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More than 240 people were killed when an Air India plane bound for London crashed just minutes after taking off from Ahmedabad on Thursday, officials said, making it the world’s worst air disaster in a decade. Only one passenger survived…

A man who killed nine students and one teacher at his former school in Austria before committing suicide had carefully planned the attack, an investigation has found. However, he appears to have chosen his victims at random, and investigators are…

Rescue teams in South Africa are continuing their search for missing people for a third day after floods wreaked havoc across parts of the rural Eastern Cape province, killing at least 57 people. Officials said they expected the death toll…

Russian forces fired drones and other weapons into Ukrainian territory on Thursday, killing three people and wounding dozens, officials said, despite international pressure for a ceasefire. The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Russia launched a barrage of 63 drones and…

Beach Boys singer Brian Wilson has died at the age of 82, his family said. Wilson was the eldest and last of three musician brothers who formed the American rock band with cousin Mike Love and school friend Al Jardine.…

Britain has agreed a flexible border between Gibraltar and Spain, paving the way for a final deal with the EU on the territory after Brexit. Under the agreement, checks for people crossing the border will not be mandatory. There will…

A salvage team says tech tycoon Mike Lynch’s sunken superyacht is expected to be raised from the ocean floor by the end of June after the wreckage is collected. The Sicilian Maritime and Investigation Services have approved the final recovery…

The number of Palestinians killed in the 20-month conflict between Israel and Hamas has surpassed 55,000, Gaza’s Health Ministry said on Wednesday. The agency does not distinguish between civilians and militants, but notes that women and children make up more…

German prosecutors say the final search operations in connection with the disappearance of Madeleine McCann have concluded as planned. Braunschweig’s chief prosecutor, Hans Christian Wolters, said the cooperation between Portuguese and German authorities during the operation had been “very fruitful”.…

A convoy of hundreds of activists arrived in Libya from Algeria and crossed Tunisia on their way to Gaza to challenge Israel’s blockade of humanitarian aid in the region. The convoy includes at least 1,500 participants, including activists and supporters…