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A family of six have been killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza.

Protesters have clashed with police in Italy after the death of a Moroccan man after officers restrained him on the ground.

A Russian warship has carried out a live-fire military exercise around 40 nautical miles (46 miles) off the UK coast.

The long-serving president of Nicaragua has declared the country will no longer hold elections.

Arctic winter sea ice is back in rapid decline after a slowdown in melting at the start of the decade, scientists have found.

The Trump administration has introduced 50% tariffs on more goods from Canada, with an official claiming the measures are in response to the country’s “continued discrimination”.

Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada, a Mexican drug lord who trafficked substances into the US for the Sinaloa cartel, has been jailed for life.

After 106 minutes, 20 shots and more than 800 passes, Spain’s Ferran Torres finally opened the scoring in the World Cup final.

The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has now claimed 930 lives, the country’s health ministry has said.

British runner Josh Kerr has broken the world record for running a mile – which has stood for 27 years.