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India market attack: Suspected rebels kill 13 in Assam
Gunmen have opened fire on a busy market place in India's north-eastern state of Assam, killing at least 13 people, officials say. Police blamed the attacks on suspected rebels from a faction of the National Democratic...
Syria Aleppo siege: Fighting rages as Russian jets strike
Intense fighting has continued around the Syrian city of Aleppo, where a rebel offensive is trying to break a government siege of rebel-held areas. Over the weekend, the rebels tried to reconnect an encircled area in the east with insurgent territory in the west. They set off a huge tunnel bomb underneath army...
Emirates plane crash-lands at Dubai airport
An Emirates airline flight from India has crash-landed at Dubai International Airport with some 300 people on board, officials say. Images posted online show thick black smoke coming from the plane, with no landing gear visible. The Dubai government media office said all passengers were evacuated safely and no...
REVEALED: Nine foods to keep OUT of the fridge — even in the summer
CONSUMER experts have warned against putting bread, tomatoes and even cake in the fridge even in summer temperatures. Not only does it fail to make some foods last longer but can even ruin the taste of others such as coffee, the new guide warns. And if particularly pungent items such as onions are refrigerated, it can affect...
Turkey coup attempt: Erdogan ‘snatch squad’ soldiers captured
Turkey says it has captured all but one of the soldiers accused of trying to seize the president during last month's failed coup. Special forces arrested another 11 soldiers overnight after a two-week manhunt near Marmaris. Recep Tayyip Erdogan was on holiday at the resort in south-west Turkey on the night of the coup...
MH370 was flown into water, says Canadian air crash expert
A world-leading air crash investigator has said he believes flight MH370 was deliberately flown into the sea. Larry Vance told Australian news programme 60 Minutes that erosion along the trailing edge of recovered wing parts indicated a controlled landing. The Boeing 777 disappeared while flying to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur...
Парашют не раскрылся: последнее видео с Настей Каменских! Это жесть (18+)
Певица Настя Каменских, которая сломала ногу во время прыжка с парашютом, обнародовала видео того рокового...
Russian helicopter shot down in Syria
A Russian helicopter has been shot down by rebels in Syria's northern Idlib province, Russian officials say. Defence officials say the Mi-8 transport aircraft had five people on board. Unconfirmed reports say at least four of them are now dead. The helicopter was returning from delivering humanitarian aid to the city...
Teens playing Pokemon Go robbed at GUNPOINT by gang who lured them to London park
A VICIOUS gang used Pokemon Go to lure victims to a north London park and robbed them at gunpoint. Three teenagers were left shocked after three men armed with a gun took their possessions in Whittington Park in Islington. The teens, between the ages of 15 and 18, were playing the augmented reality game on Tuesday night when...
Syria conflict: Deadly strike on Save the Children maternity hospital
An air strike has hit a maternity hospital supported by Save the Children in north-western Syria, killing two people and wounding others. The charity said several babies were hurt when incubators crashed to the floor, a pregnant woman lost a leg and two others suffered shrapnel wounds. Images show part of the building in Kafer...
Zika virus: Florida cases ‘likely’ to be first US-based infections
Four people suffering from the Zika virus in Florida are probably the first cases contracted within the US, health officials say. So far, cases outside of Latin America and the Caribbean, where the virus is prevalent, have been spread by travel to that region or sexual transmission. The four Florida cases mean US mosquitoes may...