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George and Amal Clooney attend New York political-comedy reading

George and Amal Clooney attended a performance at New York’s Seaview Studio where the actor took part in a reading of the political comedy Smear!

Thomas Markle released to house arrest after child-abuse-image charge

Thomas Markle Sr, the estranged father of the Duchess of Sussex, has been charged in Florida with one count of possessing child sexual abuse material and released on bond under house arrest.

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Vast majority of dead in Afghan quakes women and children

More than 90 per cent of those killed in a series of earthquakes in western Afghanistan were women and children, UNICEF said Wednesday, as fresh tremors terrorised residents of villages flattened by the disaster.

Afghan quakes toll revised to 1,000 as new tremors cause panic

Afghanistan's Taliban government downgraded the death toll from a series of earthquakes to "over 1,000" on Wednesday, as fresh tremors panicked residents of villages flattened by the disaster.

One dead as new quake shakes west Afghanistan

A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck western Afghanistan on Wednesday, claiming at least one life and causing panic among residents already traumatised by a series of tremors that killed around 2,000 people at the weekend.

London's Luton Airport suspends flights due to 'significant fire'

London's Luton Airport has suspended all flights until Wednesday afternoon and asked passengers not to travel there after a "significant fire" caused the partial collapse of a parking structure.

Israel pounds Gaza as death tolls on both sides rise sharply

The death toll from five days of ferocious fighting beween Hamas and Israel rose sharply overnight as Israel kept up its bombardment of Gaza Wednesday after recovering the dead from the last communities near the border where Palestinian militants had been holed up.

New police units, but same charges of human rights abuses in Venezuela

When he appeared in court in Venezuela on charges of conspiring against the government of President Nicolas Maduro, John Alvarez told the judge that police officers had applied electric shocks to his genitals, ribs and knees and hit him with a bat to extract "a confession."

Hurricane Lidia leaves at least one dead in Mexico

Hurricane Lidia slammed into Mexico's Pacific coast as an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 storm Tuesday, causing flooding, blocked roads, fallen trees and at least one death, officials said.

London's Luton Airport says all flights suspended due to 'significant fire'

London's Luton Airport has suspended all flights until Wednesday afternoon and asked passengers not to travel there after a "significant fire" caused the partial collapse of a parking structure.

Hurricane Lidia hits Mexico's Pacific coast

Hurricane Lidia made landfall Tuesday on Mexico's Pacific coast as an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 storm bringing strong winds and heavy rain, before weakening as it moved inland, forecasters said.

'Extremely dangerous' Hurricane Lidia hits Mexico's Pacific coast

Hurricane Lidia made landfall Tuesday on Mexico's Pacific coast as an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 storm, threatening to bring flooding and mudslides, forecasters said.

Lidia strengthens to major hurricane heading for Mexico

Hurricane Lidia strengthened to a major Category 3 storm on Tuesday as it headed toward beach resorts on Mexico's Pacific coast, threatening to bring flooding and mudslides, forecasters said.

Booker winner Arundhati Roy facing prosecution in India: media

Booker Prize-winning Indian novelist Arundhati Roy could be prosecuted for a 2010 speech about Kashmir after a top official signed off on the move, local media reported Tuesday.

Thousands of Afghans out in cold after deadly quakes

Thousands of Afghans who survived a powerful earthquake that killed more than 2,00 people were bracing for a winter of homelessness on Tuesday, as rescuers made last-ditch efforts to find survivors.

Star witness to take stand in US crypto king trial

The star witness in the trial of Sam Bankman-Fried arrived at a New York federal court on Tuesday where she is expected to give damning evidence against the one time crypto wunderkind.

Syria in World Court dock over 'abhorrent', 'widespread' torture

Syria has tortured tens of thousands of its people and maintains a "widespread and pervasive" system of "abhorrent treatment", world court judges heard on Tuesday at the first international case over the civil war.

Afghan rescuers still digging as hope fades for quake villagers

Rescue workers scrabbled through rubble Tuesday for villagers buried in their homes by a series of earthquakes that killed more than 2,000 people in rural western Afghanistan, but hope of finding survivors was fading fast.

Trump's darkening language sparks fears of violence

Donald Trump's populist, politically incorrect language is often framed as an asset but a troubling escalation in his incendiary rhetoric is prompting fears over the potential for violence among his inflamed supporters.

'Butchered in cold blood': nightmare at Israel music festival

As an Israeli volunteer who recovers corpses, Moti Bukjin has worked at horrific disaster sites for decades, but nothing readied him for the carnage Hamas gunmen unleashed on a desert music festival on Saturday.

Mass funeral held for Afghan quake victims, families still missing

A mass funeral ceremony for around 300 earthquake victims was held Monday in rural western Afghanistan, as families remained trapped in the rubble of their ruined homes two days after high-magnitude tremors killed more than 2,000 people.

Rwanda 'safe' for deported asylum seekers: UK court told

The UK government on Monday insisted that Rwanda is an appropriate place to deport failed asylum seekers, as it tried to overturn a court ruling that the policy is unlawful.

Landslide triggered by heavy rain kills 27 in Cameroon

At least 27 people have been killed after heavy rains caused a section of a hillside covered in precariously built houses to collapse in Cameroon's capital Yaounde.

Frantic digging for families still trapped after Afghan quakes

Rescue workers were digging Monday for families still trapped in the rubble of their ruined homes, two days after a series of earthquakes that killed more than 2,000 people in rural western Afghanistan.

Injured tortoises make slow recovery from Greece fires

In an animal shelter near Athens, veterinarian Kleopatra Gkika gently smears soothing cream on the leg of a tortoise, one of hundreds singed in Greece's devastating summer wildfires.

Landslide in Cameroon kills at least 23

A landslide caused by heavy rainfall has killed at least 23 people in Cameroon's capital Yaounde, firefighters said on Monday, as they searched for more victims.

Volunteers dig for Afghan quake survivors as aid trickles in

Afghan villagers and volunteers on Monday helped dig for survivors of a series of earthquakes that killed more than 2,000 people, as aid began trickling into the devastated region.

Dust and despair in Afghan village wiped out by quakes

The hardscrabble village of Kashkak, a collection of mud-brick homes perched on a dusty plateau in western Afghanistan, is now a pile of rubble.

Wastewater beer aims to help quench US drought

With its golden hue and light fruity flavor, the beer being sipped by Aaron Tartakovsky looks and tastes just like many others.

Ethiopia's Oromo people celebrate festival once denied

Tens of thousands of Oromos gathered Sunday at a lake near the Ethiopian capital for a once-banned celebration that today doubles as a sounding board for political and ethnic demands.

Erdogan opens modern Turkish state's first new church

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday inaugurated the first church built with government backing in overwhelmingly Muslim Turkey's 100-year history as a post-Ottoman state.

Death toll from 'unprecedented' Afghan quakes doubles to 2,000

The death toll from a series of earthquakes in western Afghanistan rose sharply again on Sunday to more than 2,000, with nearly 10,000 injured, as rescue workers dug through razed villages for vanishing signs of life.

Death toll from Afghan quakes doubles to more than 2,000

The death toll from a series of earthquakes in western Afghanistan rose sharply again Sunday to more than 2,000 as rescuers scrabbled for survivors among the ruins of razed villages.

Erdogan to open modern Turkish state's first new church

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan planned Sunday to inaugurate the first church built with government backing in overwhelmingly Muslim Turkey's 100-year history as a post-Ottoman state.

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