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An African man has been found crammed behind the glove box of a car in a bid to get to Europe — one of four people spotted in vehicles on the same day by authorities in Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Melilla, in North Africa. Three people — including …

Two people, including an 11-year-old girl, were killed and 17 other children hurt in a stabbing spree in Japan on Tuesday — a rare act of public violence in a country considered one of the safest in the world. The attack took place near a park in the city of …

Patients who have had a stroke caused by bleeding in the brain can safely take aspirin to cut their risk of future strokes and heart problems, according to a new study. Aspirin thins the blood and so doctors have been cautious about giving it, fearing it could make bleeds worse. …

WhatsApp will be introducing adverts to its messaging app next year, Facebook has confirmed. The technology giant, which acquired WhatsApp in 2014 for $19 billion, revealed the update at its annual Facebook Marketing Summit in the Netherlands. Conference attendee Olvier Ponteville shared photos of the presentation on Twitter, together with …

Six people are dead in Oklahoma after flooding, severe storms and tornadoes impacted the state over several days. A mobile home park in El Reno, about 29 miles west of Oklahoma City, was “devastated,” Mayor Matt White said. “It’s a lot of devastation here, it’s leveled, it’s just devastated,” White …

A fully albino giant panda has been caught on camera at a Chinese nature reserve in what is believed to be a world first. Researchers released an image of the all-white bear walking through a forest in Wolong National Nature Reserve in Sichuan province. It was photographed in mid-April by …

At least 40 prisoners in Brazil were found strangled to death on Monday in four jails in the Amazon jungle city of Manaus, where a fight between rival prison gangs resulted in 15 dead the day before, authorities said. A federal task force is being sent to Manaus in an …

Iran sees no prospect of negotiations with the United States, a foreign ministry spokesman said on Tuesday, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump said a deal with Tehran on its nuclear program was possible. Washington withdrew last year from a 2015 international nuclear deal with Tehran and is ratcheting …

Regional lawmakers elected Nechirvan Barzani as president of the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region of Iraq, a spokesman for the regional parliament told Reuters on Tuesday. Barzani, who had been serving as regional prime minister, won 68 votes from the 84 lawmakers present. The regional legislature has 111 seats in total. He …

A huge tornado that has struck the US state of Ohio left more than 5 millions more without power, the country’s National Weather Service has announced. The service said on Tuesday plowed through the town of Dayton on Monday night, damaging homes and uprooting trees. Several people have been injured …

Fiat Chrysler has proposed a merger with Renault that would create the third biggest carmaker in the world behind Volkswagen and Toyota. The tie-up is aimed at saving billions of dollars for both companies as the car industry moves towards electric and autonomous vehicles. In a statement on Monday, Italian-American …

At least 30 people have died and another 200 are missing after a boat sank on a lake in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), according to local authorities. Simon Mboo Wemba, the mayor of Inongo, told reporters on Sunday that many of those on the boat were teachers. “So …

British interior minister Sajid Javid said on Monday he would stand in a leadership race to replace Prime Minister Theresa May, saying he would strive to deliver Brexit. “I’m standing to be the next leader of (the) Conservatives and Prime Minister of our great country,” he said on Twitter, becoming …

The Austrian parliament has voted to oust Chancellor Sebastian Kurz and his ministers, paving the way for a caretaker government before a new election in which the young leader and his party could emerge strengthened. Parliament needed only a majority vote Monday to pass the measure proposed by the opposition …

An Iraqi court has sentenced to death a fourth French citizen for his suspected membership in the Daesh terrorist group and committing crimes, a day after three others were also condemned to capital punishment over the same charge. Iraqi Judge Ahmed Mohammed on Monday sentenced Mustafa Mohammed Ibrahim, 37, to …

Since the dawn of time, mankind has always been afraid of evil and evil spirits. In all parts of the world, it is possible to come across rituals for keeping evil spirits away. The evil eye is believed to cause harm to someone or something. Supernatural harm may come in …

Malaysia’s last male Sumatran rhinoceros has died, an official says, dashing efforts to save the critically endangered species in the country. The rhino, named Tam, was about 30 years old and lived at a wildlife reserve in Sabah state on Borneo island since his capture in 2008, Christina Liew, state …

Iraq and Iran have stressed on cooperation between the two neighboring countries to prevent a war that could jeopardize stability in the Middle East region. The common stance was reiterated during a Saturday meeting between Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in Baghdad. The …

  Kevin Gameiro and Rodrigo scored as a valiant Valencia beat La Liga champions Barcelona to win the Copa del Rey. Ernesto Valverde’s men said in the build-up that a win would help ease some of the pain of the Champions League loss to Liverpool, but they were sub-par again, …

An Iraqi court sentenced three French men to death on Sunday after finding them guilty of joining Islamic State, two court officials told Reuters. The ruling can be appealed. “They were sentenced to execution after it was proven that they were members of the terrorist Islamic State organization,” said one …