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A total of 28 people have died following Hurricane Melissa's rampage across Jamaica, the government has confirmed.

Two of the suspects in the Louvre jewellery heist were convicted of involvement in the same theft case a decade ago, French prosecutors have revealed.

Five German mountaineers have died in an avalanche in northern Italy.

Nigeria has responded to Donald Trump's threat of military action by suggesting it would welcome help tackling Islamist insurgents, but insists America must respect its sovereignty.

In the shadow of the headquarters of Russia's FSB security service, formerly the home of the Soviet-era KGB, people came to lay flowers this week.

The organisers said they didn’t want people to bring banners or whistles, and there were no political speeches. Today was about commemoration, not protest.

World leaders, including monarchs and heads of state, have attended the inauguration of the Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza.

Ukrainian soldiers encircled by Russian forces in the key eastern city of Pokrovsk have started surrendering, the defence ministry in Moscow claims.

In the town of Middle Quarters, close to where Hurricane Melissa made landfall, Vivienne Bennett is sitting propped up against a house without a roof. Her right hand is wrapped in a kitchen towel.

The remains of three people transferred to Israel from Gaza do not belong to any of the missing hostages, according to reports by Israeli sources.