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• Zahra Shahid Hussain shot dead in Karachi

  Senior Pakistani politician Zahra Shahid Hussain has been shot dead in the southern port city of Karachi. Zahra Shahid Hussain was the senior vice-president of Pakistan's…

• North Korea fires short-range missiles from its east coast

  North Korea has launched three short-range missiles from its east coast, South Korea's defence ministry said. Two missiles were fired on Saturday morning and one in the…

• Connecticut head-on train crash injures at least 60 people near New York City

  At least 60 people have been injured, five critically, after a head-on, rush-hour collision between two commuter trains near New York City, officials say. Some 250 people…

• Christoph Waltz: Man points gun at him and threatens to blow up studio with hand grenade during Cannes TV interview

  Christoph Waltz was left shaken last night after a man pointed a hand-gun at him during a live French news programme TV show and threatened to blow up a studio with a hand…

• Cannes Film Festival 2013: $1 million Chopard jewels stolen from Novotel hotel room

  More than $1 million (777,000 euros) worth of Chopard jewels have been stolen from Novotel hotel in Cannes, French police say. The jewels were to be loaned to stars…

• George Michael car crash: singer airlifted to hospital with head injury following motorway crash

  George Michael has been airlifted to hospital with a head injury following a crash on the M1 motorway in UK. George Michael, 49, remains in hospital after the crash at…