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Victims were from Nigeria, the Gambia and other African countries and included women and children, UN agency says
Dozens of people are missing and presumed dead after their boat sank off Libya’s coast, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has said, in the latest migration tragedy off north Africa.
Sosthene Munyemana is sixth person to be tried and convicted in France over involvement in slaughter of Tutsi minority
Former Rwandan doctor Sosthene Munyemana has been jailed for 24 years by a French court for his involvement in the 1994 genocide of Tutsis.
Lawyers representing 21 golfers, including the former Masters champion Danny Willett, have written to the PGA Tour to demand “full disclosure” on ongoing negotiations aimed at securing the organisation’s future.
The 78-year-old was driven away in his own BMW alongside his Colombian partner, according to a police report
A British businessman and the former UK honorary consul in Guayaquil, Colin Armstrong, has been kidnapped by hooded men at his home in Ecuador’s Los Rios province, according to police reports.
Heavy rains created new misery in Gaza as UN humanitarians repeated deep concerns on Thursday over the deteriorating health situation in the Strip, amid ongoing Israeli bombardment and fighting with Palestinian armed groups.