progressive Anglo-Jewry take sect to task.

Outrage as Indian village of Zakopur punishes two men found guilty of rape to be hit five times with a shoe.

Some readers couldn't understand the fuss.

Aurelie Fhima had an interview with Travel Jigsaw but was then rejected.

The US Supreme court ruled in favour of Samantha Elauf, a Muslim woman after she was turned down a job at Abercrombie & Fitch Co clothing store on the grounds that she was wearing a hijab.

Tokyo train station staff open left luggage to discover corpse of elderly woman inside

Birmingham woman given two-week jail term for disturbing neighbour with loud sex screams.

Dunn allegedly made an "unauthorised departure" from the secured facility on Saturday 30 May and hasn't been seen since

An American woman was killed and another person injured at Lion Park near Johannesburg.

Universal exhibition organisers released attendance figures for first month of food fair

Attack in Anbar province is another sign of the slowing counter-attack by Iraqi government forces.

Russian president will tour universal exhibition site in Milan on 10 June.

Phil Woolas election victory was quashed using the same act SNP supporters are now using against Alistair Carmichael.

Holy See pavilion takes Pope Francis's social battle to nutrition-themed universal exhibition in Italy.

Shocking footage captures moment two planes collided at an airshow in Tortoreto, Abruzzo

Soaring rent prices in London have made sharing bedrooms an accepted fact even among young professionals.

Rabat performance by US pop star draws outrage from officials in ruling Islamist party.

Locals in Havana were amazed when a Barack Obama lookalike walked into a bar and ordered a mojito.