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World's richest monarch, 86, admitted to hospital today sparking fears of throne 'power vacuum'.

Raudhatul Jannah and her brother were swept into the Indian Ocean 10 years ago.

Protesters set fire to heaps of tyres and clash with armed riot police on the Maidan.

United Nations warns the scale of humanitarian operations in South Sudan is largest in any country.

Aliyev engages in Twitter war barrage against Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh enclave.

French government considers banning far-right Jewish group amid communal tensions.

Getty Images photographer Kevin Frayer visited Xinjiang, home to the Muslim Uighur people.

US think tank claim satellite images show increased activity at the secretive state's Yongbyon nuclear site

The two surviving leaders of the Khmer Rouge regime have been sentenced to life imprisonment.

Israeli PM asks Congressmen to use powers to help Israeli officials avoid trial at ICC.

30,000 Iraqi Yazidis are trapped and starving in Sinjar mountains after escaping jihadists.

Qassam Brigades say militants rescued from tunnel collapsed at start of Protective Edge.

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution captures film of great white shark's bite using REMUS SharkCam.

Gwoza residents flee town as up to 100 killed by Islamic militants

A refugee from Ukraine's brutal crossfire tells his story of armageddon.

Photos show California wildfires that have burned over 100,000 acres in just a few days.

New research suggests that some care providers could be manipulating the Medicare system to make money

Total economic cost of Gaza offensive could reach more than $4bn for Israel, $6bn for Gaza.

Small plane that crashed earlier this year discovered near Cape Barrier, New Zealand.

Qaraqosh falls into jihadists' hands forcing Christians to flee to Kurdistan.

Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan jailed for life after crimes committed under Maoist regime.

Cath returns from a visit in the UK, where it's high summer, to winter in Johannesburg.

Centre for Disease Control and Prevention is reluctant because of 'limited availability' of 'untried' drug.

Nations are on alert as the toll from Ebola continues to rise. India with over 40,000 of its citizens in Ebola affected nations has put in place measures to check the spread.

Five new cases and a death have raised the alarm in Africa's most populated nation Nigeria.

Two studies show that the globe's richest individuals have more money than you can count

Unable to cope with Ebola amid ignorance and poverty, Liberia has declared emergency in the nation.

Beside the loss felt by Reeva Steenkamp's loved ones, the contents of Pistorius' bank account mean very little.

The school principal and a temporary teacher have been arrested over sexual assault charges.