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The UN migration agency says that 90 people are feared drowned after a smuggler's boat carrying mostly Pakistani migrants capsized off Libya's coast.

Maldives' Supreme Court cleared former president Mohamed Nasheed of all charges.

The student council at Wayland High School in Massachusettes chose Cool Runnings as this year's all-school movie, but it was cancelled due to "racially insensitive" characters.

South Carolina woman burnt as "salon-grade hair dryer" turns into a flame-thrower in her bathroom.

Five people have been killed after two military helicopters collided in the south of France, local media report.

Fresh from the controversy after posting a video on YouTube showing a dead body in a Japanese 'suicide forest' Logan Paul saw his life flash before his eyes while skydiving.

American officials suspect the Syrian regime has found a way to develop a new chemical weapon and could have kept it hidden in secret locations.

Theresa May and her husband Philip were both warmly received throughout their three-day tour of China.

North Korean foreign minister warns Washington is "intentionally" destabilising the Korean peninsula to jeopardise improving inter-Korea relations.

The video that went viral shows a woman and a man performing on a pavement while passers-by watched.

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The 68-year-old nuclear physicist was undergoing treatment for depression in the past several months.

Ayesha Tariq, 19, said she was too "ashamed" to tell her family about her pregnancy. Her baby was found dead in a shoebox.

French President Emmanuel Macron has been accused of urging for the chairman of France's public radio to lose his jobs to help end rumours the two had had an affair.

Women arrested in Iran for staging anti-hijab #whitewednesday protests in Tehran.

Around 900 miners are trapped in a South African gold mine following a power outage blamed on a thunderstorm which brought down electrical lines.

Paediatrician Alastair McAlpine, who works with terminally ill children in Cape Town, asks young patients what they enjoy most during their short lives.

Proposal is part of a series of reforms to the nation's criminal code being considered by parliament.

Syrian refugees fleeing to Germany form bulk of applications for asylum in Europe but overall numbers are much lower than previous years..

Donald Trump took to Twitter to boast about the television ratings for his inaugural State of the Union address.

Florida photographer captures chilling moment on camera while taking nature pictures for her website.

Probe launched into death of 26-year-old Byron Jones, killed working at Genan plant in Sheldon, Texas.

Body of model tenant discovered only after workmen went to renovate apartment in German residential block.

Guinness World Records certified that the world's longest zipline is the newly opened Jebel Jais Flight in Ras Al Khaimah, which is fighting to make a name in adventure tourism.

Soldiers systematically disfiguring murdered Rohingya villagers with acid to deny culpability in war crimes, says Human Rights Watch.

Thousands of people have come out in support of Queensland native Ross Belsham after he was fired from his job.

Polish senate backs bill making it illegal to attribute crimes of Nazi Germany to Polish state or people.

Donald Trump gave an interview to Fox News in 2017 but has now decided to dodge "fake news" NBC in 2018.

MPs from five political parties in Iceland propose ban on the circumcision of boys until they are old enough to consent.