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Firefighters say around 160 residents have been briefly trapped in their homes due to the flooding

Astronomers already use effect predicted by his theory of general relativity that a black hole can bend passing light

The heatwave led to more than 20,000 deaths across Europe, including 15,000 in France alone and 2,193 in Britain.

Chinese tourists accounted for 47 per cent of international visitors to Palau in 2016

187 people are hospitalised after Monday's fires, and 71 still being treated including a dozen children

According to police spokesperson Hashmat Stanikzai, most victims were National Directorate of Security officers

1,100 9/11 or more victims remain unidentified, DNA technology has led to 89 per cent of all positive identifications

Authorities in Xinjiang arrested nearly 228,000 people on criminal charges in 2017

Faisal Hussain, 29, killed a 18-year-old woman and a 10-year-old girl in the shooting rampage

According to various freedom of speech organizations, more than 100 journalist have been killed in Mexico since 2000.

Over 6,000 people affected from eight villages near the dam

Dozens of people have been killed by landslides this year

The charred bodies of 26 people, including small children, have been recovered in the courtyard of a villa

Political activity isn't only conducted in parliament, you can do it on a boat, says the sailing champion turned MP

The billion-dollar project MenStar is to target men with or at risk of HIV in sub-Saharan Africa

Erdogan is massacring Syrians and Kurds and has imprisoned tens of thousands of his citizens says Israeli PM

Iran's armed forces chief of staff says Iran wants peace and stability in the region

Israeli military spokesperson says it has been shot down and it crashed... and no news about pilots so far

"They've got to recite 50 Quranic verses from memory and repent for their tattooed past"

Soldiers watched closely as election officials in Islamabad distributed ballot boxes, voting materials

Noah joked about never having seen a beautiful Aborigine woman

Imam Mundhir Abdallah preaches in the Copenhagen neighbourhood of Norrebro at the Masjid Al Faruq mosque

Government-sponsored killings linked to lucrative projects by vast agriculture multinationals soared

Four people wounded as a result of the explosions, officials say

Earlier, fourteen people, including a young girl, were shot near downtown Toronto

Thousands of students staged dueling marches for and against the government on Monday

Seven people are still missing

36.9 million people are now living in HIV

Iran has been under increasing US pressure and possible sanctions since Trump’s decision in May

The authorities had previously announced 24 deaths and more than 150 injuries from wildfires

Medical reports show 29 girls housed in the shelter were sexually assaulted

Rundle will undergo reconstructive surgery to graft skin to her body

In the week to Sunday at least 65 people died of heat stroke while 22,647 people were hospitalised

Trump declares that the nuclear threat is over

Over 30 asylum-seeker boats have been turned back since Australia introduced its hard-line border regime

Analysts say US trade policy could give the group some renewed momentum

Tens of thousands of people are estimated to be held in government jails across Syria

Four mountaineers attempted to ski the mountain in the past, while one of them died

Some videos end badly, with the vehicle hitting a street sign or a pedestrian

Final verdicts generally take years and no date has been set for the case to be heard in full

It costs the equivalent of $5 to buy one standard packet of pads in Zimbabwe, way beyond the reach of many families

Bongonga, 34, walks on a rope suspended by a crane at the base of the hill’s steps toward the Sacre Coeur basilica

Campaigners say more than 20 million Indians are trapped in bonded labour

Parkour involves running, climbing and jumping acrobatically around buildings and over terrain

Words of condemnation are not enough to express the indignation that every Syrian feels towards White Helmets

800 farmers from Nangarhar quit poppy business for cultivating roses

Two policemen wounded

The bombers were disguised as worshippers

The accused men told police they caught hold of the woman late Saturday

Toronto is grappling with a sharp rise in gun violence this year