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The Waiapi live deep in Brazil's Amazon rainforest. Their way of life is closer to the Stone Age than the 21st century. Yet the modern world is barely a few hours' drive away, and getting closer.

Adam Osmayev and Amina Okuyeva were in a car when they were shot at while crossing a railroad track on the outskirts of the capital city.

Roman Polanski faced a barrage of protests at the start of a retrospective of his films in Paris, as the veteran director stands accused of a series of sexual assaults.

An unverified report from a Japanese media outlet says one of the tunnels at the Punggye-ri nuclear test site collapsed, killing 200 North Korea workers.

The former house speaker opens up about his relationship with former president Barack Obama, and explains why Donald Trump is not a Republican.

Russian president says someone is "professionally and purposefully" collecting biological material from people across Russia.

Shabazz Suleman fled north-eastern Syria after a multinational force retook Raqqa, an Isis stronghold in the country.He now wants to come back to the UK and face justice.

Campaigner Sayed Alwadaei says his family has been imprisoned in Bahrain for his work to expose human rights abuses committed by King Hamad and other royals.

Hashim bin Abdullah Yamani, head of the King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy, said the move will have economic benefits and help diversify energy needs.

People who freed the deer in Cincinnati are calling it the Halloween rescue.

Senator Rand Paul and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie have questioned whether Donald Trump will stand for re-election to the White House in 2020.

Dennis and Lorraine Carver, who survived the Last Vegas mass shooting, died weeks later in a car crash less than half a mile from their home in California.

Streaming site Netflix has stalled production of House of Cards following the "deeply troubling" claims against the star of the political drama, Kevin Spacey.

Millions of Jews were transported to their deaths on the German railways during the second world war.

Haaretz published a story saying there was no evidence of many events in the Bible.

Student Marisa Harris, 22, died and the boy was rushed to Inova Fairfax Hospital, in Virginia, with life-threatening injuries after the incident on Saturday (28 October).

We've put together this quiz which will test your knowledge on the former names of present day countries from around the world.

The good folks at Pornhub insights have set out what people are likely to be searching for when the spooky occassion rolls by.

The Nazis were not Hitler's first choice when he decided to join a political party. His spitefulness led to the rise of the Nazis.

Antonio "Tony" Ciavarello is the son-in-law of the infamous "Boss of All Bosses" Toto Riina, aka "U Curtu" ("the short one"), who ran Sicilian mafia syndicate Cosa Nostra.

Kazakhstan has announced plans to change the nation's name in a bid to break free from decades of Russian political influence.

Polanski accused of under-age rape by a woman who says he assaulted her in 1972 in Gstaad, Switzerland.

George Papadopoulos is the latest to be charged in relation to the wide-ranging investigation into possible Russian collusion.

The White Lives Matter rallies in Shelbyville and Murfreesboro were organised by the Nationalist Front coalition, made up of some of the same groups involved in the violent march in Charlottesville in August.

A Japanese company has offered its employees six days of paid time off after they complained their colleagues were taking too long for cigarette breaks.

After Spain dissolved the Catalan government, its leader Carles Puigdemont called for mass civil disobedience.

Danish inventor admits to dismembering body of Swedish reporter - but denies killing as he offers new explanation of her death to police.

The student was honoured to receive the award, but couldn't accept it based on the views of the Liberal MP.

The Kim Jong-un regime is widely suspected to be covertly using its satellite programme to develop its ballistic missile operations.