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Five wild elephants trample man to death
A Thai man was trampled to death by five wild elephants near a rubber plantation on Friday, police said, the latest deadly encounter in a country where pachyderms are both venerated and feared.Masare…
Indian state cuts internet after three new lynchings
Authorities in north-eastern India have cut internet access after crazed mobs beat three people to death in the latest cases of lynchings sparked by false rumours spread on smartphones, officials sai…
100 migrants may have drowned near Tripoli: Libyan coastguard
Around 100 people are thought to have drowned from a migrant boat off Libya's western coast, a coastguard official said on Friday.The coastguard picked up 14 survivors from the boat just east of the …
Tennis: Serena Williams' bid for an eight Wimbledon title begins against Arantxa Rus in the first round
Serena Williams' bid for an eighth Wimbledon singles title will begin against Arantxa Rus, while British No 1 Johanna Konta will face world no 106 Natalia Vikhlyantseva.Williams, who is playing her s…
Moroccan told to leave Russia for wearing shirt critical of Fifa
A Moroccan football fan detained by Russia police for wearing a T-shirt criticising FIFA has spoken of his experience following the incident.Yassine Omairy, a Moroccan-American from Orlando said he d…
Tennis: Andy Murray in Wimbledon first round draw
Andy Murray was included in the draw for Wimbledon on Friday ? but has yet to confirm whether he will actually play.The two-time champion was unseeded and has been drawn against world No 48 Benoit Pa…
Madagascar to hold presidential elections in November
Madagascar will hold the first round of presidential elections in November with the second round due in December, the prime minister said on Friday, after a court ordered the president to form a cons…
Paris attacks suspect Abdeslam justifies 2015 killings
The suspected sole surviving gunman from 2015 attacks in Paris has come close to admitting his role in the carnage in a rare statement to investigators in which he justified the killings, reports sai…
Iraq executes 12 death row jihadists in response to killings
Iraq executed a dozen death row jihadists on the order of Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, his office said Friday, in retaliation for the Islamic State group's murder of eight captives.The executions …
Russia test-fires Crimea electricity turbine despite EU sanctions
Russia's energy ministry said it had conducted the first test of a German-made electricity turbine that was installed in Crimea in contravention of European sanctions.Russian annexed Crimea from Ukra…
Bali airport reopened after volcano eruption grounded flights
Bali opened its international airport Friday after a volcanic eruption temporarily grounded flights, stranding thousands of tourists on the Indonesian holiday islandNgurah Rai airport began operating…
Fuel tanker explosion burns over 50 vehicles, nine reported dead
A petrol tanker has caught fire in Nigeria's biggest city, Lagos, killing at least nine people, officials say.More than 50 vehicles, including five buses, were set ablaze after the truck lost control…
Five dead in 'targeted attack' on US local newspaper office
A man armed with a shotgun and smoke grenades burst into a newspaper office in the US city of Annapolis on Thursday, killing five employees in what police described as a "targeted attack."Officials s…
Wayne Rooney joins MLS side DC United
Everton have confirmed they have reached an agreement with DC United for the permanent transfer of Wayne Rooney.The 32-year-old forward is expected to arrive in Washington at around 7pm BST on Thursd…
881 children used as human bombs in Nigeria in 2017 - UN
The United Nations has said 881 children died in Nigeria in 2017, half of which resulted from suicide, including those used as "human bombs" by Boko Haram terrorists.The UN in a report on Thursday di…
Amazon to buy PillPack in move into pharmacy
Amazon unveiled plans to get into the pharmacy business Thursday with the acquisition of the online service PillPack.Terms were not disclosed on the deal for PillPack, an online pharmacy which operat…
Nurse convicted of trafficking five Nigerian women
A British nurse has been convicted of trafficking five Nigerian women into Germany to work as prostitutes after subjecting them to voodoo rituals.Josephine Iyamu forced the women to swear oaths to ha…
French cement maker Lafarge charged with "complicity in crimes against humanity" and "financing terrorism" in Syria
Cement giant LafargeHolcim says its French subsidiary is under formal investigation in France over claims it funded a terrorist group in Syria.The subsidiary is also accused of complicity in crimes a…
Summit between Trump and Putin to hold July 16 in Helsinki: officials
A long-awaited first summit between US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin will take place in Helsinki on July 16, the Kremlin and the White House said on Thursday.The t…
U.S. forces, British divers join search for boys missing in Thai cave
U.S. forces and British divers have arrived in Thailand to help in the search for 12 schoolboys and their soccer coach believed trapped by floodwaters in a cave, as rescuers prepared to drill a shaft…