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An Israeli hostage held in Gaza has been shot dead by his guard, Hamas has said. In a separate incident, two women being held...

At least 24 people have now died after a mountain of rubbish collapsed in Uganda. Rescuers continue to dig through the rubble in the...

A children’s hospital has been evacuated as hundreds of firefighters battle to contain a major wildfire near Athens. The fire has sent a blanket...

A snaking line of armoured personnel carriers takes us to the epicentre of the last stand of Islamic State (IS). The troops from the...

The search for a retired British doctor who went missing while hiking in the French Pyrenees has been called off. Tom Doherty, 67, from...

Joe Biden has been forced to pull out of a campaign speech after contracting COVID. The US president was due to deliver an address...

Families of two British men missing in Sweden are appealing for information on their whereabouts – amid fears they were victims of a double...

Rare images of an uncontacted tribe show its members face “humanitarian disaster” as loggers encroach on their territory, a British human rights group has...

More than a dozen students have been taken to hospital after they became ill from eating extremely spicy crisps, reportedly given out by a...

Traces of cyanide have been found in cups and a teapot in the room of a luxury Bangkok hotel where the bodies of six...

Two British nationals are missing in Sweden, the Foreign Office says. It comes as police launched a double-murder investigation after two bodies were found...

Six people have been found dead in a luxury hotel in Bangkok in what police suspect was a poisoning. The bodies of the six...

The mother of Jay Slater has paid tribute to her “beautiful boy” after his body was found in Tenerife. The British teenager went missing...

Donald Trump has said was it was “God alone who prevented the unthinkable from happening” and vowed to “fear not” after surviving an assassination...

Thomas Matthew Crooks has been named as the gunman in the assassination attempt against Donald Trump on Saturday evening. Mr Trump‘s ear was hit...

Security experts familiar with the demands of keeping politicians safe have said “a fundamental security failure” occurred as a gunman was able to get...

A man has attempted to kill Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania. As shots rang out, the former president dropped to the...

Gunshots have reportedly been fired at Donald Trump’s rally in Pennsylvania, with the former president rushed off-stage by security staff. Trump appeared to fall...

Israel’s military is investigating claims dozens of people have been killed in strikes on Gaza, which it says targeted the mastermind behind the 7...