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Russia shopping mall fire: First funerals held for victims as country observes day of mourning
Russia on Wednesday held a national day of mourning and buried the first victims of a fire that ravaged a busy shopping centre in the city of Kemerovo and killed at least 64 people, most of them children
Kim Jong-un meets Chinese president Xi Jinping on first-ever foreign trip as North Korean leader
North Korea's Kim Jong-un has made his first-ever foreign trip as leader to meet China's president, vowing he is "committed to denuclearisation"
Planet marks Earth Hour: Countries around the world switch off lights for 60 minutes to call attention to climate change
It lasted for just an hour and its power is purely symbolic. But in countries around the world, at 8:30 p.m., people switched off their lights for Earth Hour, a global call for international unity on the importance of addressing climate change.
March for our lives: Thousands of Americans rally across US to demand tighter gun laws
Chanting 'Never Again', hundreds of thousands of young Americans rallied across the United States to demand tighter gun laws.
France hostage situation ends: Three dead in terror attack in Trebes; police kill Islamic State militant
At least three people were killed in a shooting spree and hostage siege in southwest France by a man claiming allegiance to the Islamic State group
Vladimir Putin wins fourth presidential term, gains massive mandate by clinching 77% of votes
Russian President Vladimir Putin won a fourth presidential term with nearly 77 percent of the vote — his highest score ever and a massive mandate to pursue his nationalist, assertive policies for another six years in power
Narendra Modi, Emmanuel Macron inaugurate Mirzapur solar power plant, enjoy boat ride on the Ganga in Varanasi
Narendra Modi and Emmanuel Macron inaugurated the biggest solar power plant of Uttar Pradesh and took in the cultural sites and activities of Varanasi.
Forty nine killed in Nepal's worst-ever aviation disaster as US-Bangla Airlines plane crash near Kathmandu airport
Forty-nine people were killed when a Bangladeshi plane crashed and burst into flames near Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, in the worst aviation disaster to hit Nepal in nearly three decades
Weeks after Florida school shooting, US church holds commitment ceremony featuring AR-15 rifles
Dozens of US couples donned crowns and cradled guns at a controversial commitment ceremony in a Pennsylvania church on Wednesday
Daily life across Europe hit by persistent snow, freezing conditions from Siberian cold snap
Persistent snow and freezing conditions from a Siberian cold snap snarled transit Wednesday and caused a handful of deaths across a swathe of Europe.
Leicester explosion: Blast destroys shop in central English city, four of the six injured in critical condition
Six persons were taken to hospital after an explosion destroyed a shop in Leicester in Britain
Parkland school shooting: Protests erupt across the US in support of victims and for stricter gun laws
In a wave of demonstrations reaching from Arizona to Maine, students at dozens of US high schools walked out of class to protest gun violence.
Florida school shooting: Donald Trump and wife Melania visit Parkland hospital to meet survivors
US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania visited Broward Health North hospital on Friday to meet and offer comfort to those wounded in the Florida mass school shooting
Thousands attend vigil to mourn victims of shooting at Florida's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School
Thousands attended a vigil to mourn the 17 victims who were slaughtered by a former student at a high school in Florida which had ousted him for indiscipline.
South Africa's Jacob Zuma resigns as president, rails against ANC party for ousting him
South African president Jacob Zuma resigned on Wednesday as the ruling ANC party finally turned against him after nine years of corruption scandals, economic slowdown and falling popularity.
Russia faces one of its worst aviation disasters as Saratov Airlines flight carrying 71 crashes; Vladimir Putin offers condolences
A Russian passenger plane carrying 71 people crashed near Moscow on Sunday minutes after taking off, killing everyone on board in one of the country's worst ever aviation disasters.
Nearly 70 civilians, including children, killed by state sponsored air strikes in Syria
Fresh regime strikes on a besieged rebel-held enclave near Damascus in Syria killed close to 70 civilians despite mounting Western pressure on Syrian president Bashar al-Assad
Sushma Swaraj in Riyadh: External affairs minister discusses trade and security with Saudi Arabia's King Salman
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj met with Saudi Arabia's King Salman and foreign minister Adel al-Jubeir, discussing bilateral relations between the two countries.
Taiwan earthquake: Four killed, 200 injured as 6.4 magnitude tremors hit port city of Hualien
Rescue workers scrambled to search for survivors in buildings left tilting precariously on their foundations in the Taiwanese city of Hualien Wednesday.
Amtrak passenger train collides with parked freight carrier in US' South Carolina: 2 killed, 116 injured in accident
An Amtrak passenger train travelling on the wrong track collided with a parked CSX Corp freight train in South Carolina on Sunday.
Lunar Showstopper: First 'super blue blood moon' in 35 years graces sky across globe
The moon is putting on a rare cosmic show on Wednesday as much of the world is getting to see not only a blue moon and a supermoon, but also a total lunar eclipse, all rolled into one.
Donald Trump delivers maiden State of the Union address, urges parties to set aside differences
US president Donald Trump urged Americans to move beyond the angry partisan divide between Democrats and Republicans in his first State of the Union address to Congress
Alexei Navalny arrested as protests calling for boycott of Russia's presidential election continue
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been arrested in Moscow as protest demonstrations called by him took place across the country
95 killed, 158 injured after Taliban explodes ambulance packed with explosives in Kabul
An ambulance packed with explosives blew up in a crowded area of Kabul on Saturday, killing 95 people and wounding 158 others, officials said, in an attack claimed by the Taliban
Philippines' Mayon volcano spews ash, rocks as thousands flee over fears of explosion
Millions of tonnes of ash and rocks from an erupting volcano in Philippines could bury nearby communities due to heavy rain
South Korea fire: 37 killed, 130 injured in blaze at Sejong hospital in Miryang
A huge fire tore through a South Korean hospital on Friday killing at least 37 people, the government said, in the country's worst blaze for a decade
Philippine's Mount Mayon volcano continues to spew ash and lava; thousands forced to evacuate
A massive volcano erupted in the Philippines on Tuesday, sending fire and ash into the sky. Lava flowed more than one mile from Mount Mayon, sending thousands of villagers scrambling
Paris on flooding alert as Seine river bursts its banks, military deployed for possible evacuations
Torrential rains in France caused flooding in the eastern and northern parts of the country, with the Seine River rising in Paris and bursting its banks on Tuesday
Mike Pence visits Western Wall, Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial during Israel trip amid protests
US vice-president Mike Pence visited Jerusalem's Western Wall on Tuesday while Palestinians held a general strike after denouncing his fervently pro-Israel speech the previous day as "messianic"
Narendra Modi becomes first Indian PM at Davos summit since 1997; SRK awarded for 'championing women's causes'
Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached Davos on Monday, becaming the first Indian head of government to attend the World Economic Forum in 20 years.