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Superstorm Yolanda kills at least four in central Philippines before moving out to South China Sea.

Mystery surrounds deaths of French radio journalists in Mali's desert town of Kidal.

Anti-nuclear lawmaker banned from royal events for breaching protocol at Tokyo's Akasaka Palace garden party.

Entrepreneurs say anti-rape underwear will make women feel safer for 'when things go wrong'.

Allegations policeman who led investigation into Austrian girl's kidnap was killed as he 'knew too much'

Over 40 human skulls have been discovered at the home of an Italian expatriate in Burundi, report local police.

Wheelchair-bound Graham's final sermon tells how he weeps for America and urges 'spiritual renewal'.

Member of alleged human trafficking ring was hiding among migrants in Lampedusa

Black girl killed in Dearborn Heights suburb by homeowner whom she asked for help after car crash.

Ramshackle townships surrounding Cape Town are thrown into bold relief by visiting family, finds British expat Cath Everett.

Typhoon Haiyan, one of world's most powerful storm, galvanises 'iron sheets to fly like kites'

Woman in Sao Paulo cemetery scared to death when hand shoots out of grave.

Kremlin's multibillion-dollar military supply deal gets green light days after PM Nuri al-Maliki returned empty-handed from Washington visit.

Drug peddling, gang fights and staggering number of murders make up seamier side of Goa.

Cave drawings made by hunter gatherers 4,000 to 10,000 years ago have been discovered in forests in Brazil.

Chenais stranded in Chicago after getting treatment for hormone disorder that led him to put on weight.

Collapse of infrastructure in Syrian civil war has deadly implications for European populations.

Typhoon Haiyan batters Philippines as 12 million people remain in path of destruction.

Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda batters Philippines with sustained winds of up to 235km/h and threatens to turn into world's most powerful tropical cyclone.

London Symphony Orchestra conductor condemned by gay rights protesters as 'friend of Putin'.

Thousands of people evacuate villages in central Philippines ahead of one strongest typhoons of 2013.

Loans harmed endangered orangutan and gibbon populations, claims Environmental Investigation Agency.

Typhoon Haiyan, locally known as Yolanda, to hit southeast Asian island nation imminently.

Former SS Captain responsible for Ardeatine Caves massacre secretly buried inside Italian prison.

Militant who ordered death of Malala Yousafzai is new Tehreek-e-Taliban chief - for how long before a CIA drone strike kills him?

Israel denies involvement in Arafat's death after scientists conclude he was 'most probably' deliberately poisoned.

Crystal Greer Brooks denies hitting Santiago Hernandez three times with truck.

Economy slowdown is elephant in the room at Beijing's political gathering, says Dr Reza Hasmath.

Warthog snatched from the jaws of a pack of wild dogs by a crocodile.