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'Hard labour - it's hard': Canadian pastor freed from North Korean jail despite life sentence
'I have two children with me and the water is swallowing me up': Thousands stranded due to Hurricane Harvey
Manchester police launch murder investigation after body of toddler found in home
Labour's major policy shift on Brexit hailed as a 'welcome development' for Ireland
Five die after climbers roped together 2,000 metres high in the Alps suffer fall
At least two dead as city streets turn into rivers and dozens of tornados strike Texas
Prisoners care for animals, including snake addicted to meth, as part of rehab programme
Death toll from last week's terror attacks in Spain rises to 16
Another arrest after sword attack at Buckingham Palace
Explainer: Why Trump pardoned a former sheriff who 'racially profiled' illegal immigrants
From Australia to Ireland and back again: 'I realised I don't know where home is anymore'
'Patrick O'Connell is very respected here but the man who saved Barcelona? It's a myth, really'
British couple's message in a bottle reaches Gaza
Scientists are using painkiller-addicted fish to develop new treatments for addicts
They've escaped from Aleppo, but the 60,000 Syrian refugees living in Bulgaria still feel far from welcome
Mayweather stops brave McGregor in the 10th to win superfight
Pictures: Thousands take to Barcelona streets with message of 'we are not afraid' after terror attack
What's the average cost of renting now in Dublin? It's the week in numbers
'It simply beggars belief': 88-year-old woman brutally attacked in her own home in Lancashire
Controversial Trump aide Sebastian Gorka is the latest official to leave the White House
Natalya Coyle in silver medal position going into World Championship final day
'Cruel decision': Trump signs order barring transgender people from US military
Man wielding four-foot sword injured three police officers near Buckingham Palace last night
Eight dead after major crash between two lorries and minibus on UK motorway
A man burned a cross in their garden 40 years ago - this week they learned he was a priest
Poll: Are you a fan of Conor McGregor?
'Where is my name?': Afghan women want husbands to call them by their own names in public
Teacher on mudslide: 'Our school was completely destroyed and pupils, teachers and parents died'
Donald Trump has given a full pardon to a sheriff convicted of racial profiling
Boom times have made Madagascar the centre of the global vanilla trade - but it's not necessarily all a good thing
'They could have lethal consequences': Warnings issued over new mermaid craze
'Every time he misses Mayweather he's going to lose energy. I see a stoppage in six or seven rounds'
Man who attacked soldiers with knife in Brussels shot dead
Clashes kill 32 in India as court convicts guru of rape
Evacuations underway as Texas braces for 'fiercest hurricane to hit US in nearly 12 years'
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WATCH: Restored footage of Charles and Diana's wedding released
16 US employees hurt in 'unprecedented acoustic attack' in Cuba
Former Thai PM 'dodges court and flees country' as she faces 10 years in prison
At least 12 dead after bus carrying construction workers crashes into Black Sea